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•Project Entering a new sport into the OlympicsReading
1.First Idlike toask yousome questionsand pleaseexpress youropinions freely.What sporting events areperformed in the OlympicGamesWhich of these sportingevents doyou likebest WhyDo you knowwhy thesesportingeventsare heldintheOlynHow canwe try to enter a newsport into the Olympics
2.If youwant toget someinformation abouthow toentera newsport intothe Olympics,you canread the article inPart Aon page38,Find outhow manypartsthere arein thisarticle andwhat informationeach parttalks about.Part1Lets readthearticlepart bypart andtrytofind thedetailed informationin eachpart.What requirementsmust bemet beforea sportcan beconsidered bythe IOCFirst,a sport must haveits owninternational association.Next,it must be practicedby menin atleast75countries onat leastfour continentsand practicedby womenin atleast40countriesPart2and onthree countries.Besides,a currentsportmustbe droppedWhat sports have been removedfrom the Olympics WhyGolf,rugby,polo andpower boating.Because thesesports becameless popularand hadto makePart3way fornew,more popularsports.Whatsportshavebeenadded inthe Olympicsonly recentlyAnd inwhich yearTaekwon do,in
2000.What othersports willprobably be included WhyPart4Rugby andgolf.Because theyare nowvery popularand areplayed allaround theworld.Which sportis stilltrying toget intothe OlympicsWushu,a Chinesemartial art.Doyou think itis possiblefor Wushuto becomeone of the sportingevents inthe OlympicsWhyor whynot
3.Now letsdo Bland B2on page89of theirWorkbook.This exercisewill help you becomemorefamiliar withthe usageofthewords andphrases learnt in thissection.Entering anewsport intothe Olympics
4.Do DIand D2on page91of youWorkbook adhomework.PlanningNow letswork ingroups offour anddiscuss theOlympic rulesfor enteringanewsport andchoosea sportyou thinkshould/should notbeintheOlympicsand listthe reasonswhy youPreparingthinkso.You shouldwrite downthe nameofthesport yourgroup haschosen.Enteringa sportintoor droppingone fromtheOlympicscan bequite along process.There aremanyrequirements thatmustbemet beforeasportcan beconsidered bythe InternationalProducingOlympicCommittee.You maylook forinformation asmuch asyou canin differentsources.Now youeach writea draftof yourpart.And putwhat youvewritten together.Remember toproofreadthe speechcarefully tocorrect mistakesif thereare any.New ideascan beadded toPresentingmakeit moreattractive.At last,youve gotto presentyour speechtothewhole class.Make thebest ofthe chanceto speak•Self-assessmentwith confidenceand prepareto answerany questionsthe otherstudents mayhave.This sectionaims tohelpyoudetermine theprogress you have made.Thecolor barwith fivelevels rateshow confidentyou feelabout whatyou havelearntin this unit.In PartA,some items are presentedto youand you are asked to checkhow wellyouthinkyouhave developedeach skillEach itemcorresponds withone ormore partsin thisunit.ForThe honorablegamesexample,by goingover Cland C2on page24,you will know whetheryou canfinish readingthespeech forspecific informationby skimmingand scanningsuccessfully.Youhave theopportunity toevaluate yourown skillsand abilitiesin English.If youfeel veryconfidentabout oneitem,you giveyourselves ascore of
5.If youfeel slightlyconfident aboutanotheritem,you get a
2.After goingover all the itemsin thispart,you needto addallthescoresand dividethe totalamount bythe totalsum.This shouldshow youhow wellyou haveachieved,and alsowhat elseyou cando toimprove yourstudy.Thus,you willgetapercentage,whichshows yourlevel.In thisunit,16itemsarelisted witheach onescored5,with atotal of80points possible.Theseitems coverthe mainstudy targetsinthisunit,including skillsin listening,speaking,reading,writing,the usageof vocabularyand grammaritems,as wellas doingactivities inEnglish.Through accessingyourselves aslearners,you willrealize whetheryouhaveachieved thegoalfor thisunit.If youfeel thereare someareas inwhich youare notconfident orjust slightlyconfident,you canthink abouthow toimprove you.In PartB,youareaskedtomake anaction plan,so youwillknowwhat todo.。