必修五5模块导学案

Module 5 Marathon: the Ultimate Olympic Event导学案

Learning aims:

To learn about marathon To use reading skills to solve problems

To learn some phrases and expressions To learn from the spirit from the sport

Before reading

victory __n. 胜利______ dramatically ______________ ultimate______________

rise to one’s feet______________ protest ______________ declare ______________

borough______________ competitor ______________ tough ______________

event ______________ marathon ______________ leader ______________

stadium ______________ cheer ______________ ancient ______________

Athens ______________ Persian______________ battle ______________

While reading

Fast reading (do it like this, paragraph1 talks about…)

Match the main idea with each paragraph.

Para1 most people can run a marathon

Para2 the origins of the marathon

Para3 the distance of the marathon and the 1908 marathon

Para4 marathons around the world

Detailed reading

Read the first paragraph and answer the questions.

1. What are the origins of the marathon?

______________________________________________________________________________.

2. Translation :

As the leader comes into the stadium to run the last few meters of the 42-kilometre race, the crowd rises to its feet to shout and cheer.

__________________________________________________________________________________________ Phrases: rise to one’s feet ______________ jump to one’s feet ________________

struggle to one’s feet_________________

Read Paragraph 2 and answer the questions.

1. When did the modern Olympic Games start? ______________________________

2. What’s the distance of the marathon at fir st ? ________________________________

3. When was the distance of the marathon changed ?____________________________________

4. What’s the distance after being changed?__________________________________________

5.How dramatically did the 1908 Marathon end?

An Italian _______the stadium, ______the wrong way, ________the ground and was helped to the__________; just as the second runner, an American, entered the stadium .The Americans_ ______and in the end the latter one was _______the winner.

6. Translation:

The Americans protested and in the end the American runner was declared the winner.

_________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which sentence in the text can replace the following one?

Officials helped him stand up and reach the terminal, and at the same time, the American runner came into the stadium.

___________________________________________________________________________________________ 高考连接

Sam _______ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it. (2010山东高考)

A. brought up

B. looked up

C. picked up

D. set up

Read Paragraph 3 &4and answer the questions.

1.If you want to run or watch a marathon do you have to wait for the Olympic Games ? Why?

_______________________________________________________________________________

2. What two marathons are mentioned? What features do they have?

_______________________________________________________________________________

3. Why is the marathon the last Olympic event?

_______________________________________________________________________________

4. Who can run a marathon?

_______________________________________________________________________________

5. Translation

But perhaps one of the most beautiful and extraordinary marathons ever is the Great Wall Marathon, which most competitors find is the toughest course to run .

___________________________________________________________________________________________ 高考连接

1. Now many people in America are continuing their own African tradition, a custom which they think _____ good luck . A. brings B. brought C. is bought D. bring

2. He often helps the students ___ he thinks are not quick at their studies .

A. whom

B. who

C. when

D. because

Post reading

1.What’s the type of the text?

A. Narration (记叙文)

B. Argumentation （议论文）

C. Description （说明文）

D. Poem

2.Fill in the blanks

The marathon comes from a battle, a soldier ran from Marathon to Athens to bring the news of a Greek . It has been an Olympic event since 1896. At first the was 40 kilometres. In 1908, , at the London Olympics, it was changed. In fact, the 1908 marathon ended . When the leader, an Italian,entered the stadium, he turned the wrong way and the ground. Officials him and helped him to the line, just as the second runner, an American, entered the stadium. The Americans and in the end the American runner was the winner. There are many marathons around the world. The marathon is the final Olympic event because it is to be the hardest.

After reading

What is the spirit of marathon?

Marathon requires strong will and persistence(锲而不舍).

Life is a real marathon, long and tough, which we should never give up struggling for until we hit the finishing line.

The senior high school study is also a marathon, and you can never stop since you cross the starting line, no matter how difficult the journey is.

Exercises. 根据括号内所给的提示翻译下列句子。

1.他们对旅馆的不好的伙食提出抗议。(protest) _______

2. 她声称她再也不愿见到他。(declare) ______________________________________________________

3. 你把盘子掉到地上了, 现在把它捡起来。(pick up) _____________________________________________

4. 你明天早晨不必起很早，我们10点才出发.(have to)____________________________________________

5. Arsenal在最后一分钟得分并赢了这场足球赛。(score) __________________________________________