高一英语上册教案[人教版]：Unit 8 运动（二）

teaching procedures of period 2step1. lead-in(10 mins)

task 1. collect the information ss have found, and this is a good chance to present new words. if necessary, warming up ex can work as a guide. at the same time t will display some relevant pictures.

five rings

aisa europe africa america oceania

ioc

international olympic committee

headquater

lausanne switzerland

motto

swifter higher stronger

present president

jac ques rogge

official language

english french spanish russian german

host city of 2000 olympics

sydney australia

host city of 2004 olympics

athens greece

host city of 2008 olympics

beijing china

host city of the first olympics

athens greece

sort

winter olympics summer olympics

purpose: to help ss get as much background knowledge about the olympics as possible

task 2.group work to discuss any of following questions:
1).why do so many athletes want to take part in the olympic games?
2).are the olympic games important to our society? why or why not?

purpose: the activity is designed to get ss to think about the olympics as a preliminary activity related to the reading material.

step2. reading(10 mins)
task1.skimming to find out what is the reading material going to talk about.
possible answer: the olympics
task2. scanning to find the topic words

possible answer: the winter olympics , the summer olympics, the ancient olympics,
the modern olympics, the olympic motto, the 2008 olympics

purpose: to train ss to glance through the passage quickly to get a general idea.

task3. careful reading to find out the main idea of each paragraph.

purpose: to train ss how to find out the main idea of a paragraph.

step3.consolidation(10 mins)
task1. play the passage through once and ask ss to underline some words and phrases they think useful.
task2.match the new words and their meanings(see wb ex)
task3.fill in a form about the passage

olympics

year

location

china’s gold medals

competitors

old

greece

no female competitors

1st in modern times

23rd

2000

2008

?

?

purpose: to have a better understanding of the passage and note some useful words and phrases.

step4.discussion(15 mins)
task1: group work (group of 4) to discuss the following topics and they can choose whichever they are interested in talking about.
topic1. what is the spirit of the olympic games? what can you learn from it?
topic2. do you agree that” faster, higher, stronger” is a good motto not only for sports but also for life in general? why?
topic3.is it important to win in a sports match? why or why not?
topic4.discuss the causes and effects of some serious problems of the olympics and think of the possible solutions.
task2: debate
hosting the olympic games is a great honour and a great responsibility. since china has won the bidding
of hosting the 2008 olympics, what will the olympics bring to china, good effects or bad effects.

good effects bad effects

promote the economycosting a large amount of money

make china better known to the world cause disorder to our society
… …

purpose: to have a further understanding about the olympics. step5.homework assignment

write a report based on the debate carried out in class about the good effects and bad effects of the olympics. and encourage ss to express their own idea in the report.

purpose: to cultivate them how to write discussed topics