2. Welcome to join us! Ningxiang No.9 Senior High School William

4. 1.What are the colors of the five rings of the Olympic flag? What do they stand for? yellowredblackbluegreen Asia America AfricaEurope Oceania 2.Why are the five rings joined together? The rings are joined together as a sign of friendship.

5. athlete medal gold medal (champion) silver medal The Olympic Games copper medal competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games sportswoman

6. Teaching aims: 2.To enlarge your vocabulary about sports. 3. To learn some information on the Olympic Games. 1.To improve your speaking, reading abilities.

7. Fast-reading: 1.When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? 2.What is the Olympic motto? In 1896 in Greece “Faster, Higher, Stronger”

8. Detailed reading: Read the sentences and then tell whether the sentences are true or false (T or F). 1. The Summer and Winter Olympics are held in the same year every time. 2. The ancient Greeks first held the Olympic Games. 3.Women were not allowed to take part in the games. 4.For many centuries there were not Olympics, so people forgot them. 5.The 27 th Winter Olympic Games were held in 2000. F T T F F

9. Choose the right answer: 1.The first modern Olympic Games happened in ______. A. England B. Greece C. America 2. The Olympics are held every _____ years in modern times. A. two or four B.two C.four 3. _______ are some of the unusual sports. A. Sailing, shooting and jumping B. Horse –riding, shooting and hammer throw C. Wrestling, shooting and swimming 4.After 1896 games,_____ countries joined in the games. A. fewer B. more and more C.all B C B B

10. Look at the pictures and name the sports cycle ridinghorse-riding shooting weight-liftingwrestling sailing

11. The Olympic motto What is the Olympic motto? Swifter HigherStronger Every athlete should try to run faster, jump higher, and throw further. They do their best to win medals. What is the meaning?

12. Scan the text and say something about the numbers appearing in the text. 776 BC______________________________________ 393AD______________________________________ 1896 _______________________________________ 311 _______________________________________ 1984 ______________________________________ 2008 _______________________________________ the old Olympics begin in Greece after stop for several centuries the first modern Olympic Games happen Carl Lewis win four gold medals competitors take up in 1896 games Beijing the best ever Games

13. Homework: 1. Review the text. 2. Prepare a short speech about the Olympic Games.

14. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Olympics, aren’t they? Yes, they are.

15. Yes. It is the oldest gold medal in the first Olympic Games in Greece.