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Unit 2

Unit 2. The Olympic Games. Reading. 石家庄市 23 中. The Olympic Games. Thinking. Q 1. How many events are there for the Summer and Winter Olympics?. Q 2. When and where will the next Olympic Games be held?. Q 3. What do you think the Chinese team will do in order to win more medals?.

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  1. Unit 2 The Olympic Games Reading 石家庄市23中

  2. The Olympic Games

  3. Thinking Q 1.How many events are there for the Summer and Winter Olympics? Q 2.When and where will the next Olympic Games be held?

  4. Q 3.What do you think the Chinese team will do in order to win more medals? Q 4.Why do so many countrieswant to host the OlympicGames?

  5. Competition How much do you know about the Olympic Games?

  6. 1. When did the ancient Olympic Gamesstart? • 1896 B. 1906 C. 776 BC. • 2. Where did the ancient Olympic Games start? • A. Athens, Greece B. Sydney, Australia C. New York, USA • 3. When did the ancient Olympic Gamesstop？ • A．393 BC. B. 393 AD. C. 311 AD. • 4. When was the first modern Olympic Games held? • A. 1986 B. 1896 C. 1698

  7. 5. Where was the first modern Olympic Games held? • A. in Athens B. in Sydney C. in New York • 6. How many kinds of Olympic Games are there? • A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 • 7. How often are the Olympic Games held? • Every four years B. Every five years • C. Every three years

  8. 8. What was rewarded to the winners in ancient Olympic Games? A. Metals B. Money C. Olive wreaths 9. What is the host city of 2000 Olympics? A. Athens, Greece B. Sydney, Australia C. New York, USA 10. How many gold medals did China win in the 2000 Olympic Games? A. 16 B. 28 C. 36

  9. 11. What is the host city of 2004 Olympics? • A. Athens, Greece B. Sydney, Australia C. New York, USA • 12. When did China first take part in the Olympic Games? • A. 1932 B. 1942 C.1952 • 13. Who was China’s first gold medal winner and for what event? • Cai Zhenhua, table tennis • B. Xu Haifeng, shooting • C. Fu Mingxia, swimming

  10. 14. How many gold medals did China win in the 2004 Olympic Games? A. 32 B. 63 C. 17 15. Which s port is in the Winter Olympic Games? A. Badminton B. basketball C. Speed s kating

  11. Reading-I----scanning 1 Scanning • What do they mainly talk about? • 2. What does he say when he hears that women • are also allowed to join in ? • 3. How does Pausanias feel when he hears the • Olympic Games are also about being able • torun faster, jump higher and throw further? • A. Surprised B. Happy C. Sad D. Astonished

  12. 1. What do they mainly talk about? 2. What does he say when he hears that women are also allowed to join in ? They mainly talk about the ancient and modern Olympic Games esp. the similarities and differences. “Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part!” he says.

  13. 3. How does Pausanias feel when he hears the Olympic Games are also about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further? A. Surprised B. Happy C. Sad D. Astonished

  14. 2 Scanning Scan the passage to find out the characteristics and similarities of the ancient and modern Olympics. Ancient Olympics 1.One set of Games 2.No women or slaves can take part 3.Only competitors from Greece

  15. Modern Olympics 1 two main sets of Games 2 anyone can take part if they reach the standard 3 competitors from all over the world 4 all round the world 5 more than 250 events

  16. Similarities 1 have running races 2 held every 4years 3 no prize money for winners 4 seen as most important competition

  17. 3 Scanning four four Winter more

  18. all over Greek the world women every country is possible an olive wreath medals

  19. Reading-II----detailed reading Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. • What amazes Pausanias about the Olympic Games? • Why does he think Athens, Greece and Beijing, China should feel proud? • Why does he think people may be competing for money in the modern Olympic Games?

  20. 1.What amazes Pausanias about the Olympic Games? Pausanias is amazed that many countries take part in the Olympic Games and women too and there are two sets of Games---the Winter and the Summer Olympics.

  21. 2. Why does he think Athens and Beijing should feel proud? 3. Why does he think people may be competing for money in the modern Olympic Games? Because Li Yan has explained that it is a great honour to host the Olympic Games. He thinks that so many things have changed in the Olympic Games that he fears that the spirit of the Olympics may have changed too.

