Spotlight on Russia 10

1. Fame

Spotlight on Russia 10

2.

• Why do you like sport?
• What kind of sport do you like? Why?
• How does sport change you?

3.

4. Fame

• In this lesson you’ll read, speak about
Olympic Games and Olympic Champions.
• By the end of the lesson you’ll be able to
get an interview with an Olympic
Champion and to write about your
favourite sporting hero.

5.

play
go
do

6.

play
volleyball
basketball
tennis
golf
rugby
go
do

7.

play
volleyball
basketball
tennis
golf
rugby
go
swimming
cycling
fishing
windsurfing
do

8.

play
volleyball
basketball
tennis
golf
rugby
go
swimming
cycling
fishing
windsurfing
do
athletics
judo

9.

10. Olympic Timeline

11. Sydney

• The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic
Games or the Millennium Games/Games
of the New Millennium, officially known as
the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were
an international multi-sport event which
was celebrated between 15 September
and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

12. Salt Lake City

• The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the
XIX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter
multi-sport event that was celebrated in
February 2002 in and around Salt Lake
City, Utah, United States.

13. Athens

• The 2004 Summer
Olympic Games, officially
known as the Games of the
XXVIII Olympiad, were a
premier international multisport event held in Athens,
Greece, from 13 to 29
August 2004 with the motto
Welcome Home.

14. Turin

• The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially
known as the XX Olympic Winter Games,
was a winter multi-sport event which was
celebrated in Turin, Italy from February
10, 2006, through February 26, 2006.

15. Bejing

• The 2008 Summer Olympic Games,
officially known as the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad, was a major international multisport event that took place in Beijing,
China, from August 8 to 24, 2008

16. Vancouver

• The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially
known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games
or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major
international multi-sport event held from
February 12 to February 28, 2010, in
Vancouver, Canada

17. London

• The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the
Games of the XXX Olympiad, and also more
generally known as London 2012, was a major
international multi-sport event, celebrated in the
tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by
the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that
took place in London, United Kingdom, from
27 July to 12 August 2012

18. Sochi

• The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially
called the XXII Olympic Winter Games and
commonly known as Sochi 2014, were a
major international multi-sport event held
from 7 to 23 February 2014
in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

19. Rio de Janeiro

• The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially
known as the Games of the XXXI
Olympiad and commonly known as Rio
2016, was a major international multi-sport
event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from
5 August to 21 August 2016

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22. Vocabulary

persevere [pəːsɪˈvɪə ] – проявить упорство
pursue [ pəˈsjuː ] – добиваться, преследовать
quad toe loop – четверной тулуп
biellmann spin – бильман (вращение)

23. What are these numbers connected with?

1982
11
7
1998
2006

24. Hometask

• Group 1 – to write an article
“My Favourite Sporting Hero”
• Group 2 – to get an interview with a
sportsman of our school / town