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THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Read the description and speak out the names of the sports :1. This is a very fast game. Each of the two teams has five players and the game i

s played for two periods (场次） of twenty minutes each. The players try to put the ball into a “basket.” It is useful if you are very tall.

2. The game is played by two strong people. One player tries to get the other down on the floor.

3. Several athletes take turns to fire at something with a gun.

4. This game must be played in water by several players. The one who first reaches the finish line is the winner.

5. The game is played by two teams of six players each. Each team can hit the ball up to three times, but not more than three times. Then the ball must land on the other side of the net (网 ). It is useful if you have tall players in your team.

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True or false statements:1. Both the Summer and Winter Olympics are held

every four years.2. The Winter Olympics are held two years after the Summer Olympics.3. In the old times both men and women were allowed to take part in the Olympic Games.4. The first modern Olympic Games happened in the year 400 AD.5. The modern Olympic Games began around the year 779 BC.

6. The Olympic Games were born in Greece.7. The 24th Summer Olympics were held in Barcelona. 8. In Barcelona the Chinese team won 16 gold medals.9. Horse-riding is one of the unusual sports in the Olympic Games. 10. The Olympic Games never stopped from the very beginning up to now.

1. How many kinds of Olympic Games are there in the world? And what are they? 2. How often are the Olympic Games held? Which is held first?

Questions:

Pa 1 the Winter and Summer Olympic Games

Pa 2 the old Olympic Games1. When and where did the old Olympic Games begin?2. Which games did the young men compete in?3. Were women allowed to take part in the games?

Pa 3 stop1. When did the Olympic Games stop?2. How long were there no Olympic Games?

Pa 4 the modern Olympic Games1. When and where did the first modern Olympic Games happen?2. How many competitors and countries took part in the games?3. What about the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992?4. How many sports are there in the games? Show some more unusual sports.

Pa 5 the Olympic motto1.What is the Olympic motto?2.What does it mean?

3.Tell us something about this famous athlete in the 1984 Olympic Game.4.How many gold medals did the Chinese team get in Barcelona?

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Why is it important for a country to

hold the Olympic Games?

Pa. 6 the importance of holding the Olympic Games

Structure (结构）

Part 1 Winter and Summer Olympic Games

Part 2 History of Olympic Games

Old Olympic GamesStopModern Olympic Games

Part 3 Olympic motto

Part 4 Importance

Sentence Structure

Pa 2 Some of the games in which the young men competed were : running, jumping and wrestling.

Pa 4 They were held in Greece---the country in which the games were born.

Pa 5 In Barcelona the Chinese team got 16 gold medals, of which 12 were won by women.

Attributive Clause

What are the advantages (优点 ) of Beijing

for holding the 2008 Olympic Games?

Discussion

1. The Chinese government (政府 ) and its people support (支持 ) holding the Olympic Games. 2. China is becoming stronger and stronger and its economy (经济 ) is developing very fast. 3. The Chinese athletes are winning more and more gold medals in the Olympic Games. 4. The Chinese people are very kind and friendly. They will try their best to treat the people from other areas. 5. This is the second time for China to compete in holding the Olympic Games, and it has won more and more support from other countries.

Reading comprehension:1. This text mainly tells us about ________. A. the old and modern Olympic Games B. the old Olympic Games in Greece C. the modern Olympic Games in Barcelona D. the Olympic motto2. If the Winter Olympics were held in 1996, in which year would the Summer Olympics be held? A. In 2000 B. In 1999 C. In 1998 D. in 19973. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text? A. When the old Olympic Games stopped B. Why the old Olympic Games stopped C. Whether women were allowed to take part in the old Olympic Games D. Where the 25th Summer Olympic Games were held

4. In the 25th Summer Olympic Games, ______.

A. the Chinese men did better than the Chinese women

B. the Chinese women did better than the Chinese men

C. the Chinese team did better than any other team

D. the Chinese team got 28 gold medals

5. From the text we know that it is one of the great competitions

between countries to hold the Olympics because ________.

A. there are a lot of gold medals in Olympics

B. it is a rich prize for a country

C. women are allowed to take part in the Olympic Games

D. there are both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games

Fill in the blanks with proper words: The Olympic Games are the biggest sports meeting in the world. There are _____ kinds of Olympic Games. ______is the Summer Olympic Games, and the ______ is the Winter Olympics. ______of them are ______ every ________years. The old Olympic Games _______around the year 776 BC in Greece. At that time there were not _______ many sports ______today. And women were not allowed to ______ _______ ________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 ________ are also allowed to join in the games. They even compete ______medals ______men in some of the games.

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Let’s do some reading

Homework

1. Read the passage over and over. 2. Learn the words and expressions by heart. 3. Finish the exercises in the papers.

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