Exploring the Modern Olympics: History, Events, and Sports News

1. Unit 8 Sports

2. Competition

3. A B C Warming up 1. In what year were the Olympic Games first held? 1896 1906 776BC

4. A B C 2.When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held? 1986 in Sydney 1896 in Athens 1698 in New York

5. C 3.What do the five Olympic rings stand for? A Five continents Africa Five famous athletes Europe B America Asia Oceania Five important events Shapes:5rings joined together thefriendshipof the 5 continents

6. A A B B C C 4.How many gold medals did China win in the 2000 Olympic Games? 16 36 28 5.How many times have the Olympic Games been stopped because of war? Three Four Five

7. A B C 6.When did baseball become an Olympic sport? 1972 1992 1976

8. 7. Match the year and the host city of the following Summer Olympic Games. 1984 Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 Los Angeles

9. 8.The Summer Olympic Games: badminton, basketball, soccer, table tennis, track and field, swimming The Winter Olympic Games: speed skating, skiing

12. The founder of the Olympic Games The Olympic creed(信条) was first stated in 1896 by Coubertin. “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the winning but the struggle. ”

13. The first Olympic Torch Relay in Athens

14. the Olympic motto Faster Higher Stronger

15. Los Angeles Barcelona Atlanta Sydney Athens Beijing

16. The modern Olympic Games includes the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games.

17. Hold the Olympic Games • torch relay • opening ceremony • light the torch • competitions & sport events • closing ceremony

18. Pre-listening: be familiar with the new words in sports news win against Play-off basketball action the Miami Heat the Los Angeles Lakers score their first goal soccer leaguegames Leeds take a 2-1 lead in the second half table tennis match Manchester United doubles match singles match

19. Listening VS Miami Heat Los Angeles Lakers

20. Report 1 Basketball won against 20 101-96

21. Manchester United VS Leeds Soccer/Football 2-2

22. Report 3 Table tennis won against /beat/defeated 3-1 3-0 3-1

23. Listening script 1. Let’s see what happened in sports today. How about taking a lookat the NBA? In today’s basketballaction, the Los Angeles Lakers wonagainst the Miami Heat. The Lakers scored20points in the lastquarter, beating the Heat 101-96. Los Angeles have now won their last five games and may be on the way to this year’s play-off.

24. 2. And here are the results from today’s soccerleaguegames. Manchester United came back fromonegoalbehindtotie Leeds 2-2 in Wednesday’s game. Leeds scoredtheirfirstgoal after only ten minutes. It looked like Leeds would win when they took a 2-1lead in the second half, but Manchester scored their second goal with five minutes left. Manchester is now twowinsawayfromtheir third title.

25. 3. The masters of their game once again showed that they cannot be stopped. China wonagainst Russia in Saturday’s tabletennismatch. The Chinese team won the two first singlesmatches 3-1 and 3-0, while the Russians won the doubles match. China did notgiveup, but won the singles match. The win in the last singles match gave them a final win of 3-1. China has not lost any matches this year and it doesn't’t look like any team can beat them.

26. badminton wrestling shooting weightlifting

27. Football Basketball Volleyball

28. running gymnastics boxing

29. TENNIS BASEBALL TABLE TENNIS

30. Swimming Boating Cycling Sailing Surfing

31. Speed skating Figure skating Skiing

32. Interview three of your friends about their favorite sports

33. Dialogue I Sample dialogue: A: Hi. Can I ask you a question? B: Sure. A: What’s your favorite sport? B: Hmm,let me think. Oh, basketball. I think I like basketball best. A: Why do you like basketball? B: I like basketball because it is fast and exciting. The players jump high and the games are always very close. Some games are decided in the last few seconds.

34. Dialogue II (Student C and Student D are talking about sports. ) C: Which do you prefer, badminton or tennis? D: I prefer badminton to tennis. C: Are you good at it?

35. D: No. I can play neither of them. I’d rather watch it than play it. C: Which sports do you 1ike best? D: I like volleyball than any other sport. C: Why? D: Because the spirit of our Chinese

36. Women Volleyball Team in the competition is always encouraging me in my study． C: Do you do well in it? D: No. I’d rather watch it than play it. C: Could you tell me the reason? D: Because I’m near-sighted． C: What a pity!

37. Asking about interests and hobbies: • Which do you like, …or…? • What’s your favorite sport? • Which sport do you like best? • Which do you prefer, …or…? • What about…? • Are you interested in…? • Are you into…? • Are you crazy about…? • Are you fond of…? • Are you a big fan of…? • Possible answers: • Sure. I love sports. • Yes, very much./no, not really. • Shooting, I think. • I like…best. • I prefer…to… • I like watching it. • I’d rather watch it than play it. • It can make us brave. • It enables us to react quickly. • It gives us more confidence. • It builds up our body. • It lets us know more about • teamwork

38. Zhang Lin Love Yao Ming very much. He’s tall enough to play basketball. basketball

39. Born in a seaside city. The coach says her muscle is good for swimming Liu Fei swimming

40. It’s exciting enough. Love Ronaldo very much. He’s so cool! football Wang Haitao

41. Discussion Which Chinese sports star do you think should be chosen as a sports star of the year.

42. A: I think Yao Ming should be the sports star of the year. He is a Chinese basketball superstar, also of the world. He scored 32.4 points per game in last season. Now he is one of the best players in the NBA. He’s a pride of China.

43. B: Yao Ming is good. But I’d prefer Deng Yaping. She is one of the best table tennis players. She works harder than anyone else in her training and overcomes many difficulties. She won world championships for many times in

44. the international competitions. So I think she should be the sports star of the year. C: In my opinion, Li Xiaopeng is the best player. Li Xiaopeng is one of the main athletes in the gymnastic team of China. In 2000 he got

45. several gold medals in the Sydney Olympic Games, pointing the aim straightly to Li Ning. In 2001, the International Gymnastic Association named one of his high difficult actions of pommel led horse after Li Xiaopeng. So I think the great honor should be given to him.

46. 姓名： Ronaldo 出生： 1976年 9月22日 身高： 183 厘米 体重： 77 公斤

47. Listening on Page 127 Part 1 Sports star No. 1 Name:________ Sport:________________ Reasons:____________________ ____________________ ____________________ _______________ Ronaldo Soccer / Football He scored many goals. He overcame diffculties. He helped the UN make the world better.

48. 位置：后卫 生日： 3/23/73 高度： 1.93M 体重： 96.2Kg 毕业学校： California Jason Kidd

49. Part 2 Sports star No. 1 Name:__________ Sport:____________ Reasons:________________________ _______________________ ____________________ ___________________________ _________________________ Basketball Jason Kidd He led his team to victory. He helped his teammates become better players. He helped young people follow their dreams and love school.

50. Listening text Part 1 Ladies and gentlemen! The time come for you to decide who the sports star of the year will be. You have three stars to choose from. Let’s hear about the stars!