1. Unit 2

2. 2
Warming up
Speaking

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. Match the year and the host city Of
the following Summer Olympic Games
Sydney Athens Beijing Los Angeles

9. Congratulations!

10. 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” .

11. 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

12. basketball
volleyball
football / soccer

13. table tennis
badminton
tennis

14. hockey
baseball

15. golf
bowling

16. softball

17. 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

18. 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

19. diving
Weightlifting

20. judo
wrestling
boxing

21. tug-of-war

22. Speed skating
Figure skating
Skiing

23. fencing
shooting

24. rowing
horse riding

25. cycling
fishing

26. 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

27. gymnastics
side horse
rings
free exercise

28. gymnastics
balance beam
double bars
high and low bars

29. 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

30. javelin
discus
hammer

31. track and field
high jump
long jump
shot

32. track and field
relay race
hurdle race
walking race

33. hurdle race
100-metre race/dash

34. 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

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

36. 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

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. Thank you for your coming
Goodbye!