幻灯片 1Unit 2 Sports events
Section Ⅰ Welcomg to the unit & Reading – Pre-reading
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幻灯片 41．What's Liu Xiang's attitude towards the
winning medal?
2．What do you think makes Liu Xiang win
more fans?
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幻灯片 6 Why do you play sport?
That's the question Peter Barston from Connecticut, US, asked kids in youth leagues all over his town in 2010.From the data he gathered, reported the New York Times, Barston found the most important reason youngsters gave for playing sport was: to have fun.
Liu Xiang, 28, lives tens of thousands of miles away in China.The star hurdler may never have seen the results of that research.But he might have answered the same.
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幻灯片 7 Last Monday turned out to be dramatic (充满戏剧性的) for Liu at the World Athletics Championships in
Daegu, South Korea.At first he took the lead in the 110m hurdles final.Then he was obstructed(妨碍) twice by Dayron Robles of Cuba.Liu lost his balance and finished third.
But he still won the silver medal.The sport governing body IAAF took away Robles' gold medal because he obstructed Liu.The winning medal was given to American Jason Richardson.
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幻灯片 8 No matter what color of the medal, Liu Xiang said that the most important thing is to have fun.It is especially important for him because he has just recovered from an injury.
When asked if he was disappointed with his failure to win the gold, Liu said：“What is there to be disappointed with？We should just enjoy what sport brings to us, and that's enough.”
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幻灯片 9 Liu said he regretted what had happened to Robles.“I feel sorry for him since we are very good friends.The competition is just a game to me.I don't think Robles did it on purpose.He should not be blamed for what happened.”
Liu missed out on a gold medal.But his generosity
(宽容) and sportsmanship won him even more fans.“Liu won a ‘goldcolored silver medal’，” said the Beijing News.
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幻灯片 11Ⅰ.Can you describe each picture using one sentence? Try to
fill in the blanks.
答案：1.table tennis 2.diving 3.boxing 4.gymnastics
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幻灯片 12Ⅱ.Do you know these sportsmen？What do you know
about them? Please fill in the blanks.
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幻灯片 131．The most famous of all time; light the Olympic
flame at the opening ceremony in the Olympic Games
in Atlanta in .
2．The first Asian to win in the men's
110metre hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
3．The highest for the goldmedalwinning USA
basketball team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
boxer
1996
the gold medal
scorer
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幻灯片 15Scan the text and choose the best answers.
1．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．To talk about players in Olympics.
B．To talk about the history and significance of the
Olympics.
C．To say something about ancient Olympics.
D．To say something about the contemporary Olympics.
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幻灯片 162．Which of the following is TRUE about the ancient
Olympics?
A．Both men and married women were allowed to
compete in the games.
B．The ancient Olympics were always held at the same
place named Olympia.
C．Unmarried women were allowed to take part in the
Olympics in honour of Zeus's wife.
D．Athletes from different parts of the world could take
part in the games.
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幻灯片 173．The ancient Olympics and today's Olympics
have one thing in common. It is that ________.
A．both are held every four years
B．the sports are the same
C．athletes speak different languages
D．both were held in honour of Zeus
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幻灯片 184．Where were the Olympic Games held in 1984?
A．In Los Angeles. B．In Athens.
C．In Olympia. D．In Atlanta.
5．Mr Johnson mentioned several wellknown athletes in his
speech. Among them ________ won at least two Olympic
gold medals.
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幻灯片 19 ①Muhammad Ali ②Michael Jordan
③Xu Haifeng ④Deng Yaping
⑤Liu Xiang ⑥Zhang Ning
A．①② B．②③
C．②④ D．③④⑥
答案：1.B 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.C
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幻灯片 21Ⅰ.Read the text and decide whether the following statements
are true(T) or false(F)．
1．The speech is about the history and significance of the
Olympic Games. ( )
2．According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete. ( )
3．Only men were allowed to take part in the ancient
Olympics. ( )
T
F
T
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幻灯片 224．The contemporary Olympics were first held in Rome in
1896. ( )
5．Jordan won two Olympic gold medals in all. ( )
6．To the joy of people all over Asia, Liu Xiang won the
gold medal in the men's 100metre hurdles at the 2008
Beijing Olympics. ( )
F
T
F
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幻灯片 23776 BC
Ⅱ.Read the text again and fill in the form.
The Olympic Games
1896
Greece
men
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幻灯片 24American
basketball
1984
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幻灯片 25Four
2004
badminton
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幻灯片 27Fill in the blanks according to the text.
Mr Johnson, who came from the IOC, made a speech in our school.He talked about the history and 1. of the Olympic Games. He shared some interesting facts and stories with us.
He stated that the 2. Olympic Games took place in 776 BC where by 3. the athletes were all men who had to 4. wearing no clothes.Single women were allowed to take part in their own separate competition in 5. of the wife of the Greek god Zeus.
significance
ancient
tradition
compete
honour
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幻灯片 28 Nowadays, not only men but also women are allowed to join in the games.More and more 6. from all over the world compete in many more events than ever before.He also added that a lot of excellent athletes came to public 7. and became sports stars.They have made important 8. to the Olympic Games.They brought 9. to people across the world and won great honour for their own countries as well as themselves with their 10. to push the 11. of human achievement.
In the end, he suggested we join him in wishing the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past 12. .
athletes
attention
contributions
joy
attempts
boundaries
glory
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幻灯片 30Many people enjoy playing different sports while others just enjoy watching them.Why do you think sport is so popular?
参考答案：
Because physical exercise can build up our body and refresh us after a day's work, especially those who work in office.On the other hand, many people want to lose weight; especially for women, staying slim is very important. Exercising regularly helps us to improve our quality of life
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