Sports Unit 8

What do you know about sports? Sports meet school sports meeting the National Games the Asian Games the Olympic Games the World Cup ……

What do you know about the 2004 Olympic Games? 1.The host city? In which country? 2.How many sports? What are they?What are they? 3.Opening date and closing date? Opening date:13 August 2004 Closing date: 29 August 2004 Athens,Greece Emblem/Mascots/The medal/Torch?Emblem/Mascots/The medal/Torch?

Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoe / kayak Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling Summer sports: 28

Winter sports: Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Ice Hockey Luge Skating Skiing 7

Aquatics(olympic sport since 1896)

Archery(olympic sport since 1900)

Athletics(olympic sport since1896)

Badminton(olympic sport since1992)

Baseball(olympic sport since1992)

Basketball(olympic sport since1936)

Biathlon(olympic sport since1960)

Bobsleigh(olympic sport since1924)

Boxing(olympic sport since1904)

Canoe(olympic sport since1936)

Curling(olympic sport since1924)

Cycling(olympic sport since1896)

Equestrian(olympic sport since1900)

Fencing(olympic sport since1896)

Football(olympic sport since1900)

Gymnastics(olympic sport since1896)

Handball(olympic sport since1936)

Hockey(olympic sport since1908)

Ice Hockey(olympic sport since1920)

Judo(olympic sport since1964)

Luge(olympic sport since1964)

Modern Pentathlon(olympic sport since1912)

Rowing(olympic sport since1896)

Sailing(olympic sport since1900)

Shooting(olympic sport since1896)

Skating(olympic sport since1908)

Skiing(olympic sport since1924)

Softball(olympic sport since1996)

Table Tennis(olympic sport since1988)

Taekwondo(olympic sports since2000)

Tennis(olympic sport since1896)

Triathlon(olympic sport since2000)

Volleyball(olympic sport since1964)

Weightlifting(olympic sport since1896)

Wrestling(olympic sport since1896)

Emblem

Mascots

The medal

Torch

Listening Listen to the following sports reports and fill in the missing information below. Report 1 What sport were they playing? ___________ Who won? The Los Angeles Lakers _______ ________ the Miami Heat. What was the result? The Lakers scored _______ points in the last quarter, beating the Heat ___________. Basketball. won against

Report 2 What sport were they playing? __________________________ What was the result? Manchester United tied Leeds_____________ Soccer /Football. 2-2

Report 3 What sport were they playing? ____________ Who won? China ______ ________ Russia. What was the result? The Chinese team won the first two singles matches __________ and __________, while the Russians won the doubles match. The win in the last singles match gave them a final win of _____________. Table tennis. wonagainst

Speaking Talk about your favourite sports and the reason why you like them, with the following expressions as a guide. (see SB P52) Talk about your favourite sports and the reason why you like them, with the following expressions as a guide. (see SB P52)

Sample dialogue 1: A: Hi. Can I ask you a question? B: Sure. A: Which sport do you like best? B: Hmm, let me think. Oh, basketball. I think I like basketball best. A: Why do you like basketball? B: I like basketball because it is fast and exciting. The players jump high and the games are always very close. Some games are decided in the last few seconds.

Sample dialogue2 A: What’s your favourite sport? B: My favourite sport is football. I love watching the Chinese team play. The players are very good and they use a plan to try to beat/defeat the other team. A: But sometimes two teams play a whole game and never score a goal. B: Yes, but scoring a goal is not the only exciting thing. Each player will do many amazing things in a game and the players work together to score a goal. Even if the teams don’t score a goal, the game is fun to watch.