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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

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.

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.