Unit2TheOlympicGames Reading Warmingup Enjoyasong Let senjoy WhichnumberisconcernedwiththeOlympicGames Asia Europe Africa America Oceania Thefiveinterlockingringsstandforfriendshipoffivecontinents Blue EuropeBlack AfricaRed AmericaYellow AsiaGreen Oceania 2008BeijingOlympic WelcometoBeijing Mascots theOlympicmotto Swifter Higher Stronger SummerOlympicevents swimming relay gymnastics weightlifting tennis tabletennis running softball diving wrestling volleyball football basketball judo pentathlon javelin highjump longjump marathon WinterOlympicevents skating skiing skijumping sledding snowboarding 滑雪板运动 icehockey 冰球 HowmuchdoyouknowabouttheOlympicGames Testyourknowledgewiththisquiz WhenandwheredidtheancientOlympicGamesstart A 776BC inGreeceB 776AD inGreece2 WhateventswerethereintheancientOlympicGames A Running jumping shooting throwing wrestling B Tabletennis jumping volleyball swimming3 WhendidtheancientOlympicGamesstop A 393ADB 398AD4 WhenandwheredidthemodernOlympicsstart A In1896 inAthensB In1896 inAmerica 6 WhendidChinafirsttakepartintheOlympicGames A In1932B In19407 WhowasChina sfirstgoldmedalwinnerandforwhatevent A XuHaifeng shootingB XuHaifeng tabletennis8 Howmanycompetitorsfromhowmanycountrytakepartinthe27thSummerOlympicsinSydney Over10 000athletes 119countriesB Over10 000athletes 184countries 5 Howmanycompetitorsfromhowmanycountrycompetedin1896 A Therewere311competitorsfrom13countries B Therewere1131competitorsfrom113countries 9 WhendidbaseballbecomeanOlympicsport A 1972B 1992C 197610 MatchtheyearandthehostcityofthefollowingSummerOlympicGames 1984200020042008SydneyAthensBeijingLosAngeles Fastreading TrueorFalse 1 MenandwomenwereallowedtotakepartintheancientOlympicGames 2 TheWinterOlympicGamesareheldeverythreeyears 3 The28thOlympicGameswillbeheldinBeijing 4 Aspecialvillageisbuiltforcompetitorstolivein 5 ToholdtheOlympicisarichprizeandabighonorforacountry F F F T T CarefulreadingTellthedifferencebetweenancientandmodernOlympicsaccordingtothereadingpassage everyfouryears indifferentcountries onlymen summergamesandwintergames olivewreathes Olympicmotto faster higher stronger Readingcomprehension1 Pausaniaswas A awriterwholivedin AncientGreece B anEnglishwriter2 000yearsago C awriterwhowroteaboutthemodernOlympicGames D anathlete2 WhocouldtakepartintheancientOlympicsinGreece A Greeknobles 贵族 B Greekslaves C GreekwomenD Englishnobles A A 3 WhocanbeadmittedtothepresentOlympicGames A Alltheathletesfromallovertheworld B Athletefromthedevelopedcountries C Athleteswhocanreachtherequiredstandard D AthletesfromtheGreekcities 4 WhenwillthenextWinterOlympicsbeheld A 2006B 2007C 2008D 2009 C A 5 WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE A Pausaniaswasn tinterestedintheOlympics B ItiseasytowintherighttohosttheOlympics C AlmosteverycountrywantstohosttheOlympics D ItcostslittletohosttheOlympics C 1 WhatupsetsPausaniasaboutmodernWinterOlympicGames 2 WhatamazesPausaniasaboutthemodernSummerOlympicGames 3 WhedoesPausaniasthinkAthens GreeceandBeijing Chinashouldfeelproud Questions Norunningracesorhorseridingareincluded Manythingshavebeenchanged Allcountries womenwereadmittedintheOlympics TheybothwintherighttohosttheOlympicGames 4 WhydoesPausaniasthinkpeoplemaybecompetingformoneyinthemodernOlympicGames 5 WhatmakesPausaniashappyaboutthemodernOlympicGames eventheolivewreathhasbeenreplaced NotformoneybuttheOlympicmottoisthesameastheancienttime Discussion Whatcanwedoforthe2008Olympics 1 EncourageourselvesandotherChinesetoplantmoretreesandgrass 2 Havegoodmannersinpublicsoastoleaveagoodimpressiononforeigners 3 haveagoodknowledgeofEnglishandencouragethepublicspeakEnglishwidely 5 LearnthespiritoftheOlympicGamesandregarditsmottoaslifeandstudymotto 4 BeVolunteerstobeguidesforforeigners Thankyouforattending