The modern Olympic Games

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1.What are the Olympic flag?

2.What do the five rings stand for?

Answers:the five –ring flag.

Answer:the five continents

What are these sports called?

baseball shooting speed skating

gymnastics table tennis wrestling

1.which sports event(s) do you like to watch most?

Why?2.Is it important to win in a sports match?Why or why not?

3.Are Olympic Games important to our society?Why or why not?

4.Why do athletes from so many countries want to take part in the Olympic Games?

What are these sports called?

badminton

diving skiing

foot race weightliftingweightlifting hammer throw

Reading—The Olympic Games

Unit 8

1.In the early Olympic Games,only men were allowed to compete and watch the Games.

2.The motto of the Olympic Games is“Faster,Higher,Further”. 3.Carl Lewis won three gold medals in the 1984 Olympic Games.

4.The 27th Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles

5.The 28th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing

6.The Winter Olympic Games are held every three years.

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True or False

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(F)

(F)

(F)(F)

(F)

Questions 1.When did the ancient Olympic Games begin?where?

2.When did the first Olympic Games in modern times

happen?Where?

Greece776BC

1896 Greece

3.In 2000, how many athletes took part in the Sydney Olympics?

4.How many events are there in the Sydney Olympic Games?                                                                              

unusual

Over10,000

300

Horse-ridinghammer throw

shootingWhat are the unusual events?

5.How have the Olympic Games changed since the old

Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece?

                                                                             

In many ways:A:New sports have been added .B:Women are allowed to take part in it.C:More competitors and countries now.

6.What will be done in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing?

7.China won 28 gold medals in the 2000 Sydney Olympic

Games. What were the events ?

                                                                             

                        

                         

New buildings and sports venues will be built.

More trees will be planted and new roads will be built.

The key words of each paragraph

一 .the every-four-year Olympic Games

二 .the old Olympic Games

三 .the modern Olympic Games

四 .the Olympic motto

五 .the preparation for the 29th Olympic Games

Debate

Bad effectsGood effects1.People all over the world will learn about city and its people.

1.It is very expensive to host it .Maybe the money should be used for other things

2.Many sports fans will visit the city

2.Too many visitors may do harm to the environment of the city

3.The preparation will make the city better and more beautiful

3.The venues and buildings may be wasted after the Olympic Games

Thank you ！

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