八 ( 下 ) Unit 6 Sunshine for all Reading ( 1 ) Volunteering for

the Special Olympics

World Games

高淳区桠溪中学 吴水香

How much do you know about the 12th Special Olympics World Games ?

1. Where did it take place ?

2. When were it held?

3. What's special about the athletes in the

Special Olympics World Games?

4. How many volunteers worked in the 12th

Special Olympics World Games?

the emblem ['embləm](会标 )

1. What does it look like?It looks like an eye.

Qs:

It is called "the look of love". " 爱的眼神 ".

2 . As a student, what can you do to show your love and caring ( 关爱 ) to those special athletes ?

Inside the eye there are two jumping athletes.

Fast -reading

How did Liu Ming feel about his voluntary

work?

QS:

（ 1）He thinks it was the most amazing

experience of his life.

（ 2 “） It's fantastic to work as a volunteer!”

he says.

Article structure Liu Ming's feelings about

volunteering for the Special Olympics

An introduction to the Special

Olympics

Volunteers' work

The meanings of the Special

Olympics

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

Para. 5

athletes

Who takes part in the Special Olympics?

_______________________________________

_______________________________________.

What events are there in the Special Olympics?

_______________________________________

_______________________________________.

events

Children and adults with intellectual disablities.

They include many events, such as basketball, football and swimming.

Para2:Special Olympics

Para3: Volunteers' work

1. How many volunteers worked for the 12th Special Olympics?

2. What did they do for the

athletes ?

Over40,000 volunteers

They provided support for the athletes.

Para4: Liu Ming and Li Hai

(1) Li Hai was born with __________ ___________.(2) He was _______ enough to join the competition.(3) He tried his best and finished _______.(4) He thinks the most important thing is not to ____ but to take part.

Liu Ming worked as Li hai's swimming _____. coach

intellectual disabilitiesbrave

fourth

win

Para5:The meanings of the

Special Olympics World Games

The Special

Olympics

World

Games

They bring _________________________.

Athletes and volunteers____________________________________.

We can work _______________________.

We get to help athletes____________________________________.

people together

feel like part of one big familyclosely with athletes

achieve their dreams

the meaningsthe meanings

athletesathletes

the Special Olympicsthe Special Olympics

volunteersvolunteers

Annie’s notes1. Liu Ming was a volunteer for the 2007

Special Olympics World Games.

2. Liu Ming knew what to expect before he

became a volunteer.

3. There were only a few events in the 2007

Special Olympics World Games.

4. There were over 40,000 volunteers for the 2007

Special Olympics World Games.

5. Li Hai was born with intellectual disabilities.

6. Li Hai was sure to win the swimming

competition.

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didn't know what to expect before he

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Task1:

About the Special Olympics

Amy: What are the Special Olympics World Games for?Simon: They give ________ and _______ with intellectual disabilities a _______ to show their skills to the world.Amy: What events are included in the Special Olympics World Games?Simon: They include many events_______ ___ those in the Olympic Games, such as _________ _______ _________.

children adultschance

similar tobasketball

football swimming

Task2:

About the volunteers 1. How many volunteers were there in the 2007 Special Olympics World Games?

2. Is it necessary for the volunteers to receive training before the Games?

3. What did the volunteers do for the athletes during the Games?

Over 40,000 volunteers.

Yes, it is.

Volunteers provided support for the athletes and helped make the event a great success.

Task3:

1. What should we do before we work as a volunteer?

2. What do you think of the voluntary work? meaningful feel like part of one big family work closely with help … achieve their dreams

Further thinking

青年志愿者协会

We should apply for it(申请 ) and receive some training.

Homework:

1.Listen to the passage for at least 5 times and r

ead it until fluently.

2.Write a short passage to introduce the Special

Olympics or volunteers.