Unit 2

2 Warming up Speaking

In what year were the Olympic Games first held? Warming up In what year were the Olympic Games first held? A 1896 B B 776BC C 1906

A B C When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? 1986 in Sydney B 1896 in Athens C 1698 in New York

A B C What do the five Olympic rings stand for? Five continents Five famous athletes B Europe Africa America C Five important events Asia Oceania

How many gold medals did China win in the 2000 Olympic Games? 16 B 36 28 How many times have the Olympic Games been stopped because of war? C A B Three Four Five

Which of the following sports are in the Winter Olympic Games: badminton basketball speed skating soccer table tennis swimming skiing track and field

Match the year and the host city Of the following Summer Olympic Games 2000 2004 2008 Sydney Athens Beijing Los Angeles

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What is the Olympic Motto ? 奥林匹克格言 What is the Olympic Motto ? The Olympic Motto “Citius,Altius, Fortius” is Latin, literally meaning “Swifter, Higher, Stronger” .

sports ball games swimming field and track sports gymnastics others How many kinds of sports do you know? ball games swimming sports field and track sports gymnastics others

basketball volleyball football / soccer

table tennis badminton tennis

hockey baseball

golf bowling

softball

ball games football 足球 basketball 篮球 volleyball 排球 tennis 网球 table tennis 乒乓球 badminton 羽毛球 baseball 棒球 softball 垒球 handball 手球 hockey 曲球 golf高尔夫球

swimming 游泳 freestyle自由泳 frog style蛙泳 butterfly stoke 蝶泳 back stroke仰泳 breast stroke 俯泳 over-arm stroke 爬泳 underwater swimming潜泳

diving Weightlifting

judo wrestling boxing

tug-of-war

Speed skating Figure skating Skiing

fencing shooting

rowing horse riding

cycling fishing

diving 跳水 weight lifting 举重 archery 射箭shooting射击 clay pigeon飞碟rowing划船 parachute jumping 跳伞horse race 赛马mountaineering 爬山运动 cycling自行车比赛 motorcycling 摩托车比赛 skating 滑冰 fencing击剑 wrestling摔跤 boxing 拳击 Tug-of-war 拔河rope-skipping跳绳 rubber-band skipping跳橡皮筋

gymnastics side horse rings free exercise

gymnastics balance beam double bars high and low bars

gymnastics Gymnastics 体操 free exercises 自由体操 horizontal bar 单杠 parallel bars 双杠 uneven bars 高低杠 rings 吊杠 vaulting horse 跳马 pommelled horse 鞍马 long horse 纵马 side horse 横马 balance beam 平衡木

javelin discus hammer

track and field high jump long jump shot

track and field relay race hurdle race walking race

hurdle race 100-metre race/dash

field and track sports field events 田赛 long jump 跳远 high jump跳高 pole-vault 撑杆跳高 javelin throw 掷标枪 hammer throw 掷铁球 track events径赛 race赛跑 sprint/dash 短跑 long-distance race 长跑 cross-country race 越野赛round-the-city race 环城赛 Marathon race马拉松赛跑 obstacle race障碍赛跑 relay race 接力赛跑hurdle race 跨栏赛跑 walking race竞走 starting line 起跑线 finishing line终点线

Which sport do you like best? Interview three of your friends about their favorite sports Name Which sport do you like best? Why?

Speaking Interview three of your friends about their favorite sports Asking about interests and hobbies: What’s your favorite sport? Which sport do you like best? Which do you prefer, …or…? Which do you like, …or…? What about…? Are you interested in…? Are you into…? Are you crazy about…? Are you fond of…? Are you a big fan of…? Possible answers: Sure. I love sports. Yes, very much./no, not really. Shooting, I think. I like…best. I prefer…to… I’d rather watch it than play it. It can make us brave. It enables us to react quickly. It gives us more confidence. It builds up our body. It lets us know more about teamwork

Sample dialogue: A: Hi. Can I ask you a question? B: Sure. A: What’s your favorite sport? 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 favorite sport? B: My favorite 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.

Summary and homework Have a free talk with your classmates, talking about your favorite sport and using the useful expressions we’ve learned . And do exercises in Talking on Page 127 and Page 128 in your workbook.

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