高中英语人教版必修2《Unit 2 The Olympic Games》课件

Greek Olympic Games

The temple of Hera in Olympia, Elis, Greece

Once every four years, men from all over Greece came to compete in a great

athletic festival in Elis, in western Greece (Women were not allowed to compete). This

was called the Olympic games because the place was called Olympia. It was a religious

festival to honor the Greek gods Zeus and Hera. We don't know when men first began

celebrating the Olympic Games, but they were certainly already doing it in the time of

Homer, by 776 BC. And they were celebrated from then on, every four years without

fail, until people converted to Christianity and the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned

the games in 393 AD. That's more than a thousand years! The games were so regular

that people used them to date by. They would say, I was born in the second year of the

1 Unit 2 The Olympic Games： Reading

【学习目标】：通过阅读课文提高学生阅读能力。

【学习重点】：了解奥林匹克运动会的知识

【学习难点】：完成以下练习题。

Ⅰ.阅读理解

The Olympic Games are held every four years in a different city in the world. Athletes from

different countries compete in a variety of sports which are divided into winter and summer games.

The Olympics began in Greece more than 2,700 years ago. The first recorded Olympic competition

was held in 776 B. C. It was held in an outdoor stadium and about forty thousand people watched

the event. The first thirteen Olympics consisted of only one race running. The games had been

held regularly for about 1, 200 years. Then, in the year 397 the Olympics were prohibited by

the Roman Emperor.

It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modern times were held in Athens. From then

on the games are held every four years regularly. The Olympics have become the world＇s most

人教版高中英语必修2《Unit 2 The Olympic Games》

教学目标

Goal For Knowledge

1. Get the students to learn the useful new words and expressions in bold in this

part: ancient, compete, medal, volunteer, Greece, homeland, regular, basis, athlete,

admit, slave, nowadays, gymnastics, stadium, gymnasium, host, responsibility, replace,

swift, motto, take part in, stand f or, as well

2. Let students learn about the basic knowledge on the Olympic Games.

Goal For Ability

1. Develop the students’ reading ability and let them learn different reading

skills.

2. Enable the students to learn to talk about the Olympic Games.

Goal On Emotion

1. Arouse the students’ great interest in the Olympic Games.

2. Develop the students’ sense of cooperative learning.

教学重难点

Key Points about the Class

1. Let the students learn more about the basic knowledge on the Olympic Games.

高中英语必修2unit2 The Olympic Games

warming up and reading

一、教学目标

1. 使学生掌握skimming和scanning阅读技能；

2. 使学生掌握warming up and reading 部分的重点单词和短语。

二、教学内容

1. Get to know some new words and phrases: ancient, compete,

competitors, medal, magical, volunteer, homeland, regular, basis,

athlete, admit, slave, nowadays, host, responsibility, replace,

motto, swift, similarity, take part in, stand for, as well, used to,

every four years

2. grasp the reading skills: skimming and scanning

三、重难点

1. learn about the spirit of the Olympic Games and the

similarities and differences between modern Olympics and

ancient Olympics.

2. get to remember the key words and expressions in this unit.

四、教学准备

A projector； multi-media;

五、教学过程

Step 1 leading in Let students know what is Olympic Games and the differences

between modern Olympic Games and ancient Olympic Games.