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Words and expressions 学生早读时已预习过本单元单 词,可利用几分钟时间带学生 快速回顾温习。对单词的熟练 度越高,阅读的速率也越高。 supreme abuse tolerate seek lame compulsory controversial oppose contradict violate adj.最高的 vt.滥用 vt.容忍 vt.寻找 adj.站不住脚的 adj.强制性的 adj.有争议的 vt.反对 vt.与其它事物相矛盾 vt.违反,违背 What do you know about the Olympic Games? Try this quiz and find out who knows the most. 1. Where did the ancient Olympic Games start? Olympia in Greece Xu Haifeng for shooting swifter higher stronger 8. What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for? the five continents Europe Asia Africa America Oceania Europe Africa Asia America Oceania solidification 团结 equity 平等 open 坦城 friendship 友谊 The five rings stand for friendship of five continents. What champion athletes can you name? What were their achievements? Do you think all the glory of the athletes come from an innocent way? What’s the spirit of the Olympic Games? He is a former sprinter from Canada, winning two Olympic bronze medals and an Olympic gold, but he was disqualified for doping. Ben Johnson Floyd Landis is an American cyclist, currently suspended from competition, who was stripped of overall victory in the 2006 Tour de France for a doping offense. Floyd Landis Lead in 2 Super Athletes Ben Johnson 汉城奥运会以惊人 成绩打破男子百米 世界纪录并夺得金 牌 Florence Griffith 奥运短跑三项金牌得 主,同时也是100米 及200米短跑的世界 纪录保持人 Maurice Greene 第一位同时拥有50 米、60米和100米3 项世界记的男选手。 Marion Jones 2000年悉尼奥运会 女子100米、200米、 4x400米接力 冠军 Floyd Landis 2006年环法自行车 赛冠军, 第三位获 此殊荣的美国人 兴奋剂在英语中称 Dope,使用兴奋剂 既违反体育法规, 又有悖于基本的体 育道德,国际奥委 会对服用兴奋剂的 运动员给予禁赛和 没收奖牌的处分以 保证体育比赛的公 平公正。 objectives To get the main idea of the text by skimming To get the specific information by scanning To learn to talk about athletes, doping and gene-therapy with the words and expressions: Words: track and field, supreme, tolerate, seek, annual, lame, compulsory, oppose, dash, marathon, contradict, violate Expressions: in vain at random at all costs seek for seek out seek to do sth be opposed to for general ideas Part one.1-2 Part two.3-6 Part three.7 Part four. 8 Doping Records have fallen Olympic spirit Gene-therapy What is the general idea of the passage? A.The athletes who took part in the first Olympic Games are not as fast as athletes today. B. Doping is a huge problem in the sporting world. C. The present and future of the sporting world is being seriously and negatively affected by doping and gene-therapy. D. Ben Johnson, Florence Griffith and Floyd Landis have all shocked the world by their speed. for specific information Part Ⅱ (Para.3-6) Doping are originally developed to help people with illness 1.________________ But in the wrong hands, doping creates supreme athletes 2._______________. It also causes serious health problems 3.__________________for abuse them. those who 4.______ use result/effect Doping affects both athletics and every sport 7. ___________. The sports world tolerate doesn’t 5._______ doping as it is a form cheating of 6.____________ attitude It’s not easy to catch using illegal drugs because: compulsory 8.It’s__________for winners to be tested. New drugs 9.__________are developed all the time. 10.Drug tests are_________ one step behind _________________ difficulty Gene therapy use possible attitude trouble possible result It is to _____________ build muscle and increase strength by _______________ changing genes. It would __________to impossible find oppose Many people _________ contradict out; It would _________the further research into it. whole spirit of sport. Athletes might be able to do 100 meters dash the__________ in 8 seconds marathon in ____________; less than two hours ______________ 1) As athletic performances have continually improved, records have risen. 2) Ben Johnson was still be the 100 metres world record holder because he had taken drugs in the 1988 Olympics. 3) Doping can help athletes enhance their perfomance, however, the drugs also cause serious health problems in later life for those who abuse them. 4) Doping is only a problem in athletics. 5) The Olympic spirit of competition emphasizes winning rather than taking part. Read and answer the questions. 1)Why would the athletes today have broken records if they’d taken part in the first Olympic Games? 2) What is doping and why is it illegal? 3) Why are drug tests at sporting events often one step behind? 4) What would the effect of gene-therapy be on sport? 1. Why would the athletes today have broken records if they’d taken part in the first Olympic Games? Because athletic performances have continually improved. 2. What is doping and why is it illegal? Taking the drugs which are originally developed to help people with illnesses but can make athletes faster and stronger in wrong hands is known as “doping”. 3. Why are drug tests at sporting events often on step behind? It is only compulsory for winners to be tested but other participants are only tested at random. Besides, new drugs are developed all the time and drug tests for sporting event are often one step behind 4. What would the effect of gene-therapy be on sport? Gene-therapy can build athletes’ muscle and increase strength by changing their genes. Choose the best answer 1. Why would the athletes today have broken records if they’d taken part in the first Olympic Games? A. Athletes today take drugs. B. Athletic performances have improved. C. Ancient athletes performed too badly. D. The standard has changed a lot. 2. What reasons are not given for improved performance? A. Better equipment B. Better training and diet C. Better cooperation. D. Performance-improving drugs. 3. Which of the following statements is true? A. Taking drugs is called doping. B. Doping exists only in athletics. C. The only threat to the sports world is doping. D. Doping is actually a kind of cheating. 4. Why are drug tests at sporting events often one step behind? A.Because only winners are tested. B. Because new drugs are developed all the time. C. Because drug-makers master the advanced technique. D. Because taking drugs goes before drug tests. True or False 1. Records have fallen recently because athletes all take drugs. F 2. Some athletes would have been the world records holders if they didn’t take drugs in the 1980s. T 3. Gene-therapy can build athletes’ muscle and increase strength by changing their genes. T 4. The Olympic spirit is to win the gold medals for one’s own country. F Now 2 mins to test your spelling. 1. English-Chinese track and field, supreme, annual, lame, compulsory, marathon, tolerate 2. Chinese-English 滥用;寻找;徒然,白费力气;随意地; 反对;违背;无论如何 When finished, exchange your papers to see who does the best. 注:另附 word文档, 点此链接 Fill in the blanks Meanwhile, governments worldwide have also __________ underlined the fact that _________ and ___________ thorough systematic medical research on Bird Flu needs to lead to a cure as soon as possible. Countries will need to work together to do this as the SARS epidemic _______ proved how teamwork among nations can save lives. With all the international effort being made, faith that there we have to have _____ will be solutions in time to stop ____ a in its tracks Bird Flu epidemic ____________. 1. Retell the text in 10 sentences. 2. Do exercise 4 on P35. 3. Read the Grammar Summary on page 101.