Summer Project The London Olympic Games 2012

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The Olympic Games 2012, London olympic_games/world_olympic _dreams/ stm

Watch the clip and decide what the video is about An introduction to the athletes An introduction to the games An introduction to London as a city An introduction to football at the Olympics

The London Olympics We are going to watch the clip again. Can you guess what these numbers are about? 80,000 1,000,000 17, EXAMPLE I think 1,000,000 is the amount of pounds the Olympics cost. No, that’s well too cheap. I think it’s the number of athletes in the Olympics. A million athletes, are you crazy?

Answers A. 4 B.1 C.2 D.7 E.6 F.3 G. 8 H.5

Listen and grab as you hear the ideas (competition)

Answers 1.The Olympic park is in a place called Stratford. 2.Usain Bolt smashed the 100 M record. 3.Tom Daley was the youngest 4.Kelly Holmes won two gold medals in Athens. 5.Football, Archery, Water Polo are Olympic Sports. 6.Table tennis, Taekwondo, Judo are Olympic Sports. 7.Women’s Boxing will be an Olympic sport for the first time 8.Olympic football games will be held around the country 9.The Olympics brings everyone together 10.The two presenters are supporting Team Great Britain and Team Jamaica

Can you match these sentences by guessing to get a glimpse ofThe Olympic park to be in the heart ofa record To smashA team/ a country/ a sports start To spread acrossthe biggest sports stars To breakan area To be twinned witha record To cheer ona place/ country/ city NOW – listen and check

ANSWERS to get a glimpse ofthe biggest sports stars to be in the heart ofthe Olympic park To smasha record To spread acrossan area To breaka record To be twinned witha place/ country/ city To cheer ona team/ a country/ a sports star Which of these is stronger – to break or to smash a record?

Write the collocation from before on your white board as the meaning is shown The central or most important part. To be in the heart of somewhere For two cities to have a special relationship with each other. To be twinned with a place To do something better than the best known speed, time, number, etc. previously achieved. To break a record To defeat someone or to destroy something completely. To smash a record To see something or someone for a very short time or only partly. To get a glimpse of (someone/ something) the biggest sports stars to (cause to) cover, reach or have an effect on a wider or increasing area To spread to an area to shout loudly in order to encourage someone in a competition. To cheer on someone/ to cheer someone on

Write the collocation from before on your white board as the meaning is shown To see something or someone for a very short time or only partly. To have a special relationship with another place. To do something better than the best known speed, time, number, etc. previously achieved. To defeat someone or to destroy something completely. The central or most important part. to shout loudly in order to encourage someone in a competition. to (cause to) cover, reach or have an effect on a wider or increasing area

Can you complete these questions? 1.Which sporting star would you like ___A______? Why? 2.Which country(ies) at the Olympics are you going to ______B_______ and why? 3.How many Olympic records has the Vietnamese Olympic swim team ____C_______? Why? Why not? 4.Which city would you like HCMC to be ___D_____ and why? 5.What buildings should be ____E__________? Why? 6.How will Olympic fever ____F____ Saigon?

Can you complete these questions? Which sporting star would you like to get a glimpse of? Why? Which country(ies) at the Olympics are you going to cheer on and why? How many Olympic records has the Vietnamese Olympic swim team broken/ smashed? Why? Why not? Which city would you like HCMC to be twinned with and why? What buildings should be in the heart of an Olympic Village? Why? How will Olympic fever spread to Saigon?

Going to a travel agency to book a trip

Role Play A) You are a travel agent. A customer comes to you who wants to go to the Olympic games in London. Think of seven reasons why they should go!!!! B) You are thinking about going to London for the Olympics. Think of six questions to ask the travel agent about the games!!! Does the customer book a trip? B: I’m thinking about going to the London Olympics next month!!!!

Language from the video for the travel agent to use: Presenting information When you think about the Olympic, it’s easy just to think about... But did you know... ? What about... ? The Olympic Games just isn’t about...