Unit6BeaChampion!Lesson33:2800YearsofSportsLet’stalkaboutourclassrecords.ThisisOlympic1.HaveyoueverwatchedtheOlympicsonTV?Whatdidyouwatch?2.DoyouthinktheOlympicsareimportant?Whyorwhynot?ThinkAboutItReadthelessonandmatchthequestionswiththeanswers.1.WhendidtheOlympicsbegin?2.WheredidtheancientOlympicsstart?3.WhendidthefirstmodernOlympicsbegin?4.WhenweretheBeijingOlympics?5.WasthisthefirsttimeforChinatoholdtheOlympicGames?In1896.In2008.Yes,itwas.In776BC.InGreece.Listentothepassageandfillintheblanks.TheOlympicGamesare______and____.TheancientOlympicsstartedin_____BCandlastedformorethanathousandyears.Theytookplaceeveryfouryears._________couldnotcompeteintheancientOlympics.In1896,a___________startedthemodernOlympicGames.Hebelievedthegameswouldhelpbring__________andfairplaytopeopleallovertheworld.Nowthereare________and_________Olympicseveryfouryears.newold776WomanFrenchmanfriendshipSummerWinterFillintheblankswiththecorrectformsofthewords.Thefirstletterisgiven.1.AlthoughGuoWenjunwasm________andhadababy,shestillpracticedhardfortheOlympicsandfinallywonagoldmedal.2.XuHaifengwonthefirstOlympicgoldmedalattheLosAngelesOlympicsin1984.Sincethen,Chinesea________haveachievedexcellentperformancesthroughouttheworld.arriedthletes3.Londonisanoldbutm________city.Itwastheh_____ofthe30thOlympicGames.Overtwohundredcountriesanddistrictsc__________inthegames.odernostompeted1.competeagainstsb.和…竞争(对抗关系)competewithsb.与…竞争(共同参与)competeforsth.为…竞争(目的)compete用法Languagepoints2.allow“允许”或“许可”用法①allowsb.todosth.允许某人做某事②allowdoing允许做某事③beallowedtodo…被允许做某事Fillintheblankswiththecorrectformsofthewords.Thefirstletterisgiven.1.AlthoughGuoWenjunwasm________andhadababy,shestillpracticedhardfortheOlympicsandfinallywonagoldmedal.2.XuHaifengwonthefirstOlympicgoldmedalattheLosAngelesOlympicsin1984.Sincethen,Chinesea________haveachievedexcellentperformancesthroughouttheworld.arriedthletesExercise3.Londonisanoldbutm________city.Itwastheh_____ofthe30thOlympicGames.Overtwohundredcountriesanddistrictsc__________inthegames.odernostompetedFillintheblankswithcorrectwords.1.Dosome________(研究)onwhatismoreorlesshealthy.2.ButtheOlympicsisthegoalofevery________(运动员).3.Manybusinesses________________(与……竞争)eachotherforprofits.4.Tonightshe______(举办)aballfor300guests.researchathletecompeteagainsthosts5.Whenyou______________(参加)anyperformance,yougetoutasmuchasyouputin.6.Themeetingwill___________(举行)laterthisafternoon.7.Whenyourespectyourself,you‘llbe________(感到惊奇的)attheopportunitiestheworldpresentsyou.8.Itcan___________(代表)alltheChina.takepartintakeplaceamazedrepresentHomeworkTheBestOlympicSport:ChooseoneOlympicsport,dosomeresearchonitandwriteareport.