The Olympic Games

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The Olympic Games
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The Olympic Flag
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hurdling
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volleyball
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weightlifting
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table tennis
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diving
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swimming
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boxing
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footrace
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short race
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fencing
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marathon
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gymnastics
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high jump
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football
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Yes or no
yes
no
no
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Answer the questions
1. When and where were the first ancient Greek
Olympic Games held? 2. For what purpose were the
ancient Greek Olympic Games held once every four
years ? 3. What events did the ancient Greek
Olympics have ? 4. What did the Frenchman wish
to renew ? 5. Did he succeed in renewing the
Olympics ? 6. When and where were the first
modern Olympic Games held ? 7. Why were the
Olympics not held in 1916,1940,1944 ?
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Language points
1. as early as ??
As early as
eg __ ___ __ (??)the late 13thcentury,large
fleets of Chinese vessels visited the is lands of
the South China Sea.
2. every ???
every ten
eg There are buses to the station _____ ___
________ (?????)
minutes
3. shown(?????) in the ancient Greek Olympics
taken
eg He wants to show me his photo _____(???) a
few days ago.
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4. bring about ??
brought about
eg Reform has _______ ______ (??) great changes
in china.
5. all(adv.) ???,??
all
eg Thats ____(??) wrong.
6. a variety of ?????
a variety of
eg There are __ ______ __ (?????) flowers in
the park
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Fill in the blanks
The first Olympic Games were held at Olympia
,ancient Greece _ _ _ 776 B.C.The Greek
Olympics didnt have as many sports programmes as
the _ Olympics . There were only a
footrace , a short race ,a race of about three
miles and some other matches _ _
jumping,boxing,etc. The last Olympic Games were
held in A.D.388. Then the Roman rulers _
the games .A Frenchman wished to __ the
ideals of excellence of body, mind and spirit
shown in the ancient Greek Olympics. He succeeded
in starting the OlympicGames all over again.
Since 1896,the Olympics have been growing
steadily with more and more nations and athletes
__ _ .The Olympics have been held once _
four years.
as early as
modern
such as
renew
banned
taking part
every
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Goodbye!