Unit 1 The Olympics
Lesson 1 Higher, Faster, Stronger
Learning aims:
1. Learn the new words and expressions. 2. Know about the Olympic Games. Important points:
Grasp the new words and expressions. Difficult points:
How to say something about the Olympics? Learning steps: Step 1. Free talk
Ask and answer:
Have you ever watched the Olympics on TV? What’s your favourite Olympic sport? Why? Do you think the Olympics are important? Would you like to know more about the Olympics? Then talk about the questions in groups.
Step 2. Listening
Play the tape and let the students listen to the first part of the passage, then try to answer.
When and where were the first Olympics? Then the second part.
1. When did the modern Olympics start? 2. What does modern mean? The third part.
1. Who won the gold medal in the long jump? 2. Who won China’s first Olympics medal? At last, check the answers.
Step 3. Reading
Read the passage and find out some difficult points. ① call sb.
② B.C = before Christ ③ the sane thing ④ at the Olympics
⑤ win/get the gold medal in + n. ⑥ in the long jump
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⑦ amazing/amazed ⑧ break the record
Then read the passage again. Try to say something about the Olympics.
Step 4. Quick quiz
Play a game. Ask and answer in pairs. Do it as quickly as possible.
Step 5. Exercises
Write a passage about the Olympics.
Lesson 2 Swimming for Gold
Learning aims:
1. Learn the new words and expressions. 2. Revise the tenses. Learning important points:
Grasp how to use the words and the phrases. Learning difficult points:
How to use the verbs in different tenses. Learning steps: Step 1. Revision
Revise the language points of last lesson.
Step 2. Leading-in
Do you know Zhuang Yong? Yes, she is a swimmer. Now let’s learn about her.
Step 3. Listening and answering
Before listening, show the questions to students. Listen to the tape and then say true or false.
1. Zhuang Yong won the first gold medal in Olympic swimming event for China. 2. Before the Olympics, Zhuang Yong was better than Jenny Tompson at swimming.
3. Zhuang Yong began swimming at the age of ten. Then check the answers.
Step 4. Reading carefully
Read the text and mark the structures and the difficulties that you don’t understand.
1. swim one’s way to 2. as…as sb. can/possible
3. It seemed that…/seemed to do sth. 4. They went to school, talking and laughing.
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5. surprise sb. to one’s surprise be surprised to do/at sth. surprising
6. When she was eight years old. = at the age of eight = at age eight = at
eight
Step 5. Reading loudly
Read the text loudly, recite the important sentences and phrases.
Step 6. Do exercises in class 根据句意，用所给词的正确形式填空
1. Zhang Yong won the ______ (woman) 100-metre freestyle with a time of 54.64 seconds. 2. In a 100-metre race, the ______ (swim) go up the pool once and down the pool once. 3. The children go to school as _____ (fast) as they can. 4. I was _____ (surprise) to see him there. 5. The door is ______ (close). He must be out. 根据汉语提示完成句子
1. 我和儿子同时起床。
My son and I _____ _____ _____ ____ ____ _____ 2. 他在这条路上来来回回地跑，大喊救命。
He was running _____ ____ ____ the path, crying for help. 3. 乌龟比兔子跑得慢。
Tortoises run ____ ____ than rabbits.
4. 1932年，阿米莉娅·埃尔哈特成为第一个独自飞跃大西洋的妇女。
In 1932, Amelia Earhart ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ across the Atlantic alone.
Step 7. Homework
Write something about Zhuang Yong.
Lesson 3 Are you an Athlete?
Learning aims:
1. Learn the new words and expressions. 2. Revise the last lesson Learning important points: Grasp the new words and phrases. Learning difficult points:
How to compete in “events”. Let students think about more sports. Learning steps:
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Step 1. Free talk
We know about the Olympics, athletes compete in “events” swimming, running, basketball and so on. Now let’s look at what sport Danny will compete in.
Step 2. Listening
Before listening, show the questions to students. 1. What event does Danny think of? 2. How tall is Danny? Then check the answers.
Step 3. Reading
First read after the tape. Then practise in three.
Step 4. Explanation
Explain the language points to students. ① at the Olympics ② compete in/for ③ bring sth to s.p ④ on the last day of … ⑤ get ready for/to do sth ⑥ ask sb to do sth. ⑦ write down
⑧ two more = another two
Step 5. Do exercises in class 根据句意及首字母完成句子
1. In small groups, d_____ some events. 2. Can you skip sixty times w_____ stopping? 3. There will be two e_____ between the two teams. 句型转换
1. We will have a great meeting in two months. (划线部分提问) ______ _____ will you have a great meeting?
2. It took ten dollars to take the taxi. (划线部分提问) ______ ______ did it _____ to take the taxi? 3. Zhuang Yong surprised everyone. (同义句) Everyone _____ _____ _____ Zhuang Yong.
4. It is a long tiem since I learned English. (同义句) I _____ _____ English _____ a long time.
根据汉语提示完成句子
1. 你最好戒烟。
You ____ ____ ____ ____ _____.
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