unit 2 Reading(导学案)
This period includes Leading up,Reading and Comprehending of the reading text in Unit 2. It introduces the similarities and differences between ancient and modern Olympic Games in the form of an interesting interview between Pausanias, a Greek writer 2000 years ago and Li Yan, a Chinese girl living at the present time. Reading the passage, the students can learn some reading strategies such as skimming, scanning and careful reading.
Learning Aims:
Knowledge aims:
1. Students are able to compare the ancient Olympics with the modern ones and try to answer the questions quickly and correctly so that they can learn how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences.
2. Students can understand the text and learn some useful words and expressions:medal, admit, take part in, replace, prize, a set of, interview, as well as, compete with/against/for, etc.
Ability aims:
Students' reading abilities get improved.