event. The first thirteen Olympics.only one race: running. The games had been held regularly for about 1200 years. Then, in the year 397 the Olympics were prohibited by the Roman Emperor. It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modern times were held in Athens. From then on the games are held every four years regularly. The Olympics have become the worlds most important athletic events and a symbol of sporting friendship of all the people of the world The first Winter Olympic Games. in 1924 The Games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing. The International Olympic Committee selected the Chinese capital as the 2008 host in 2001 vote during Juan Antonio Samaranch last IOC session as president. Beijing defeated four other bidding cities, including Toronto and Paris, to secure the countrys first-ever Olympics. Osaka was the first city to go out, and it only took one more round for Beijing to win the Olympic race. The announcement read out by the 81-year-old Samaranch, was answered with wild joy from the Chinese delegation in Moscow, and with fireworks in Beijing. Beijing stage a great Olympic Games, promise to host a Green Olympics, a Hi-tech Olympics and the People's Olympics. The Chinese government ha pledged to spend 20 billion U.S. dollars building sports complexes and improving the Beijing infrastructure Beijing, the capital of China, a history of over 3, 000 years.. many places of historic interest in Beijing. Now a big modem city and displayed its new look to the world. During the past 20 years, Beijing has changed a lot. People in Beijing love sports and take an active part in sports. trying their best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. will be held successfully 16. Cheating in Exams 1)What kind of cheating methods do students usually take in exams? 2) In your opinion, what's the effect of cheating on exams 3)What kinds of suggestions can you give to stop cheating on exams? 4)What kind of academic evaluation you value most? Why? 5)Do you believe hard work will be rewarded with high marks? Language Focus o . opy from each others/take out textbooks or reference books to copy copy from small pieces paper prepared for the exam use the modern communication tool BP/ mobile phone /cell one to cheat on exams It results in an unfair competition/ will destroy the creativity of those bright brilliant /top It will ruin the students'self-confidence /make students self-confidence lost in the long run Society needs honest people/people who have the real academic knowledge The students who cheat on exams will not be the one who can meet the need of society A severe punishment should be put into effect/ carried out/ implemented to prevent students from cheating Great effort should be made to make students understand what kind of people does society need society needs honest people who have the real talents The academic evaluation I prefer /value is exams study performance Exams enable can make students find /clearly know their deficiency in the knowledge subjects they learned Study performance can reflect the true level students have in their study / the result of one exam
6 event. The first thirteen Olympics …only one race: running. The games had been held regularly for about 1200 years. Then, in the year 397 the Olympics were prohibited by the Roman Emperor. It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modern times were held in Athens. From then on the games are held every four years regularly. The Olympics have become the worlds most important athletic events and a symbol of sporting friendship of all the people of the world. The first Winter Olympic Games …in 1924 The Games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing. The International Olympic Committee selected the Chinese capital as the 2008 host in 2001 vote during Juan Antonio Samaranch last IOC session as president. Beijing defeated four other bidding cities, including Toronto and Paris, to secure the country’s first-ever Olympics. Osaka was the first city to go out, and it only took one more round for Beijing to win the Olympic race. The announcement, read out by the 81-year-old Samaranch, was answered with wild joy from the Chinese delegation in Moscow, and with fireworks in Beijing. Beijing stage a great Olympic Games, promise to host a Green Olympics, a Hi-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics. The Chinese government has pledged to spend 20 billion U.S. dollars building sports complexes and improving the Beijing infrastructure. Beijing, the capital of China, a history of over 3, 000 years… many places of historic interest in Beijing. Now a big modem city and displayed its new look to the world. During the past 20 years, Beijing has changed a lot. People in Beijing love sports and take an active part in sports…trying their best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games…will be held successfully. 16. Cheating in Exams 1) What kind of cheating methods do students usually take in exams? 2) In your opinion, what’s the effect of cheating on exams? 3) What kinds of suggestions can you give to stop cheating on exams? 4) What kind of academic evaluation you value most? Why? 5) Do you believe hard work will be rewarded with high marks? Language Focus Copy from each others / take out textbooks or reference books to copy / copy from small pieces of paper prepared for the exam / use the modern communication tool / BP / mobile phone / cell phone to cheat on exams It results in an unfair competition / will destroy the creativity of those bright / brilliant / top students It will ruin the students’self-confidence / make students’self-confidence lost in the long run Society needs honest people / people who have the real academic knowledge / The students who cheat on exams will not be the one who can meet the need of society A severe punishment should be put into effect / carried out / implemented to prevent students from cheating Great effort should be made to make students understand what kind of people does society need / society needs honest people who have the real talents The academic evaluation I prefer / value is exams / study performance Exams enable / can make students find / clearly know / their deficiency in the knowledge / subjects they learned Study performance can reflect the true level students have in their study / the result of one exam means nothing
