學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精學必求其心得，業必貴于專精Period2ReadingTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriodThetitleofthisarticleisTheHonorableGames。ItisaspeechgiventostudentsofahighschoolinBeijingbyMrJohnson,amemberoftheInternationalOlympicCommittee（IOC)。Inordertogetthestudentstoconcentrateontheideaofreadingapassage,theteachershouldhelpthestudentsstudythetextandfindoutthemeaningofanywordorphrasetheyareunsurebeforethelesson。Inthisway,thestudentscanformagoodhabitofautonomouslearningandimprovetheirabilityofautonomouslearning。Anewkindofreadingstrategyisintroducedinthispassage:readingaspeech。Thestudentsareencouragedtoskimthepassagetogetsomedetailsandanswerthefollowingquestions:1.Whatisthespeechabout？2。WhereweretheancientOlympicGamesheld？3。WhorestartedthemodernOlympicGames?Andthenreadthepassagetogetthemainideaofeachpart。TeachingImportantPointsHelpthestudentstounderstandthetextbetter.TeachingDifficultPointsHowtoreadaspeech.TeachingMethodsFast—readingCareful-readingPair-workTeachingAidsAmultimediacomputerandablackboardThreeDimensionalTeachingAimsKnowledgeandSkillsLetthestudentsknowaspeechgivenbyanumberoftheInternationalOlympicCommittee。Improvetheirreadingskills.ProcessandStrategiesHowtoreadandunderstandaspeech.Encouragethestudentstothinkwidely。FeelingsandValueEncouragethestudentstolearnthehistoryoftheOlympics.Howtosupportourcountrytohostthe2008OlympicGames。TeachingProceduresStep1Greetings：T：Goodmorning,class!Ss：Goodmorning，sir!Step2Revisionandlead—inT:Asweallknow,theOlympicGamesareheldeveryfouryearsanditisagreathonorforacountrytohosttheGames.HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheOlympicGames，forexample,itshistory,ceremoniesandsportingevents？S：OlympicGamesoriginatedfromancientGreece。ThereareopeningceremonyandclosingceremonyinOlympicGames。TherearemanysportseventsintheGames.Step3Fast—readingT:GothroughthepassagequicklyandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinPartA。。。.Suggestedanswers：A1.ThehistoryandsignificanceoftheOlympicGames。2.AtOlympiainGreece。3。PierredeCoubertin。Step4Careful-readingT：Good.Thenreadthepassageagainandthistimeyoushouldreaditmorecarefully.Afterthat，completepartsC1andC2individually。Inthispart，Iwillgiveyoufifteenminutestodoit.Areyouclear?（Fifteenminuteslater，theteachercheckstheanswers。)Suggestedanswers:C11Accordingtothespeech，thespeakerisanathlete。（anIOCmember）2ThefirstancientOlympicGameswereheldinAD776.(776BC)3Inthepast,onlyathletesthatspokeItalianwereallowedtocompete。(Greek)4TheaimofthemodernOlympicGamesistomakecountriesandpeoplecompetesidebyside.(livepeacefully)5ThefirstmodernOlympicGameswereheldinRomein1896.（Athens）6DengYapingwonfourOlympicgoldmedalsfortennis.（tabletennis)C2NameNationalityWhichOlympicsOlympicachievementsOtherinformationMuhammadAliAmerican1960RomeOlympicsGoldmedal，boxingOriginalnameCassiusClay;wonhisfirstWorldHeavyweightBoxingchampionshipin1964；littheOlympicflameatthe1966AtlantaOlympicsMichaelJordanAmerican1984LosAngelesOlympics；1992BarcelonaTwogoldmedals,basketballThehighestscorerfortheUSAbasketballteamatthe1984OlympicsHaileGebrselassieEthiopian1996AtlantaOlympics;2000SydneyOlympicsTwogoldmedals,distancerunningFirstbecamefamousin1992；brokeworldrecordforthe10kmrunXuHaifengChinese1984LosAngelesOlympicsGoldmedalWonthefirstOlympicgoldmedalforChinaDengYapingChinese1992BarcelonaOlympics;1996AtlantaOlympicsFourgoldmedals,tabletennisBecomeanIOCmemberin2000LiuXiangChinese2004AthensOlympicsGoldmedal,men’s110metrehurdlesThefirstAsiantowinthisraceT：Quitegood。Nowlookatthetwoquestionsontheblackboard。1。WhatarethedifferencesbetweentheancientandthemodernOlympicGames?2.DoyouthinkChineseathletessuchasDengYapingandLiuXiangareasgreatasAliorJordan?Answertoquestion1:Theancientgameswerealwaysheldatthesameplace。IntheancientOlympics，onlyGreekmenwereallowedtocompeteandtheyhadtocompetewearingnoclothes。InthemodernOlympics,Athletesfromallovertheworldcantakepart，nomatterwhatlanguagetheyspeakorwhatsextheyare。