  22. Summary of the interview The Olympic Games are the biggest sports meeting in the world, which include two kinds, the ________and the ______ Olympics. Both of them are _____ every _____ ____. All countries can take part if their athletes reached the ________ to the games. Women are not only _______ to join in but playing a very _________ role. Summer Winter held four years standard allowed important

  23. A ______ ______ is built for the competitors to live in, a ________ for competitions, a large swimming pool, a __________ as well as seats for those who watch the games. It’s a great _____ to host the Olympic Games. The olive wreath has been ________ by medals. But it’s still about being able to run ______, jump ______ and throw _______. special village stadium gymnasium honor replaced faster higher further

  24. The 29th Olympic Games was held in Beijing in 2008.

  25. The 30th Olympic Games will be held in London in 2012.

  26. 词义辨析： attend, join,  join in和take part in, participate in 1. attend常用于以一般的身份出席会议，着重指“到场，出席（会议、典礼等）。

  27. 2. 加入某党派、某组织或某社会团体,并成为其中一员, 用join, 不可用join in。 ① He will never forget the day when he joined the Party. 他永远也忘不了他入党的那天。 ② His brother joined the army three years ago. 他哥哥是三年前参军的。

  28. join还可解释为“连接”。 ① The railway joined the two cities. 铁路把两个城市连接起来了。 ② The two clauses are joined by a conjunction. 两个分句由一个连词连接起来。

  29. 3. 说参加某种活动用join in，如说 “与某人一起做某事”，则用join sb. in sth. / doing sth. 。 ① May I join in the game? 我可以参 加这个游戏吗？ ② Come and join us in the discussion. 来和我们一起讨论吧！

  30. 4. take part in参加群众性活动、会议等，往往指参加者持积极态度，起一份作用。 ① A great number of students took part in May 4 Movement. 大批学生参加了五四运动。

  31. ② We are going to have an English evening. Do you want to take part? 我们准备举办一个英语晚会，你想参加吗？ ③ All the students took an active part in the extracurricular activities. 所有的学生都积极参加了课外活动。

  32. 5. take part in和participate in表示主语在有关活动中担任一定的角色，两者相比，take part in比较普通。

  33. compete, contest和match compete指两个（或一些）人或派别之间，为达到某种目标而进行的竞争。 Only two men are competing for the cup. 只有两人在争夺奖杯。

  34. The US and Iraqi armies were competing for victory in the battle. 美伊两军打仗时各自在争取胜利。 contest是为夺取胜利而展开竞争或进行比赛，或为获得控制权或某种优势而争夺。

  35. There are three candidates entering the contest for the presidency. 有三名侯选人参加总统竞选。 若作为及物动词，contest亦可解作“提出异议”。

  36. match则表示与人对抗或比试。 The boy matches his strength with his brother. 男孩与其兄弟比试力气。 match也可解作“匹敌”。

  37. For food no country can match China. 至于食物，没有一个国家可与中国媲美。 contest和match尚可作名词用，习惯上说 a beauty contest、a speech contest，但a basketball match 。

  38. gold，golden 1. gold作名词“黄金”，形容词 “金质的，黄金的”。 All that glitters is not gold. 发光的未必都是金子。

  39. 2. golden是形容词“金黄色的，黄金般的”。 The child has blue eyes and golden hair. 那孩子长着碧眼金发。

  40. Good health can make old age the golden years of your life. 健康能使老年成为你生命中的黄金年华。

  41. It means that every athlete should try to run faster, jump higher and throw further. 句子中further相当于farther, 表示“更远”, 但further还可用于表示“进一步, 进而”。

  42. Many young people go abroad so that they can study further in these countries. 许多年轻人出国是为了他们能在这些国家进一步学习。

  43. Scientists have made further research on this project. 科学家们已经对这一规划作了进一步研究。

  44. A three-minute debate • Hosting the Olympic Games had good results on Beijing/China , but it also brought some bad results.

  45. Good effects • Promoted the economy • made hosting country better known to the world • improved our sports skills

  46. Bad effects • cost a large amount of money • caused disorder to the society • disturbed someone’s normal life • did harm to the environment

  47. Fill in the blanks according to Chinese. took part in • 1. 许多学生参加了这个比赛。 • Many students ______ ______ ______ the game. • 2. 奥运会每四年举办一次。 • The Olympic Games are held _______ _______ _______. • 3. 这是现代最快的计算机了。 • This is the fastest computer ____ _________ _______. • 4. 你做事情越来越认真了。 • You are doing everything ______ _____ ______ carefully. • 5. 第一届现代奥运会在希腊举行，即它诞生的国家。 • The first modern Olympic Games were held in Greece—the country ____ ________ the Games were born. every four years in modern times more and more in which

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