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1、2019-2020年高一英语Unit8Sports(TheFirstPeriod)人教版Ⅰ.TeachingGoals:1.Talkaboutsports.2.TalkabouttheOlympicGames.3.Talkaboutinterestsandhobbies.4.UsetheFuturePassiveVoice.5.Talkaboutwhatwillbedone.6.Writeasportsstarprofile.Ⅱ.Teachingtime:FourperiodsⅢ.BackgroundInformationⅠ.Th
2、eOlympicGamesInancientGreeceathleticfestivalswereveryimportantandhadstrongreligiousassociations.TheOlympianathleticfestival,heldeveryfouryearsinhonourofZeus,eventuallylostitslocalcharacter,becamefirstanationalevent,andthen,aftertherulesagainstforeignpetitorshadbeenwai
3、ved,international.NooneknowsexactlyhowfarbacktheOlympicGamesgo,butsomeofficialrecordsdatefrom776B.C.TheGamestookplaceinAugustontheplainbyMountOlympus.ManythousandsofspectatorsgatheredfromallpartsofGreece,butmarriedwomenanddishonouredpersonswerenotallowedtopete.Theexac
4、tsequenceofeventsisuncertain,buteventsincludedboy’sgymnastics,horse-racing,fieldeventssuchasdiscusandjavelinthrowing,andtheveryimportantfootraces.Therewasalsoboxingandwrestlingandspecialtestsofvariedabilitysuchasthepentathlon,thewinnerofwhichexcelledinrunning,jumping,
5、discusandjavelinthrowingandwrestling.Theeveningofthethirddaywasdevotedtosacrificialofferingstotheheroesoftheday,andthefourthday,thatofthefullmoon,wassetasideasaholyday.Onthesixthandlastday,allthevictorswerecrownedwithholygarlandsofwildolivefromasacredwood.Afteranunint
6、erruptedhistoryofalmost1200years,theGameswereabolishedinA.D.394,thechristianera,becauseoftheirpaganorigin.Itwasover1500yearsbeforetherewasanothersuchinternationalathleticgathering.TheGreekinstituationwasrevivedin1896andthefirstsmallmeetingtookplaceinAthens.Nowadays,th
7、eGamesareheldindifferentcountriesinturn.Thehostcountryprovidesvastfacilities,includingastadium,swimmingpoolsandlivingacmodation,butpetingcountriespaytheirownathletes’expenses.Athleticcontestsarestillthemainfeature,butnowmanymoresportsarerepresented,womenpete,theancien
8、tpentathlon,forexample,hasbeenmodifiedintoamoreprehensivetest,andthemarathonraces,initiatedin1896,arenowacelebratedevent.The
