Colour Red Yellow Green Blue
IOC International Olympic committee Headquater Lausanne Switzerland
Motto swifter higher stronger Present President Jacques 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 20xx Olympics Beijing China Host city of the first Olympics Athens Greece
kinds 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
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 20xx 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
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 place China’s gold medals competitors
old Greece no female competitors
1st in modern times 23rd 2000 20xx ? ?
Purpose: to have a better understanding of the passage and note some useful words and phrases.
Step4.Discussion
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 20xx Olympics, what will the Olympics bring to
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