The honourable games

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Unit 2 The honourable games Reading(1)
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• Talk about the Olympics
• As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every
  four years and it is a great honor for a country
  to host the games. How much do you know about the
  Olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies
  and sporting events?
• How many Olypmic games did you see? Where were
  they held?
• 2.Do you think they are exciting?
• 3.Who is your favourite athlete and who do you
  think is the greatest Olympian?

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Fast reading Go through the passage 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.
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Read the passage again and complete Parts C1and
C2 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. 4.The aim of the modern Olympic Games is
to make countries and people compete side by side.
an LOC member
776BC
Greek
live peacefully
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5.The first modern Olympic Games were held in
Rome in 1896. 6.Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold
medals for tennis.
Rome
Athens
tennis
table tennis
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C2
Name Nationality Which Olympic Olympic achievements Other information
Muhammand Ali 1960 Rome Olympics
Michael Jordan
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopian
Xu Haifeng
Deng Yaping
Liu Xiang
original name Cassius Clay,won his first World
Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964lit the
Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
American
Gold medal, boxing
the highest scorer for the USA basketball team
at the 1984 Olympics
American
1984 Los Angles Olympics1992 Barcelona Olympics
two gold medals, basketball
first became famous in 1992broke world record
for the 10 km run
two gold medals, distance running
1996 Atlanta Olympics2000 Sydney Olympics
Chinese
won the first Olympic gold medal for China
1984 Los Angles Olympics
gold medal
four gold medals, table tennis
Chinese
1992 Barcelona Olympics1996 Atlanta Olympics
became an IOC member in 2000
Chinese
gold medal, mens 110-metre hurdles
the first Asian to win this race
2004 Athens Olympics
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Questions 1.What characteristics do the ancient
Olympics and the modern Olympics share? 2.What
are the differences between the ancient and the
modern Olympic Games? 3.Muhammad Ali and Michael
Jordan are mentioned in the passage. What do
these two sportspeople have in common? 4.Do you
think Chinese athletes such as Deng Yaping and
LiuXiang are as great as Muhammad Ali or Michael
Jordan?
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Complete Part D and E
Answers D 1 a 2 c 3 e 4 f 5 d 6 b
E1. significance 2. ancient 3. compete
4. peacefully 5. athletes 6.
achievement 7. gold medal 8. mentioned
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Reading strategy reading a speech A good speech
should keep the audience interested in all the
time. Tell an interesting story Use quotations
or present statistics Asking questions can also
very effective.
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Unit 2 The honourable games Reading (2)
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Discuss the following questions(Part E on page
25) 1.Do you think the Olympic Games help
countries and people live peacefully side by
side? 2.Who do you think are the greatest Olympic
athletes and why? 3.What kind of example do you
think athletes like Liu Xiang and Muhammad Ali
have set for young people around the world?
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Further discussion Hosting the Olympic Games is
great honour for a country, but at the same time
it costs a lot of money. Do you think hosting the
Olympics will be a good opportunity to develop
the host countrys economy and tourism, or will
it be a heavy burden on the economy?
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Language points delighted significance
briefly compete allow honourin honour ofno
matter what separate side by side recognize
record contribution make contributions to
absence attempt limit
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• 1)delighted adj.?????????
• He feels delighted when I tell him the message.
• 2.I am delighted to inform you of the coming
  vocation.
• 2)significance n.???????
• Im glad to see you have realized the
  significance of sports.
• You should pay attention to the significance of
  ones childhood experience.
• significant adj.???????
• 3)briefly adv.????????? (brief adj.???)
• Everybody should first briefly introduce his idea
  about the topic.

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4)compete(v.) to try to win something by
contesting someone else compete with
sb.???? 1.Every athlete has to compete with
others in each time. 2.I am not so confident to
complete with the superstar. competition
n.???? competitor n. ?????
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Unmarried women were allowed to take part in
their own competition at a separate festival in
honour of the wife of the Greek God
Zeus. 5)allow 1.to let someone do something
without trying to prevent it from happening Mr
Wang did not _______his daughter to go camping
with the outdoor activity club. 2.to let
something happen or occur Smoking is not ______
here.
allow
allowed
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6)honour n. the great respect and admiration
which people have for a person or a country in
honour of honourable adj. 1.That was a great
_______ for his parents , as well a himself. 2.We
are going to have a special party _________ his
recent promotion. 3.They had a parade _________
the heroes who librated the city sixty years ago.
honour
in honour of
in honour of
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4.Teaching is an _________ career. 5.The Olympic
Games are considered as _______ games.
honourable
honourable
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• 7)no matter whatwhatever
• no matte how/whether/when
• No matter what difficulty she meets with, she
  will never give up.
• No matter how I tried to persuade him, he just
  didnt take my words seriously.
• No matter whether it is rainy or sunny, the
  football match will be played as planned.
• 8)separate adj.?????????
• v. ????
• separatefrom????
• 1.The twins were bought up in _______ families
• 2.The English Channel ________the Uk and the
  France.
• 3.The child was _______ from his mother during
  the war.

separate
separates
separated
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9)side by side ???should by should A true friend
is someone who works with you side by side
whenever you are in trouble. 10)light v.??,?? The
previous champion returned gladly to light the
Olympic Flame. light a fire/make a fire ??,?? set
fire to sth./set sth. on fire ??,??
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• 11)be recognized as
• The Great Wall is recognized as one of the Seven
  Wonders of the World.
• The invention of computer was recognized as a
  milestone in the history of man.
• New York City is recognized as a city of great
  international influence.
• recognize v.
• to know or to realize
• I did not recognize her when she entered as she
  had had her hair dyed.
• 2. to admit
• They suddenly recognized that this was a good
  chance for them
• 3.to approve
• The board finally recognized him as the new CEO.

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12)record n. ??,??,?? v. ?? He
________a lot of language points and grammar in
his _____book. keep a record???? break the
record???? make a record?????? recorder n. ???
record
recorded
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13)contribution n.?? make contributions to
doing ? ??? He has made contributions to the
film industry all though his life. contribute
vt.??,???? contribute to?????,???,?? 14)absence
n. ??,??------presence n.??,?? He tried to find
an excuse for his absence from the meeting absent
adj. ???,??? absent-minded adj. ?????
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15)attempt n. ?? an effort or a try
v.???? 1.He _________ to achieve high grades by
making extra efforts. 2.I hope I can pass the
driving test at his first _______. 16)limit
vt.??,?? limit n.??,?? There is a time limit
for each performer in this problem.
attempted
attempt
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• Do PartA1and A2 on page98.
• Homework
• Keep in mind the useful words, phrases and
  sentence patterns and know how to use them.
• 2. Finish some additional exercises.