Yes, I believe. No pains, no gains No, I don' t I studied English very hard /I am so committed to learning English, but I can not get high marks in exams 17. Star-worship 1)What is star-worship 2)What kind of people can be called an"idol"to others? What do they do? 3)Are you an idolater or fan of someone? What do fans usually do? 4)Who is your favorite star? In which way does he or she attract you? 5)How do superstars influence you in your daily life? 6) What is your opinion about the media"? Do you think it plays an important role in star-worship'"? Why or why 7) How do stars influence the society? Do you think it is good? There are a lot of fans and idolaters blindly and fanatically admire and or even worship superstars. Most of the fans are young people with immature minds. It's easy for them to go to Fans seem to be quite fascinated by movie and television celebrities, fashion models professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters Superstars are al ways celebrated for their wealth and glamour rather than their achievements and moral strength of character Fans who worshipped Beckham engrave Beckhams name on the face, and also some spent 300 Yuan to make a small Beckham's hairstyle, or ask for his autograph and always pays special attention on his trifles collected by paparazzo The commercialized entertainment circle has produced shining and attractive stars for fans. The mass media has exaggerated the glory and social influence of stars. -Influenced by media reports some young fans indulge in their distorted love toward stars and sometimes go to excessive extremes More and more people to step onto imitate star's path, they imitate star's attire and the appearance constantly, and even some weird manners and languages The vogue superstars represent the fashion front, so some use their social influence of their own image and bring the very great well-knowingness and enough sales volume to the product, the business have obtained huge commercial profit, promote the social economy's development Success--including the success of popular stars, is always the result of hard work and sacrifi ng Greatness must be prepared and Rome was not built in a day. No one can succeed for nothi 18. Pets Questions for discussion 1)Do you like pets? Why? 2)Are you keeping pet(s)at your home now? What is it /are they? 3)If you don t have a pet, what kind of animal(s)would you like to choose as your pet? 4)WE 5)What are the advantages to have a pet/ pets? 6)What are the disady Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the above
7 Yes, I believe. No pains, no gains No, I don’t. I studied English very hard / I am so committed to learning English, but I can not get high marks in exams 17 .Star-worship 1) What is star-worship? 2) What kind of people can be called an “idol” to others? What do they do? 3) Are you an idolater or fan of someone? What do fans usually do? 4) Who is your favorite star? In which way does he or she attract you? 5) How do superstars influence you in your daily life? 6) What is your opinion about the “media”? Do you think it plays an important role in “star-worship”? Why or why not? 7) How do stars influence the society? Do you think it is good? Language Focus There are a lot of fans and idolaters blindly and fanatically admire and or even worship superstars. Most of the fans are young people with immature minds. It's easy for them to go to extremes. Fans seem to be quite fascinated by movie and television celebrities, fashion models, professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters. Superstars are always celebrated for their wealth and glamour rather than their achievements and moral strength of character. Fans who worshipped Beckham engrave Beckham's name on the face, and also some spent 300 Yuan to make a small Beckham's hairstyle, or ask for his autograph and always pays special attention on his trifles collected by paparazzos. The commercialized entertainment circle has produced shining and attractive stars for fans. The mass media has exaggerated the glory and social influence of stars. ~~Influenced by media reports, some young fans indulge in their distorted love toward stars and sometimes go to excessive extremes. More and more people to step onto imitate star's path, they imitate star's attire and the appearance constantly, and even some weird manners and languages. The vogue superstars represent the fashion front, so some use their social influence of their own image and bring the very great well-knowingness and enough sales volume to the product, the business have obtained huge commercial profit, promote the social economy's development. Greatness must be prepared and Rome was not built in a day. No one can succeed for nothing. Success --including the success of popular stars, is always the result of hard work and sacrifice. 18. Pets Questions for discussion 1) Do you like pets? Why? 2) Are you keeping pet(s) at your home now? What is it / are they? 3) If you don’t have a pet, what kind of animal(s) would you like to choose as your pet? 4) What attracts you to choose it (them)? 5) What are the advantages to have a pet/ pets? 6) What are the disadvantages? Language focus Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the above