unittheOlympicGamesReading.pptVIP

Further Understanding 1.What amaze Pausanias about the modern Summer Olympic Games? 2 .Why does Pausanias think Athens, Greece and Beijing, China should feel proud? 3.Why does Pausanias think people may be competing for money in the modern Olympic Games? 4. What makes Pausanias happy about the modern Olympics? Reading for information Read the text following the recording, and try to find out the similarities and differences between modern Olympics and ancient Olympics Both are held every four years. Both are held not for money but for honor. Men are allowed to take part in both in ancient and modern Olympics. The mottos are the same. They are: swifter, higher, and stronger. Some events are the same, such as running, jumping, shooting and throwing. … Pausanias, who was a Greek writer 2,000 years ago, has come ___________________ to ______________the present day Olympic Games. Pausanias是2000前的一位希腊作家，他做了一次魔幻的旅行，来打听当代奥林匹克运动会的情况。 go/start/ come/ be on a journey 进行旅行 My father is away on a journey. find out about 弄清有关……的情况 The police are trying hard to find out about the accident. 2. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece” and I ________write about the Olympic Games more than 2,000 years ago. 我生活在你们所说的“古希腊”，我曾经写过２０００年前奥林匹克运动会的情况。 what 引起宾语从句，并在从句中作call的宾语，“Ancient Greece”作宾补。what相当于the place that，因此what不能改为that，也不能改为where，因为where 只能作状语。 After many days’ voyage, they arrived in what is called America now. After a long journey, they came to what was called “Gebi Desert”. I’m still not used to getting up early. The man got used to living in the countryside. Wood can be used to make paper. 3. Every four years athletes from all over the world are ________as competitors. admit vi. vt. 许可(人或物)进入;让……进入 Only one hundred boys are admitted to the school every year. (2) 容纳 The theatre admits only 200 persons. (3) 承认；供认 I admit my mistake. He admitted having done wrong. 4. No other co