Unit 6 Sunshine for all
The Special Olympics World Games
Reading
2
--By Kan Xiaoyan
Information about the event
What
When
Where
Who
The Special Olympics World Games
Shanghai
October 2007
people born
with
intellectual
disabilities
volunteers
The Special Olympics World Games give children and adults with
(1)
a chance to show their skills to the world. The Games include many events
(2)
Those in the Olympics .
(3)
provide help and support to the
(4)
. They
(5)
their free time and help make the event a great
(6)
. Athletes feel more
(7)
because of the Special Olympics World Games and Volunteers think it is great to work
(8)
with the athletes and help them
(9)
their dreams.
intellectual
disabilities
similar to
Volunteers
athletes
give up
success
confident
closely
achieve
Liu Ming worked as a
volunteer
.
He
volunteer
ed
for
the Special Olympics.
n.
志愿者
v.
志愿做
,
主动做
…
Jack
pick up the rubbish
Alice
provide food and drinks for athletes
Mary
show visitors the way
What did they volunteer to do?
volunteer (noun)
volunteer (verb)
It is necessary
for these
volunteers
to receive
training.
volunteer for sth.
volunteer to do sth.
(noun or verb)
He didn’t know ______________.
what to
expect
Liu Ming’s feelings
Before
Now
amazing
fantastic
v.
期待,盼望;预料
A: Which one do you
expect
?
B: I expect …
A: What do you
expect to do
?
B: I expect to …
Pair work
They include many events
similar to
those in
the Olympics, such as basketball, football and
swimming.
What events?
picture A
picture B
Shanghai in China
New York
in the USA
the weather
in Hangzhou
the weather
in Nanjing
What are they similar to?
Christmas in the West
the Spring Festival in China
gave up
spare time
received
training
provided support for the athletes
helped make the event a great success
…
What did volunteers do?
To help make the event a great success, what
may
the volunteers give up (doing)?
They may give up…
No matter how busy they are, they didn’t
________________(
放弃培训
).
give up training
He
gave up playing
basketball for the event.
To help make the event successful, I must
_____________ to be a volunteer before it. A
few days’ ____________ made me learn a lot. I
believe I can be a good volunteer.
Can you tell their differences?
1. No matter how busy they are, they didn’t give up
training
.
n.
训练,培训
2.
Liu Ming
train
ed
as a volunteer.
vi.
接受训练
training
train
Discussion
What qualities (
品质
) should a good volunteer have for the Special Olympics World Games?
A good volunteer should…
The most important thing is
not
to
win
a gold or a silver,
but
to take part.
他不喜欢远足而是喜欢钓鱼。
He likes_______
hiking
________
fishing
.
这钥匙不是他的而是我的。
The
key
is _________________.
not
but
not his but mine
Focus :
not... but... 不是......,而是......
Can you finish it?
not
sth.
but
sth.
not
doing sth.
but
doing sth.
not
to do sth.
but
to do sth.
Volunteering is giving, not receiving.
Volunteering is not receiving, but giving.
Free talk with your parter.
The most important thing in life is not ______ but ______.
Dear diary,
I can’t wait to tell you about my special day. Although I ______________ intellectual disabilities, I was brave enough to join the Special Olympics. My _______________ Liu Ming provided me a lot of support. I tried my best in the swimming competition and ______________. It doesn’t matter, because to me, the most important is _____ to win the competition ______ to take part. I have showed my skills to the world. Now I feel _______________ than before with the help of LiuMing.
Li Hai’s Diary
was born with
finished fourth
more confident
not
but
swimming coach
Li Hai has changed.
finished fourth
joined the competition
was born with
feels confident now.
Li Hai
Liu Ming
Li hai said to Liu Ming: Thank you for_________________________________.
(给我展现自己技能的机会)
giving me a chance to show my skills.
The Special Olympics World Games
give
children and adults
with intellectual
disabilities
a chance to show
their skills.
因特网给我们提供了解世界的机会。
The Internet ______________________ about the world.
这次比赛给我们提供提高自己的机会。
The match offers____________________ourselves
gives us a chance to learn
us a chance to improve
Have a try!
Discussion
How do you feel when you help others?
It's + adj. + for______ to___________________ .
It was necessary
for
these volunteers to receive training .
It was very brave
of
Li Hai to join the copmetition.
Have a try!
In 2014, I was lucky to be a volunteer for the Youth Olympic Games. To help make the event a success, we _________ before the event. Young athletes _____________________ came to Nanjing for the event. The events in YOG are __________ those in the Special Olympics. Our work was to keep baggage for those athletes.
It was really hard, but we didn’t _________. Because to me, the most important was _____ to give ____ to receive. It was meaningful to __________ these athletes. Now, I __________ work as a volunteer again.
get training
not… but…
give up
expect to …
From different backgrounds
similar to
work closely with
got training
from different backgrounds
similar to
give up
not
work closely with
expect to
but
Discussion
Read the whole passage and discuss:
(1) How the ideas are organized;
(2) Which paragraph is about the main idea of the report.
Write a short passage.
Topic:If you volun
t
eer
for the Special Olympics in USA
, what can you do
?
In groups of four
student A:
write
student B:
report
student C & D
: say
1.volunteer for…/to do sth.
2.give sb. a chance to do sth.
3.be similar to 4.give up
5.achieve their dreams
6.not…but…
7. expect to do
Useful expressions
If everyone offers a bit of love, our world
will surely become more beautiful!
I know I can
I try even if I fail
I do even if I lose
No matter how hard
I know I can
Give my hand
Offer my help
Pass my love
Let dreams fly
We bring sunshine
For all
Helping
Passing
Sunshine
Homework:
1.
Read the text several times and try to keep all the expressions in mind.
2.
Revise your first draft and check your writing
with your partners
to make it better
.