Teaching and learning Procedures:
StepI. Warming up
1.Lead in the lesson by listening to the songs of You and me and Welcome to Beijing
2.Warming up
1)Talk about some basic knowledge.
Question:When we talk about Olympic Games, what can we think of?
show the pictures below
sports events, motto, Olympic flame, host city, Olympic flame
flag, songs, medals, 2008 Beijing Olympics
How much do you know about the Olympic Games?
2)Make a dialogue between Ban Yansong and Headmaster Fu about the knowledge Of The Olympic Games above
Show an example and ask Ss to imitate it.
Step II.Pre-reading
Quiz
1. When did the ancient Olympic Games start?
A. 1896B. 1906C. 776 BC.
2. Where did the ancient Olympic Games start?
A. Athens, Greece B. Sydney, Australia C. New York, USA
Introduce: interviewer Pausanias writer 2000 years ago
interviewee Li Yan, a volunteer
Prediction:
Ask Ss : What will Pausanias ask in the interview?
Step III. Reading
1.While-reading
Ask Ss to pay attention to reading skills
Skimming for main idea
Scanning for detailed information
2.Skimming
1)Ask the Ss to read and listen to the tape and try to grasp the main idea。
What does the passage tell us?
It mainly tells us about the and the between the Olympic Games and the Olympic Games
2)Decide T or F
1. Everyone can take part in the modern Olympic Games if he wants to.
2.There are running races and horse riding events in the Winter Olympic Games.
3.The Winter Olympic Games are usually held two years before the Summer Olympic Games.
4. For each Olympics, a special village is built for the athletes to live in.
5. In fact, not all the countries want to host the Olympic Games.
3. Scanning: reading and thinking
1)Read the text again to get the detailed information of the text.
The boys will try to finish the task: What was the ancient Olympics like?
The girls will try to finish the task: What is the modern Olympics like?
Boys find the information about the ancient Olympics
One set: summer Olympics How often: Every 4 years Events: running races and horse riding Athletes: men Country : Greece Prize:olive wreath for the honor of winning Motto: swift ,higher and stronger
Girls find the information about the modern Olympics
Two sets : The winter and summer Olympics
How often: Every 4 years
Events: more than 250 sports
Winter: skiing, skating
Summer: running races, swimming, sailing and all the team sports
Athletes: men and women Country :any, for responsibility and honor
Village: reception building ,Stadium and gymnasium
Prize:medals Motto: swift ,higher and stronger
2008 Olympics 2012 Olympics
2) Then talk about the similarities and differences between the ancient and modern Olympics.
Similarities
How often: Both are held every four years.
Purpose: Both are held not for money but for honor.
Spirit:Swifter Higher Stronger
Members: Men are allowed to take part both in ancient and modern Olympics.
Events: Such as running,shooting and throwing
Differences

StepⅣ. Writing
Hosting the Olympic Games has goodand bad effects .Some people think it is a great honor and a greatresponsibility, while some people think the athletes and sports fans willpollute the city.
1)Ask Ss to write downtheir opinions and then ask some Ss to read out .
Give Ss useful words: economy, promote, display ,image,traffic, pollute, cost, environment, bring in , have a good /bad effect on ,
useful expressions: In my opinion,I hold the belief that, I agree/disagree…,
first, second…, besides, furthermore(此外), what’s more, (而且),
2)Show the teacher’sopinon:
good effects
promote the economy
make china better known to theworld
bad effects
cost a large amount of money
cause disorder to our society
……
