THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Revision

Look at the pictures and tell what sports they are.

athletes

BADMINTONBASEBALL

BASKETBALL TABLE TENNIS

CANOE

SAILING

CYCLING

BOXING

WRESTLING

GYMNASTICS

SHOOTING WEIGHTLIFTING

What is the flag for the Olympic Games?

FIVE RINGS FLAG

What do the five rings mean?Five continents ---- Asia, Africa, Europe, America

and Oceania

Questions

Go through the whole passage and try to summarize each paragraph.

1. the every-four year Olympic Games;

2. the old Olympic Games;

3. the modern Olympic Games;

4. the preparation for the 29th Olympic Games

ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Since 776 BC

In Greece

Motto: FASTER, HIGHER , STRONGER

Area: All over the world

Period: Every four years

time

first place

Read the text and find something about thenumbers here:

4 years

776 BC

393 AD

1896

311

The Olympic Games are held every 4 years.

The ancient Olympic Gamesbegan around the Year 776 BC in Greece.

After 393 AD the Olympic Games stopped.

The first Olympic Games in modern times happened in 1896.

In the 1896 games there were 311 competitorsfrom just 13 countries.

10,000

300

1984

28

In 2000 over 10,000 athletes from 227 countries went to Sydney ,Australia, forthe 27th Olympics.

There are over 300different events in the games.

In the 1984 Olympic Games, Carl Lewis from USA won four gold medals in track and field and become one of the best sportsmen in the 20th century.

In Syndney the Chinese team got 28 gold medals, ranking third of all the competing countries.

TRUE OR FALSE:

1.Both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games are held every four years.T

2. The modern Olympic Games began around the year 776 BC.

F

3. In the old times, both men and women were allowed to take part in the Olympic Games.

F

4. The first modern Olympic Games happened in the year 400 AD.

F

5. The Olympic Games were born in Greece.T

6. The 27th Summer Olympics were held in Barcelona in Spain.

F

7. In Syndney the Chinese team won 20 medals.F

8. Horse-riding is one of the usual sports in the Olympic Games.

F

9. In the 1988 Olympic Games, Carl Lewis won 4 medals.

T

10. There is another competition between countries ---- the competition to hold the Olympic Games.

T

Fill in the missing word: Every 4 years ___________ from all over the world

take part in the Olympic Games. Both the Summer and Winter _____________ are held every 4 years. The old Olympic Games began ____________ the year 776 BC in ___________. Many of the _________ were the same as they are now: running, jumping and ___________. Women were not _____________ to take part in the games. The first Olympic Games in ______________ times happened in 1896. There were 311 ___________ from just 13 countries. After that more and more countries ________in the games. In 1992 more than 8,000 competitors from 150 countries went to Barcelona for the 25th _________ Olympics.

athletes

Olympicsaround

Greece sportswrestling

allowedmoderncompetitors

Summer

joined

New Beijing, Great Olympics

Green Olympics,High-Tech Olympics , Human Olympics

Carl Lewis

Division

Para (1): General introduction of Olympic Games

Para(2-5): Old Olympics, modern

Olympics and their motto.

Para(6): Summary of the whole text.

Discussion

What do you think about the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing?

Do you believe that China will succeed in holding the Games?

Why?

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