T:Doyouthinkitisdifficulttogiveaspeech？Whyorwhynot？Whatmakesagoodspeechandagoodspeaker?Isthereanyrelationshipbetweenthetopicsthespeakermentions?NowpayattentiontothereadingstrategyonPage23。Step5DebatesT：HostingtheOlympicsisagreathonourforacountry，butatthesametimeitcostsalotofmoney.DoyouthinkhostingtheOlympicswillbeagoodopportunitytodevelopthehostcountry'seconomyandtourismorwillitbeaheavyburdenontheeconomy？ThosewhoarefortheOlympicspleaseputyourhands.T:Nowwedividethewholeclassintotwogroups。Prepareit。(Theteacherwalksaroundandgivessomedirections.）...Holdthedebate。Step6SummaryandhomeworkT:TodaywelearnedaspeechaboutOlympicGames.Afterclassreadthespeechagainandprepareforthelanguagepointsinit.TheDesignoftheWritingontheBlackboardUnit2SportingeventsPeriod2ReadingReadingstrategy：ReadaspeechQuestions：1。WhatarethedifferencesbetweentheancientandthemodernOlympicGames？2。DoyouthinkChineseathletessuchasDengYapingandLiuXiangareasgreatasAliorJordan?DebateDoyouthinkhostingtheOlympicswillbeagoodopportunitytodevelopthehostcountry’seconomyandtourismorwillitbeaheavyburdenontheeconomy？ActivitiesandResearch1.Groupdiscussionandgrouplearning。2.Whycanwewinthehostingofthe2008OlympicGames?ReferenceforTeachingBackgroundInformationTheOlympicGamesareheldeveryfouryearsandathletesfromallovertheworldcomeandcompetewitheachother。Itis,withoutdoubt,thebiggestsportingeventnotonlyforathletesthemselvesbutalsofortheircountries.Winningmedalsisthecommonaimforboththeathletesandtheircountries.Themoremedalstheyget,theproudertheyfeel.Besidesthis,hostingtheOlympicGamesisahugehonorforacountry。Thepeoplewillbeveryexcitedaboutitandthegovernmentwillmakehugeeffortstoimprovethehostingcity.AboutModernOlympicsBaronPierredeCoubertinwasaFrenchman。AthistimesportswerenottaughtinFrenchschools.DeCoubertinbelievedthatsportsshouldgohandinhandwithstudies.Hehadanidea.HisideawastobegintheOlympicsagain.SportsteachersofothercountrieslikedDeCoubertin’sideas.Soin1896,themodernOlympicGameswereheldinAthens（雅典)，Greece。SincethentheOlympicshavebeenheldonceeveryfouryears，exceptthreetimes,whentherewerewars.Themoderngameshavemanyfootracesandfieldsportsprogrammes.Thelongestraceinthegamesiscalledmarathon。BeforethestartoftheOlympicGames，runnerscarrylightedtorch（火炬)throughmanynationstowardsthestadium(運動場）wherethegameswillbeheld。Thesesportsmenarefromdifferentcountries。YettheyworktogethertocarrytheOlympictorch。Itispassedfromrunnertorunner.Whenthelastrunnerentersthestadium,heorsheplacesthetorchinaspecial(專門的)basinfilledwithoil.Itcatchesfire.Itisthen，onlythen,thattheOlympicGamescanbegin.TheOlympicflame（火焰）burnsthroughoutthegames。Itistheflameofpeace。OlympicGamesInancientGreece，therewerefourmajorathleticmeetingsandtheOlympianmeetingplayedthemostimportantpartinthelivesofthepeople。Astimepassed,theOlympianmeetinggraduallylostitslocalcharacterandbecamefirstanationaleventandtheninternational。NooneknowsexactlyhowfarbacktheOlympianGamesgobutsomeofficialrecordsdatefrom776BC。TheGamestookplaceeveryfouryearsontheplainbyMountAfteralonghistoryofalmost1200years,theGameswerestoppedforreligious（宗教的）reasons.Itwasthendecidedin1896tostarttheOlympicGamesagain.ThemeetingwasheldinAthensand311athletesfrom13countriestookpartinitbuttheideaofsuchaninternationalmeetingattractedtheworld’sattention。Afterthe1908LondonOlympics,manynationssenttheirbestathletes。AlthoughtheGameshavebeentimeandtimeagainthreatenedbysomeunfavourablepoliticaleventstheGameshavetakenplaceeveryfouryears.Nowadays，theGamesareheldindifferentcountriesinturn.Asthebiggestinternationalgatheringofanykindintheworld，athletesfromdifferentcountriesplaygamestogetherandthisprovidesthemwithgoodchancestolearntolivetogether。ThefriendlyfeelingsintheOlympicVillagemakepeoplethinkoftheworldasonebigfamily.TheOlympicGameswillbehostedinBeijingin2008。ItisbelievedthattheGameswillbeawonderoftheworld。AboutBeijingOlympicGamesBeijingistospenduptoUS＄20billiontochangetheChinesecapitalintoa21stcenturyoneforthe2008Olympics.Thegovernmentmanagedtohostthe2008gam