Guess ： What is this logo for?Where is the 16th Asian Games held?

What comes to your mind when seeing these five circles?The Olympic Games.

Do you remember the 29th Olympic Games?

Where and when was it held?

By the way, do you know the history of the Olympic Games?

Guess: Where did the first Olympic Games

happen?

Guess: Why did people start them?

To celebrate festivals? To respect and pray to gods?

Guess: How long did the Games last?How many kinds of sports were

there? Including what?

discus?

wrestling?

boxing?

running?

chariot racing?

Guess: Who could enter the stadium and

watch the games?

Listen and fill in the blanks:Welcome to ________________. Tonight, we are going to talk about the ______ Olympic Games.The 1st Olympic Games happened _________ _____ ago ________. People started the Games _____________________. They would _______ them in the morning and have the games in the afternoon. The 1st Olympic Games only lasted for _____ and there were only __________ sports, including _______._____________ could not watch the games, otherwise, they would _________.

Listen and fill in the blanks:Welcome to ________________. Tonight, we are going to talk about the ______ Olympic Games.The 1st Olympic Games happened _________ _____ ago ________. People started the Games _____________________. They would _______ them in the morning and have the games in the afternoon. The 1st Olympic Games only lasted for _____ and there were only __________ sports, including _______._____________ could not watch the games, otherwise, they would __________.

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women be punished

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boxing

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chariot racing

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Guessing game! Work in groups. Choose one of your favourite

sports to describe in five sentences. Later, you’ll compete in 10 groups. One group

describes, and the other groups guess what it is. The group which gets the right answer will get points, otherwise, the describing group does.

Remember：1. Each time, you can just say one sentence. 2. In all, you can say only five sentences.3. If some group gets the right answer after

listening to the 1st sentence, the group will get 5 points; after the 2nd, 4 points; and so on.