外研社必修五第课时M Introduction Cultural corner.doc

必修五第五模块 第1 课时学案 Introduction Cultural corner I. Introduction: 1. Can you name the sport according to the following pictures? 2. Do you know what it is? 3. ork in pairs: Ask and answer questions about your favorite sport. Using the words below. What…? Where…? How often…? How old…? How good…? Who… with…? 4. 1). Do you know these famous sportsman or sportswomen ? 2). What do they have in common ? 3). What event do they participate in? 4.) Do you know what is the last Olympic event ? II. Culture corner: Marathon. 1. Match the general idea of each paragraph the distance of the marathon and the 1908Marathon Paragraph 1 the origins of the marathon Paragraph 2 the hardest Olympic event and the competitors Paragraph 3 the New York Marathon and the Great Wall Marathon Paragraph 4 2. True or False 1).The whole distance of the marathon is 40 kilometres. 2). marathon started in a battle between Greece and Persia. 3).In the 1908 Olympics an American runner won the marathon. 4).Nowadays the marathons can be watched out of the Olympics. 5).Only people who are good at sports can run a marathon. 3. Answer the following questions. 1). What are the origins of the marathon? ____________________________________________________________________. 2). When did the marathon become an Olympic event? ____________________________________________________________________. 3). What was the distance of the original marathon? ____________________________________________________________________. 4). What is the distance of the marathon now? ____________________________________________________________________. 5). What is the toughest marathon? ____________________________________________________________________. 6). Why is the marathon thought to be the final Olympic event? ______________________________________