1. Develop students' reading ability and let them learn different reading skills.

2. Enable students to learn to talk about the Olympic Games.

Emotion and value targets:

1. Arouse students' great interest in the Olympic Games.

2. Develop students' sense of cooperative learning.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Leading-in

Listen to a song and guess what purpose it is used for.

Purpose: To activate Ss and arouse them to talk about activities in the Olympic Games.

Show the pictures about Five Rings Flag and athletic activities .

Ask Ss whether they know some other athletic activities .

Step 2. Warming Up

Purpose: To lead Ss to the topic of this unit through a quiz.

Pair work: Get Ss to talk about the questions below, and then ask them to present it before the class.

1. When did the ancient Olympic Games started?

A. 1896 B. 1906 C. 776BC

2. Which is the Olympic torch(火炬) of Beijing Olympic Games?