The Honourable Games

How many gold medals did China win in the 2004 Olympic Games?

A:27 B:32 C:35

What comes to your mind when watching the video?

Europe

Asia

Africa

Oceania

America

America Africa Europe Asia Oceania

People all over the world unite and struggle for a better future.

What’s the Olympic motto?What’s the Olympic motto?

higherswifter stronger

The motto of the Olympic Games

What does the Olympic motto mean to a middle school student?

Reading task1:

Go through the speech as quickly as possible and try to find the answers to the questions in Part A.

1.What is the speech about?

2.Where were the ancient Olympic Games held?

3.Who restarted the modern Olympic Games?

The history and significance of the Olympic Games.

At Olympia in Greece.

Pierre de Coubertin.

French educator

Father of the modern Olympic Games,1894

IOC president from 1896-1925.

Born: Jan. 1, 1863

Died: Sept. 2, 1937

Read the speech again and complete C1(P24) individually.

1.According to the speech, the speaker is

an athlete.

2.The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD776.

3.In the past, only athletes that spoke Italian were allowed to compete.

an IOC member

776BC

Greek

an athlete

AD776

Italian

Reading task2:

4.The aim of the modern Olympic Games is to make countries and people compete side by side.

5.The first modern Olympic Games were held in Rome in 1896.

6.Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold medals for tennis.

Rome

tennis

Athens

table tennis

compete

live peacefully

What are the differences/ similarities between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games?

Reading task3:

The ancient OlThe ancient Olympic Gamesympic Games

The modern OlyThe modern Olympic Gamesmpic Games

differencesdifferences

similaritiessimilarities

only Greek men were allowed to compete without clothes

always held at the same places;

athletes from all over the world can take part, no matter what language they speak or what sex they are.

Both were/ are held every 4 yearsSome of the sports played are still played now

held in different countries

Original name Classius Clay,

Came to public attention in 1960,

In 1964won first Championship,

Returned to the 1996 Olympics to...

Muhammud Ali

the Greatest distance runner, became famous in 1992, in 1995 broke the world record, at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics won gold medals

Haile Gebrselassie

Superstar in NBA,

was the highest scorer at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics,

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, won second medal

Michael Jordan

won first gold medal for Chinain the 23th Olympic Games

at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics,won four gold medalsin 2000, became an IOC memberthe greatest female table tennis player

won the gold medal in the men’s 110-meter hurdlesin the2004 OlympicGames

What kind of spirits do you think these athletes have in common?

Do you remember the moment?

Samaranch president of IOC

July 13th,2001

Do you remember the moment?

days to goMay-11th-2006 Thursday

820

What is the slogan of the 2008 Olympic Games?

A Green Olympics

B New Beijing, Great Olympics

C One world , one dream

Which of the following is the emblem( 会徽 ) of the Beijing Olympics?

Official Mascots( 吉祥物 ) of the 2008 Olympic Games

Fish Panda Olympic Flame

Tibetan Antelope Swallow

They carry a message of friendship and peace--and blessings from China--to people all over the world .

What can we do for What can we do for the Beijing the Beijing Olympics?Olympics?

What can we do for What can we do for the Beijing the Beijing Olympics?Olympics?

from Seoul Olympic Games We see the fire in the skyWe feel the beating of our hearts togetherThis is our time to rise aboveWe know the chance is here to live foreverFor all timeHand in hand we standAll across the landWe can make this world a better place in which to liveHand in hand we can!Start to understandBreaking down the walls that come between us for all timeA-li-long

Hand in hand

from Seoul Olympic Games Every time we give it all We feel the flame etetnally inside us We feel Hands up to the skyThe morning comes and starts to live in harmory for all time Hand in hand we standAll across the land We can make this world a better place in which to live Hand in hand we can start to understand Breaking down the walls that come between us for all time Hand in hand (Breaking down the walls)

Hand in hand

Homework:

Write a passage about what you want to do for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games or your favourite athlete.

Thank you for your attending!