Unit 2 The Olympic Games-Listening 课件.ppt

1、Listening,Revision Check the homework. Listening The Story of Atlanta (P15),Task 2: Read the statements quickly and decide whether they are true or false. (Ex 1),Task 1: Lead-in (Revision).,F F F T T T T,The correct order: 4 -11-7 - 5 - 1- 3 -9 6 -10- 8 -2,Work in pairs and discuss the answers. List

2、en for the first time and finish Ex. 3 & Ex. 4.,This is a story of how a man marries a princess by winning a race with a Goddess help.,Hippomenes was waiting when Atlanta came out. She thought, “I _ this man _!” So she said to her father, “Tell him _. The race _ today.” But Hippomenes said, “These a

3、re _: She _ who _ than her! _- lets run!”,dont want,will not be run,to go away,to die,her rules,will marry the man,runs faster,Come on,Listening (P48),Smoke signals on the Great Wall to warn of invasion.,A message in a bottle in the ocean.,A man sending a homing pigeon to its home with a message tie

4、d to its leg.,Task 1: Leading in Do you know there is an event called “Marathon”? Do you think there was such an event in ancient Olympics? The Marathon was a modern event that was first introduced,in the 1896 Olympic Games. The distance is 26 miles 385 yards or 42,195 kilometres. Its a race in hono

5、r of Phidippides, an ancient runner. In the 5th century B.C, the Persians attacked Greece at Marathon near Athens.,Phidippides,The Greeks were very worried and didnt know what to do. They sent Phidippides to Sparta to ask for help for the battle,Task 2: Listen to get the main idea.,Phidippides sent

6、his message miles away all by himself on foot.,What was Phidippides job as well as running? Phidippides job was a soldier as well as a great runner. He fought in the Battle of Marathon against the Persians. He also sent messages miles away by running.,Task 3: Answer the questions.,2. Why did the Gre

7、ek army go to Marathon? Their city was going to be attacked, so the Greek army went to Marathon to fight their enemy.,3. Did Phidippides do what he was asked? How do you know? Phidippides did what he was asked. We know because there is a mounument to him and to the dead soldiers at Marathon. He died

8、 giving his message.,For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun. This flame begins its Olympic Torch Relay by touring Greece. The flame is normally taken to the country where the games will

9、be held (usually by airplane). The flame is then carried around the,Listening task (P51),country where the games are to be held, using a series of torches carried by people running, walking, riding horses and camels, scuba diving, and using other means of human conveyance. The last runner uses a tor

10、ch to light the large Olympic torch which burns throughout the games. The flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony. A new Olympic torch is designed for each of the games.,Ex 2: Number the events and discuss them in pairs. Answers: 5 7 2 1 6 3 8 - 4,Listen to the tape again and discuss the q

11、uestions with your partner. 1.Why does the torch begin its journey in Greece? Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games so it is appropriate to light the flame there.,2. Why are there Special Olympic Games? The modern Olympic Games considers everyone should have their chance to take part in the Games. If you are mentally or physically disabled, it would obviously be unfair for you to take part against other able-bodied competitors.,So the Olympic movement ha