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The 2012 London Olympic Games

Module 6

The Olympic adventureUnit 1 Cycling is more dangerous than swimming.

Look at the pictures and say the names of the sports.

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table tennis skiing

basketball cycling

running

gymnastics

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table tennis skiing

basketball cycling

running

gymnastics

Listen and number the sports as you hear them.

1

2 34

5 6

Table tennis is popular.

unpopular

Chinese people are good at table tennis.

= Chinese people do well in table tennis.

Basketball is exciting.

boring

Chinese people are also good at gymnastics.

Gymnastics is difficult.

easy

=Chinese people are good at gymnastics, too.

Cycling is tiring.

relaxing

Running is cheap.

expensive

Skiing is dangerous.

safe

Match the sentences with the pictures

1.Table tennis is popular.

2.Basketball is exciting.

3. Gymnastics is difficult.

4. Cycling is tiring.

5. Running is cheap.

6. Skiing is dangerous.

Match the opposite words.dangerous

difficult

exciting

expensive

popular

relaxing

boring

cheap

easy

safe

tiring

unpopular

What other opposites can you tell us?

early- interesting- badly- carefully- loudly-late dull well carelessly quietly

Let’s see who can find the opposite words

more quickly!

Compare the sports.

Running is _______than skiing.cheaper

cheap expensive

Skiing is_____________ than running.

more expensive

Judo is _____________ than hockey.

Hockey is ______ than judo.

safe dangerous

more dangerous

safer

easy difficult

Table tennis is_____ than gymnastics.

Gymnastics is ____________ than table tennis.

easier

more difficult

Swimming is ___________ than gymnastics.more popular

Gymnastics is _____________ than swimming.more unpopular

popular unpopular

Cycling is __________ than basketball.

exciting boring

Basketball is ____________ than cycling.

more boring

more exciting

relaxing tiring Swimming is ____________ than football.

Football is __________ than swimming.

more relaxing

more tiring

dangerous

difficult

popular

expensive

unpopular

relaxing

more dangerous

more boring

cheap

safe

easy

tiring

boring

exciting

Give out the comparatives ( 比较级 )of the following adjectives.

more difficult

more popular

more expensive

more unpopular

more relaxing

cheaper

easier

safer

more tiring

more exciting

（多音节词和部分双音节词分别在原级前加more构成比较级）

Listen and answer the question.

How many sports are Betty and Daming talking about? What are they?

Six. They are gymnastics, table tennis, basketball, running, cycling and skiing.

Listen again. Check the sports Betty and Daming like.

Gymnastics Basketball Running Cycling

Daming

Betty

Read and fill in the blanks with comparatives.

Gymnastics Table tennis Running Cycling Skiing

Daming / / /

Betty /more exciting

more popular

moreboring

moretiring

more

relaxing

more

dangerous

Chinese people _________ gymnastics, and they _________ table tennis, ____. Table tennis is __________than gymnastics. However, gymnastics is __________ than table tennis. Daming likes basketball best, and he _____likes running. He doesn’t like cycling because he thinks cycling is _________ than running. Betty thinks running is _________ than basket ball. She likes cycling and she likes skiing, _____. She thinks cycling is ___________than running, but skiing is ____________than cycling.

are good at are good attoo

more exciting

more popular

also

more boringmore tiring

too more relaxing more dangerous

A: So lucky! We’re going to watch the Olympic games

in London. What’s your favourite sport ？B: My favourite Olympic sport is .

A: Why do you like it?

B: Because it’s than and

it’s than . What about you?

A: My favourite Olympic sport is .

Because it is than and

it’s than .

_________

table tennis

more exciting running

more dangerous cycling

gymnastics

more popular basketball

safer skiing

_________________

________ _________

____ _____

____________

_________

______

Work in pairs to talk about your favourite sports and reasons.

Work in groups of six, use the comparatives to make a chain of

sentences to show your opinions of sports.

E.g.

S1: Table tennis is more exciting than cycling.

S2: Cycling is more tiring than hockey.

S3: Hockey is more expensive than running.

S4: Running is …

S5: …

S6: …

volleyball 排球badminton 羽毛球 baseball 棒球rowing 赛艇 sailing 帆船boxing 拳击 wrestling 摔跤 shooting 射击weightlifting 举重Judo 柔道

running basketballtable tennis cycling gymnasticsskiingfootballswimming

more dangerousmore difficultmore excitingmore expensivemore popularmore relaxingmore unpopularmore tiringmore boringcheapersafereasier…

is…than

1min 10s

S1: Table tennis is more exciting than cycling.

S2: Cycling is more tiring than hockey.

S3: Hockey is more expensive than running.

S4: Running is …

S5: …

S6: …

As Chinese, we are still proud of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Today, let’s recall the exciting moments together.

Swimming

Archery

Shooting

Rowing

Gymnastics

Taekwondo

Table tennis

Weight lifting

Sailing

Trampoline

Fencing

Boxing

Judo

Diving

Kayaking

Rowing

Badminton

Wrestling

Let’s look forward to the 2012

London Olympic Games!

Let’s hope for better!

As for me ,my favourite Olympic sport is . Because I think it’s than . I also like , because I think it’s than . What about you? Please write to me soon.

Dear Mary ,

I’m looking forward to the 2012 Olympic Games in your hometown, I really want to watch it with you.

I hope you will also enjoy the 2012 Olympic Games !

Yours

Write a letter to your pen friend Mary from London, tell her about your favourite Olympic sports and the reasons.

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