1、Cultural corner,Module 5 The Great Sports Personality,厦门职工马拉松,奥运会马拉松比赛,马拉松瘦身健将,Marathon: the Ultimate Olympic Event,1. What are the origins of the marathon? Legend says a Greek soldier ran from Marathon to Athens to tell of the Greek victory. 2. Why is the marathon the last Olympic event? Because it
2、 is supposed to be the hardest event.,Discussion,Read the passage and check the true statements.,1. The whole distance of the marathon is 42 kilometres. 2. The marathon started in a battle between Greece and Persia.,3. In the 1908 Olympics an American runner won the marathon. 4. Nowadays the maratho
3、ns can be watched out of the Olympics. 5. Only people who are good at sport can run a marathon.,1. When did the marathon become an Olympic event?In 1896. 2. What was the distance of the marathon in the beginning?40 kilometres.,Discuss the questions in pairs.,3. How dramatically did the 1908 Marathon
4、 end?An Italian entered the stadium, turned the wrong, fell onto the ground and was helped to the finishing line; just as the second runner, an American entered the stadium and was declared the winner in the end.,翻译下列词组,rise to ones feet . pick sb up . in the end . according to .,站起身来,拉起，扶起,最后，最终,根据，按照,