WelcometoJenny’sclassAnAcousticChristmasUnit2TheOlympicGames

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WhatistheNEXT?28293031Whatarewegoingtosharetoday?KnowledgeabouttheOlympicGames：

BackgroundknowledgeaboutOlympics

Knowledgeaboutlanguage：

Vocabulary&StructureSkillsofusinglanguage:

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123456789101112competition1WhenandwheredidtheancientOlympicGamesstart?aroundtheyear776BCinOlympia(Greece).AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericaOceaniaTheyarejoinedtogetherasasignoffriendship.

WhatdothefiveOlympicringsstandfor?2

WhatwasawardedthewinnersinancientOlympicGames?

A.MedalsB.MoneyC.Olivewreath3

What’sthemottooftheOlympicGames?

SwifterHigherStronger4

What’sthemottooftheBeijingOlympics?

(Oneworld，Onedream)5

WhatarethetwosymbolicbuildingsinBeijing2008OlympicGames?bird’snestwatercube6

WhataretheofficialmascotsfortheBeijingOlympic?theFiveFuwa

五福娃.7

HowmanygoldmedalsdidChinagetinthe2008AthensOlympics?

51

8Doyouknowwhois“ThefatheroftheOlympics”?9PierredeCoubertin(1863-1937)皮埃爾·德·顧拜旦

ThetitleofHonoraryPresidentoftheOlympicGameswasbestowedonhimin1925untilhisdeathin1937.ItwasdecidedthatnootherPresidentwouldeverbegrantedthishonoragain.Heisconsideredoneofthegreatmenofthe20thcentury.WhowasChina’sfirstgoldmedalwinnerandforwhatevent?XuHaifengforshooting10WhenandwheredidthemodernOlympicGamesstart?Athensin189611WhoisthepresidentoftheInternationalOlympicCommittee?

JacquesRogge

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VoiceYourOpinionDiscussion:WhydomanycountrieswanttohosttheOlympicGameswhileothersdonot?Usethefollowingexpressionsanddiscussingroups.Putforwardyourideasandgivereasonsforyourchoices.Usefulexpressions:Iamfor/infavorof…...because……Iamagainst/disagree……because……Iagreethat……Inmyopinion,Ithink……Myopinionisthat……Ithinkitisbetterto……Ibelieve……

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ReasonstohosttheOlympicGamesReasonsnottohosttheOlympicGamesagreathonortooexpensivetourismnationalpridenewinvestmentgreatresponsibilitymuchplanningaccidents/attacksmanystadiumspressureWhoarethe

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Writing:WriteanessayaboutwhethertohosttheOlympicGamesornot,including:Reasonstohost/ReasonsnottohostYouropinionWriting:outline1.Statethequestion2.Givetheideasthatagreeordisagreewiththequestionandreasons3.GiveyouropinionUsefulwordsandexpressions:1.做...是至上的榮譽(yù)：2.提升國家形象：3.促進(jìn)文化交流：4.利國利民：5.勞民傷財(cái)：6.破壞環(huán)境：7.體育設(shè)施：

It’sagreathonortoimprovetheimageofthecountrypromoteculturalcommunicationbenefitthenationandpeopleawasteofresourcesenvironmentalpollutionsportsfacilitiesMakingsentences:1.通過奧運(yùn)會(huì)的舉辦可以提升國家形象和增進(jìn)文化交流。2.正是奧運(yùn)會(huì)的舉辦將會(huì)帶來住房緊缺，道路擁擠，事故頻發(fā)及環(huán)境破壞。ThehostofOlympicGamescannotonlyimprovetheimageofstate,butalsopromoteculturalcommunication.ItishostingtheOlympicsthatresultsintheshortageofaccommodations,crowdedstreets,frequentaccidentsaswellasenvironmentalpollution.Therearedifferentopinionsamongpeopleasto____.Somepeoplesuggestthat____.However,othersthink____Thefirstreasonisthat______.Besides,______.What’smore,______.Aboveall,______.AsfarasIamconcerned,Iagreewiththelatteropiniontosomeextent.Ithinkthat____.Sample:

TherearedifferentopinionsamongpeopleastohosttheOlympicGames.SomepeoplesuggestthathostingOlympicsisawasteofresources.However,othersthinkhostingOlympicGamesbenefitsthenationandpeople.ThefirstreasonisthathostingOlympicGamescandeveloptheeconomyofthehostcity,whichbringsaboutaboomintourismandbetterurbanconstruction.Besides,thehostofOlympicGamescannotonlyimprovetheimageofstate,butalsopromoteculturalcommunication.What'smore,itcanenhancethesenseofnationalpride.AsfarasIamconcerned,Iagreewiththelatteropiniontosomeextent.IthinkthatitisagreathonortohostOlympicGameswhichisawin-winactivity.

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FinalwinnerBestBoyBestgirl“ThemostimportantthingintheOlympicGamesisnottowinbuttotakepart,justasthemostimportantthinginlifeis