The Olympic Games

第 28 届雅典奥运会开幕式

The Olympic Flag

volleyball

table tennis

boxingboxing

footrace

short race

marathon

gymnastics

high jump

football

Yes or no

1.The first Olympic Games were held in Greece. ( )

2. The Olympic Games were held every three years to honour the Greek god Zeus. ( )

3.An Englishman wished to renew the ideals of excellence of body,mind and spirit shown in the ancient Greek Olympics. ( )

yes

no

no

Answer the questions

1. When and where were the first ancient Greek 1. When and where were the first ancient Greek Olympic Games held?Olympic Games held?

2. For what purpose were the ancient Greek 2. For what purpose were the ancient Greek Olympic Games held once every four years ?Olympic Games held once every four years ?

3. What events did the ancient Greek Olympics 3. What events did the ancient Greek Olympics have ? have ?

4. What did the Frenchman wish to renew ?4. What did the Frenchman wish to renew ?

5. Did he succeed in renewing the Olympics ?5. Did he succeed in renewing the Olympics ?

6. When and where were the first modern Olympic 6. When and where were the first modern Olympic Games held ? Games held ?

7. Why were the Olympics not held in 7. Why were the Olympics not held in 1916,1940,1944 ?1916,1940,1944 ?

Language points

1. as early as “ 早在”eg: __ ___ __ ( 早在 )the late 13thcentury,large fleets of Chinese vessels visited the is lands of the South China Sea.

2. every “ 每隔……的”eg: There are buses to the station _____ ___ ________ ( 每隔十分钟 )

3. shown( 被显示出的 ) in the ancient Greek Olympicseg: He wants to show me his photo _____( 被拍的 ) a few days ago.

As early as

every ten

minutes

taken

4. bring about “ 带来”eg: Reform has _______ ______ ( 带来 ) great changes in china.

5. all(adv.) “ 完全地 , 十分”

eg: That’s ____( 完全 ) wrong.

6. a variety of “ 各种各样的”

eg: There are __ ______ __ ( 各种各样的 ) flowers in the park

brought about

all

a variety of

Fill in the blanks

The first Olympic Games were held at Olympia ,ancient Greece _ _ _ 776 B.C.The Greek Olympics didn’t 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 asmodern

such as

banned renew

taking part

every