Slide1: Unit2 the Olympic Games Revision Presentation Reading Expressions Practice Discussion


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Slide3: Samaranch                            Hezhengliang President of the Olympic      President of the Olympic Committee                         Committee in China


Read the passage and do the following exercises:: Read the passage and do the following exercises: A. Find the answers to the questions :           1. When and where did the old Olympic begin?     2. When did the Olympic Games stop?     3. When did the first Olympic Games in modern times happen?     4. What is the Olympic motto ?  answers


B. Do the following True or False  exercises:   : B. Do the following True or False  exercises:   1. The Olympic Games are not very old and have a very interesting history.  2. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 A.D.  3. In ancient times the Olympic Games were held irregularly.  4. The ancient games stopped because of a world war.  5. The first modern Olympic Games happened in the year 1896.B.C. answers


C. Talk about the numbers in the text:: C. Talk about the numbers in the text: 1. every four years,               2. 776 BC,  3. 393 AD                                      4. 1896、1916、1940 answers


A. useful expressions:: A. useful expressions: every four years:every fourth year 每四年 every+基数词+名词复数形式 every+序数词+名词单数形式 Every second/other week Every sixth hour until/till: 直到……时候为止 not…until:直到……时候才 I waited until/till tomorrow. Don’t open the door until the train stops Every two weeks = Every six hours =


Slide9: add…to …: to join (one thing to another) add to: to increase e.g. If you add three to five, you get eight. His illness added to the family’s trouble. Include: to have as a part e.g. The plan includes most of your suggestions. The group included two engineers and twenty workers. do one’s best : try one’s best e.g. We should do our best to help others.


A. Complete the sentences: : A. Complete the sentences:   1. Mr. Strong is a businessman who comes to China ______________(每四年)    2. When did Xiao Jun ________ (加入 ) the League? 3. How many Chinese athletes will _______（参加） the next Olympic Games.   4. It's getting ______________(越来越冷） 5. You ___________ (不被允许 ) to do it alone. every four years join take part in colder and colder aren't allowed


B. Fill in the blanks with proper words:: B. Fill in the blanks with proper words: The old Olympic Games ( happened, was happened ) around the year 776 BC in Greece. At that time there were not so many sports as today. And women were not allowed to ( join, join in ) the games. But now there are many new sports in the Olympics. Just in the Summer Olympics there are more than 250 different sports. And women are allowed to ( take part in, take part ) the games. They even compete ( many, more ) medals than men in some of the games.


Slide12: 2004 Olympic Chinese people


Slide13: How many gold medals did the Chinese team get in 2004? How many of the gold medals did women get? What shall we do now for the next Olympic? Discussions


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Answers to the questions  : Answers to the questions  1. When and where did the old Olympic begin?      The Olympic Games began around the year 776 BC in Greece.  2. When did the Olympic Games stop?       After about the year 393 AD the Olympic Games stopped.  3. When did the first Olympic Games in modern times happen?      The first Olympic Games  in modern times happened in 1896.   4. What is the Olympic motto ?         The Olympic motto is " Swifter, Higher, Stronger."


Answers to the true or false exercises:: Answers to the true or false exercises: False  1. The Olympic Games are very old and have a very interesting history.  False  2. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C.  True   3. In ancient times the Olympic Games were held irregularly. False  4. The modern games stopped because of a world war.  False 5. The first modern Olympic Games happened in the year 1896A.D.


Answers to the numbers : : Answers to the numbers : 1. every four years,      Every four years athletes from all over the world take part in the Olympics.  2. 776 BC,    The Olympic Games from which the modern games came began around  the year 776 BC in Greece.  3. 393 AD     After about the year 393 AD the Olympic Games stopped.                                       4. 1896,       The first Olympic Games in modern times happened in 1896.