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课件网) Unit 2 English for the Olympic Games Teaching aims: 1. To use the new words and phrases. 2. To practice using the comparison degrees. (more... than) 3. To understand stories about the Olympic Games. Teaching points: Key vocabulary: stadium, neighborhood committee, cassette player Key structures: It’s difficult to do… more…than Teaching aims and demands Read the passage and choose a photo for it. 1. A stadium in Beijing 2. An English class in Dongsi Beijing Activity 1 Zhang Xiuyun It’s Saturday morning, and Zhang Xiuyun from Dongsi Neighbourhood Committee in Beijing is leaving for school. “I have an English class,” says Zhang, “It starts at 9:30a.m. every Saturday, but at 8:30 there are usually lots of people in the classroom”. Activity 2 Zhu Guoming, 79, says, “I get here early and sit in front of the blackboard, so I can see and hear the teacher. I don’t arrive late because I don’t like sitting behind the other students. It’s difficult to see and hear at the back. However, the teacher speaks slowly and loudly to the older students so I can always hear clearly.” Q: 1.When does Zhu Guoming get to school Zhu Guoming gets to school early/ late 2.How does the teacher speak to the older students slowly and loudly/ quickly and quietly √ √ Activity 2 3.How do they need to learn English quickly / slowly 4.How do they need to speak English well / badly and carelessly More than 200 people from Dongsi are learning English. Lots of visitors to the Olympic Games will speak English, so the people from Dongsi need to learn English quickly. They want to speak it well. No one wants to speak it badly or carelessly. √ √ Activity 2 Wang Xiuqin, 65, says, “ It’s more difficult for old people to learn English but I want to learn it better than young people.” She works hard. The Olympic visitors are going to do some sightsee- ing and she’s going to take them around a Beijing siheyuan. 1.How does Wang Xiuqin work hard / not hard 2.How does she check her vocabulary at home carefully/ carelessly 3.How does she listen to her lessons quietly/ loudly √ √ √ Activity 2 badly carefully carelessly early hard late loudly quickly quietly slowly well badly ——— carefully ——— early ——— well carelessly late quietly — loudly slowly quickly ——— Put the words into pairs with opposite meanings. 副词比较级 Activity 3 Write the complete answers. 1. Zhu Guoming gets to school early. 2. The teacher speaks to the older students slowly and loudly. 3.They need to learn English quickly. 4. They need to speak English well. 5. Wang Xiuqin works hard. 6. She checks her vocabulary at home carefully. 7. She listens to her lessons quietly. Activity 4 Make sentences Betty likes running. Betty likes cycling. Betty likes running and she likes cycling, too. Betty likes running and she also likes cycling. Write sentences. Use too or also. 1. Table tennis is exciting. Table tennis is popular. Table tennis is ... ...
