《现代奥运趣闻报道（学生用书）》双语教材旨在通过将奥运知识与英语相结合，依托情景活动和辅助阅读，全面提升学生（尤其是体育院校大学生和运动员）在国际场景与多文化中的英语听说交流能力，培养具有人文素养和英语表达能力全面发展的人才。
《现代奥运趣闻报道（学生用书）》双语教材的编写紧扣《大学英语课程教学要求》的目标，即通过加强实用性英语教学，提高大学生的综合能力，尤其是听说交流能力。
《现代奥运趣闻报道（学生用书）》双语教材切实贯彻《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要（2010—2020年）》提出的“培养大批具有国际视野……能够参与国际竞争的国际化人才”的要求，注重通过奥运故事提升学生的知识储备、文化意识、国际视野，以最终达到培养高水平复合型国际人才的目标。
《现代奥运趣闻报道（学生用书）》双语教材充分渗透素质教育和全人发展的教育理念，教材设计以学生学习和发展为主，在充分提高学生英语表达水平的同时，内容选择尽量考虑学生情感和道德培养，让学生获得知识和技能的同时，提升综合素质，获得全面发展。
《现代奥运趣闻报道（学生用书）》双语教材注重教育理念和方法的运用，强调学生学习的社会性和情境性，注重学生对知识的主动建构过程。在教学内容和教学活动安排上，鼓励学生协作完成课堂和课后活动，体验获得新知识的过程和乐趣，引导学生从被动的知识接受者转向积极主动建构和加工者。
《现代奥运趣闻报道（学生用书）》双语教材以时间逻辑顺序，围绕奥林匹克的主题，共设14章，每章设计一般包括2个模块：听说模块和阅读模块。听说模块配套有录音和录像及教学课件。同时，教材设计包括3个阶段性情景活动章节。其形式主要有“今天我当新闻播报员”“趣事Tableau”等，还包括原创的情景活动设计“申请奥运现场演讲”等。
Chapter 1
Listening and Speaking
America In First Olympic Games
Charlotte Cooper， First Woman Olympic Champion
Part 2Further Reading
Part 1James B． Connolly， AHarward Student
Part 2Rowing in London
Chapter 2
Listening and Speaking
An Interview： Talking About Olympics
Dorando Pietri's marathon
Further Reading
Part 1The first African American athlete
Part 2Dorando Pietri's marathon（Continued）
Chapter 3
Listening and Speaking
British Runner， A Nobel Prize Winner
Fencing Champion With Every Blade
Further Reading
Part 1 Ralph Craig
Part 2Olympiastadion
Chapter 4
Listening and Speaking
Tarzan and Swimming Athlete
Flying Finn Ritola Signs Off With Fifth Gold
Further Reading
Part 1A Unique Double Champion
Part 2The First Asian Gold Medal
Chapter 5
Listening and Speaking
Refused to Award Black Athlete-Jesse Owens
SITUATONAL ACTIVITY：I am Journalist
Further Reading
Part 1The Athlete is a Hero in WWII
Part 2half-silver and half-bronze medal
Chapter 6
Listening and Speaking
The Flying Housewife
Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Further Reading
Part 1Gymnastic competition and its only one spectator
Part 2Emil Zatopek became a sporting legend
Chapter 7
Listening and Speaking
Olga's romance with US athlete
From Knud Jensen to Yeshiwen： Doping Problems
Further Reading
Part 1The Olympic Underwear Relay， 1956
Part 2From Rags to Sport Riches
Chapter 8
Listening and Speaking
Sex and gender verification in sport
With all-time record set to fall， little-known Latynina looks back
Further Reading
Part 1Golden Opportunity： 1964 Olympic Sights
Part 2The 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City， Mexico
SITUATIONAL ACTIVITY： Tableau
Chapter 9
Listening and Speaking
Terrorists Attack at the Olympic Games in Munich
Human to Hero：Nadia Comaneci gymnastics' first perfect 10
Further Reading
Part 1Spitz lived up to enormous expectations
Part 2Olympic Games Married by drug allegation
Chapter 10
Listening and Speaking
Boycotts and Olympic Games：1980 and 1984 in History
Los Angeles seeking to return to Olympic arena
Further Reading
Part 1House leader John Boehner rejects Olympic boycott over Snowden
Part 2Mega-Event Strategy on （Los Angeles） Urban Development
Chapter 11
Listening and Speaking
Significance of the 1988 Olympics in South Korea
The Original Dream Team
Further Reading
Part 1Hand in Hand
Part 2Modern Olympic Games Review： 1992 Olympics， Barcelona
Chapter 12
Listening and Speaking
Bomb Explodes in Atlanta's Olympic Park
Lance Armstrong
Further Reading
Part 1Agassi and Graf Relive Olympic glory
Part 2Walker Wang Liping Stays on Track
Chapter 13
Listening and Speaking
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Games
Ms． Yang Lan's Speech
Further Reading
Part 1Brave Liu Xiang did it! Chinese fans jubilant
Part 2Volunteer Spirit Is Flourishing in China
Chapter 14
Listening and Speaking
NBC commentary of the London Opening Ceremony
Fired Employee Claims No Racism Was Intended
SITUATIONAL ACTIVITY ： Bidding
Chinese Version
Appendix
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Bibliography
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