2. Welcome to our class

3. THE OLYMPIC GAMES (Free take)

4. Skimming (catch the main idea of the text)

5. Fill in the blanks The Olympic Games Paragraph1.______________ Paragraph2.________ Paragraph3._______ Paragraph4.___________- Paragraph5.___________ a. two kinds of the Olympic Games b. the Olympic motto c. The ancient Olympic games d.the preparation for the 29 th Olympic Games e.the modern Olympic Games a c e b d catch the main idea of the text

6. True or false 1.In the early Olympic Games, only men were 2.The motto of the Olympic Games is Faster, 3.Carl Lewis won three gold medals in the 1984 Olympic Games 4.The 27 th Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles 5.The 28 th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing 6.The Winter Olympic Games are held every three years allowed to compete and watch the Games Higher, Further. T F F F F F Scanning (get specific information)

7. yearshost(city)athletes(women)fromSports events 776B C 1896 1984 2000 2008 Fill in the forms Scanning (get specific information)

8. Questions about the Olympic Games The Summer Olympics The Winter Olympics Both the two Olympics are held every _______ years. The Winter Olympics are usually held _____ years _______ the Summer Olympics. four twobefore Two kinds of Olympic Games

9. The old Olympics began around ______ in Greece 776BC 1896 After about the year ______AD the Olympic Games stopped. For centuries there were no Olympic Games. But they were not _________. 393 forgotten The modern Olympics happened in _______. The history of the Olympics

10. The Olympic motto Faster Higher Stronger It means that every athlete should try to _____faster,______higher,and _______ further.They do their best to win medals. runjumpthrow

11. The Olympic Games are the biggest meeting in the world.There are _____kinds of Olympic Games.____is the Summer Olympic Games,and the_____is theWinter Olympics._____of them are_____every_____years. The old Olympic Games_____around the year 776BC inGreece.At that time there were not___many sports____today.And women were mot allowed to____ ___ ___the games.But now there are many new sports in the Olympics.Just in the Summer Olympics there are more than 250 different sports.And_______are also allowed to join in the games.They even compete_____medals_____ men of the games. began four take partin women Both held two so as for with One other

12. Discussion What do you think we should do in order to hold the 2008 Olympic Games successfully? We should 1.study hard to learn more knowledge 2.Learn English well to communicate with the foreigners 3.do the propaganda （宣传） work 4.collect money for the Olympic Games do the service work for the Olympics 1.1.

13. Discussion Being the host of the29th Olympic Games will have good and bad effects in Beijing.Please give your opinions Good effectsBad effects 1._________________ 2.________________ 3.________________ 1.___________________ 2.__________________ 3.___________________ Make city Visit/invest( 投资 ) improving More pollution wasting interupt

14. The old Olympic Games, 776 BC, Greece The old Olympic Games, 776 BC, Greece every 4 years, women, 393AD, stopped In modern times, 1896, 311 competitors, 13 countries, after that, more and more… in 1992, the 25 th Summer Olympics, Barcelona 250 sports The Olympic motto: One of the greatest competitions, not for medals to hold the Olympics, a rich prize Key words: MIDDLE SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHINGR LLLL