Let’s have a competition.
1. How often do we hold the Olympic
Games? Every four years
2. How many gold medals did China get in the 2008 Olympic Games ?
51 gold medals
(more/less)
events
More events
Less events
the person who asks questions
the person who answers questions
3. What are the mascots
for the Beijing Olympic Games ?
4. What’s the main stadium of the 2008 Olympic Games?
Bird Nest Water Cube
What do the five rings stand for?
Modern
Ancient
Any Winter Olympics?
Yes
No
competitors all over the world only in Greece from?
M/ W athletes
both
only men
Prizes
medals
olive wreath
How often? every 4 years every 4 years
Unit2-The-Olympic-Gamesreading-(公开课)
football (soccer)
Ping-pong
tennis
badminton
baseball
gymnastics
weightlifting
110m hurdle race
cycling
Wrestling
sailing
boxing
shooting
Summer Olympic events
swimming, relay, gymnastics（体操）, weightlifting（举重）, tennis, table tennis （乒乓球）, running, softball（垒球）, diving（跳水）, wrestling（摔跤）, volleyball, football, basketball, judo（柔 道）, pentathlon(五项全能运动), javelin（标 枪）, high jump, long jump, marathon（马 拉松）
Xu Haifeng for shooting
9. When & where did the
modern Olympic Games start?
In Athens in 1896
10. When & where did the ancient Olympic Games start?
In Olympia, Greece in 776 B.C.
Winter Olympic events
skating（溜冰） ,skiing（滑雪）, ski jumping（滑雪跳跃比赛）, sledding(乘雪橇 运动), snowboarding(滑雪板运动), ice hockey(冰球）
How much more do you know about the Olympic Games?
11. How many countries competed in the ancient Olympic Games?
only one, Greece
12.What will people do at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?
A.running B. Light the torch C. Have a party
6. What’s the motto of the Beijing Olympic Games?
7. What are the three words that show the spirits(精神） of the Olympic Games?
swifter higher stronger
Using The following words to fill in the blank .
Olympic torch
SINCE 776BC IN GREECE

13.What was rewarded to the winners in ancient Olympic Games? olive wreath
Olive wreath
For the Ancient Greeks, the olive tree was a symbol of peace, wisdom and victory.
14.What is rewarded to the winners in modern Olympic games
Olympic Medals
silver gold
bronze
15.When and where will the next Olympic Games be held ?
In 2020 ,Japan
5. What do the five rings stand for?
unity
团结
Europe Africa America Asia Oceania
equality
平等
openness
坦城
friendship
友谊
The five interlocking rings stand for
friendship of five continents.
Every athlete should try to run_____, jump______ , and throw______. They do their best to win medals.
further faster higher
8. Who was China’s first gold medal winner ?and for what event?