◈Section C

The People’s Republic of China took part in the Olympics for the first time in ________.1952

Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for China in the ________ Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.

23rd

China won ____ gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

28

China won _____ gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

32

China won ______ gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

51

__________ hosted the 30th Olympic Games in 2012. China won ______ gold medals there.

London 38

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words.

The People’s Republic of China _______ (take) part in the Olympics for the first time in 1952. Xu Haifeng _______ (win) the first gold medal for China in the _____ (23) Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. China won 28 gold _______ (medal) in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and 32 in the 2004 Athens Olympics. Beijing _______ (host) the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 and China won 51 gold medals. We hope that China ________ (win) more gold medals in the future.

tookwon23rd

medals

hosted

will win

3

1aMatch the years with the host cities of the Olympic Games.

2000 2004 2008 2012

London Beijing Athens Sydney

Magazines, newspapers, books and the Internet are important sources of information. You can find out more about the Olympics and other topics from these resources.

1a Watch the flash and enjoy the modern Olympics.视频 1a-P21

1a Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.

The modern Olympics started in

Its motto is

The five rings stand for

Their color is

Athens, Greece in 1896

Faster, Higher, Strongerthe five parts of the world

blue, yellow, black, green and red

代表

1a Read Paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks.

There are _______________ and

______________ and they are both

held every _____ years. The

_______________ are usually held two

years _____ the ______________.

Summer OlympicsWinter

OlympicsfourWinter Olympics Summer

Olympicsbefore

hold ： 举办

1a Read Paragraph 3 and mark True or False.

1.The Olympics are held by

different cities in turn. ( )

2.The developing countries have

no chance to hold the Olympics.

( )

3.The Olympics will be more and

more popular. （ ）

T

F

T

The Olympic rings are a symbol of the

Olympic Games. a symbol of : ……

的象征Eg: 白鸽是和平的象征。 The white dove is a symbol of peace.

The five rings stand for the five parts of the world.

stand for : 代表着……

Eg: 在中国，红色代表着幸运。 Red stands for luck in China.

至少：

轮流：

越来越受欢迎：

有机会去做某事：

at least

in turn

more and more popular

have the chance to do sth.

1b Listen to 1a and complete the following notes. 录音 1a-P21

1.1. The year of the first modern Olympics:________________The year of the first modern Olympics:________________

2.2. The host city of the first modern Olympics:______________The host city of the first modern Olympics:______________

3.3. The motto of the Olympics Games:_______________________The motto of the Olympics Games:_______________________

4.4. The symbol of the Olympics GamesThe symbol of the Olympics Games:______________________:______________________

5.5. The five rings stand for:________________________________The five rings stand for:________________________________

6.6. The colors of the rings:_________________________________The colors of the rings:_________________________________

7.7. The Summer Olympic Games are held every _________ years.The Summer Olympic Games are held every _________ years.

in 1896

Athens, Greece

Faster, Higher, Stronger

the Olympic rings

the five parts of the the five parts of the worldworld

blue, yellow, black, green blue, yellow, black, green and redand red

four

The 29th Olympics are

over. What is Beijing like

now? What will you do from

now on? Discuss in groups

and then write a passage.

Please use the future tense.

more trees and grassmore visitorsimprove our environmentbuild ourselves up

more subways and buses

more buildings

You can write like this:

Now, after the 29th Olympics, Beijing is more popular with people all over the world. It is more beautiful than before...

We know:The year of the first modern Olympics.The year of the first modern Olympics.The host city of the first modern Olympics.The host city of the first modern Olympics.The motto of the Olympics games.The motto of the Olympics games.The symbol of the Olympics games.The symbol of the Olympics games.The five rings stand for the five parts of the world.The five rings stand for the five parts of the world.The colors of the rings are black, blue, yellow, green and red.The colors of the rings are black, blue, yellow, green and red.The Summer Olympic Games are held every four years.The Summer Olympic Games are held every four years.

1. 写一篇日记，

描 述 你 所 参 加

过 的 学 校 运 动

会 ， 注 意 日 记

格 式 及 动 词 时

态。

2. 搜集历届

奥运会会徽，

口号和吉祥物，

与同学交流。