Unit 2 Sports events

*Reading Strategy What makes a good speech and a good speaker? Keep the audience interested all the time, for example, telling an interesting story, using quotations or present statistics and so on.Keep the audience interested all the time, for example, telling an interesting story, using quotations or present statistics and so on. Try to get the audience’s brains working by asking several questions.Try to get the audience’s brains working by asking several questions.

1.What is the speech about? (8) 2.What was Pierre de Coubertin’s hope when he brought the Olympic Games back to life? (12) 3.What does the speaker wish for at the end of the speech? (15) *Listening

1.The history and significance of the Olympic Games. 2.People of all countries can live side by side in peace. 3.The Olympic Movement will have a successful future to match its past glory. *Listening

The structure of the speech: Para1: Paras2—4: Paras5—8: Para9-10: Greetings & subject of the speech. History of the Games. Well-known Olympic athletes. Start a question-and-answer session. General idea of the speech: A lecture about the history and significance of the Olympics.

1. According to..., the speaker is an athlete. 2. The first…were held in AD Everyone was…the ancient Olympics. 4. The contemporary…in Rome in a member of IOC 776 BC Only men were Athens 5. At…, the Chinese women’s badminton... gymnastics 6. Zhang Ning was in her late thirties… early C1:

What are the differences and similarities between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games?

Name The ancient OlympicsThe modern Olympics Time every four years Place in Greece People men and women Games only summer games Prizes Olympic medals Motto Swifter, higher, stronger every four years in different countries only men summer games and winter games olive wreathes Faster, higher, stronger

How many athletes are mentioned in the speech?

Name Nationality Which Olympics Olympic achievements Other information Gold medal, boxing 1.won his first World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964; 2.lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics 1960 Rome Olympics American Muhammad Ali (original) Cassius Clay

Name Nationality Michael Jordan American Which OlympicsOlympic achievements Other information 1984 Los Angles Olympics; 1992 Barcelona Olympics two gold medals, basketball 1.his success in the NBA 2.helped win the gold medal at 1984 LA Olympics

Name Nationality Xu Haifeng Chinese Which Olympics Olympic achievements Other information 1984 Los Angles Olympics gold medal, shooting won the first Olympic gold medal for China

Name Nationality Deng Yaping Chinese Which Olympics Olympic achievements Other information 1992 Barcelona Olympics; 1996 Atlanta Olympics four gold medals, table tennis the greatest female table tennis player the world has ever seen

Name Nationality Liu Xiang Chinese Which Olympics Olympic achievements Other information 2004 Athens Olympics gold medal, men’s 110-metre hurdles the first Asian to win this race

Name Nationality Zhang Ning Chinese Which Olympics Olympic achievements Other information 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal, badminton won the gold medal at the age of 33

Have a discussion 1.What do these athletes have in common? 2.Why do countries throughout the world compete to hold the Olympic Games?

Answers D: 1-a 2-c 3-e 4-b 5-f 6-d E: (1) significance (2) movement (3) medal (4) joy (5) competed (6) made contributions (7) honour (8) excited