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History of the Olympic Games
1. History of the Olympic Games
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Read the words after me and then translatethe words.
1. Olympia; 2. Olympiad; 3. the Olympics;
4. Greece; 5. Greek; 6. Zeus; 7. a temple;
8. BC — before Christ; 9. AD — anno
Domini; 10. to compete; 11. a competitor ;
12. an athlete; 13. wrestling; 14. to allow;
15. the pentathlon; 16. Roman emperor
Theodosius; 17. Pierre de Coubertin; 18. the
Athens Games; 19. International Olympic
Committee; 20. Lausanne, Switzerland
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Answer the questions:1.What is the text about?
2.Did you learn any new facts about the
Olympic movement?
3.What was interesting to know?
4.The text can be easily divided into 2 parts,
can’t it?
5.Which parts?
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Choose the right answer:1. The original Greek games took place
• every fifth year
• every fourth year
• every sixth year
2. The Olympic Games were renewed in
1986
1868
1896
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3. The Games were a way of salutingthe gods
the athletes
the countries
4. The Games were officially ended by
Julius Caesar
Theodosius
Flavius
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5. The first modern Olympic Games wereheld in
Lausanne
Paris
Athens
6. The winner of the 2004 Summer Olympic
Games is
Russia
France
The USA
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Express the same in English(the text can help you):
Первые Олимпийские игры
В начале христианской эры
Игры были возобновлены
Способ чествовать своих богов
Способ прославить спортивные
таланты
На которой основывается современное
олимпийское движение
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В честь ЗевсаСостязание в беге
Сильные воинственные спартанцы
Борьба, пятиборье, гонки на колесницах
Вернуть Олимпийские игры к жизни
Поддержали его идею
Самое подходящее место для
проведения первых Олимпийских игр
Олимпиады проводятся под
руководством Международного
олимпийского комитета
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Find and use the words in your sentences10.
Divide into 3 groups and you have 5 minutesto prepare a story about:
First group “History of the ancient Olympic
Games”
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Second group “History of the modernOlympic Games”
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Third group “Sports competitions in theancient Olympic Games and in the modern
Olympic Games”
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Now let’s read some interesting things aboutthe Olympic Games:
Women were not allowed to watch the
competitions of the Olympic Games. By
the way, if women broke the rule and
came to the stadium, they were physically
punished.
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In ancient Greece winners received olivewreaths. Winners’ images often appeared
on coins or on statues. In honor of the
champions the walls of their native towns
were broken and they entered the town
through the holes.
People explained it
this way: “We aren’t
afraid of enemies
because the best
athletes live here.”
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Since 1896 the Olympic Games havebeen world’s number one sport event, a
symbol of hope, peace and friendly cooperation between nations. Pierre de
Coubertin said, “There is no star nobler than
the Sun; there are no games nobler than the
Olympics”.
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The prize was a red apple. Now there are3 prizes for each event – a gold medal, a
silver medal and a bronze medal.
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The Olympic flag has 5 coloured rings.The colors are blue, yellow, black, green
and red on white, because every country in
the world has one of these colors on its flag.
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The beginning of the Olympic Games isimpossible without lighting a fire. The torch
is carried hand-to-hand by relays of runners
from the original site of the Games at
Olympia to the stadium of the host city.
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Everybody knows the motto of theOlympics: “Citius, altius, fortius”. It means
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The country of the Games chooses amascot. For example, Bear Misha in
Moscow in 1980, a cartoon dog Cobi in
Barcelona in 1992, etc.
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At our lesson today we havediscussed the history of the Olympic Games.
I’m sure you know that the next Winter
Olympic Games will be held in our country. I
would like you to find information about the
future Olympics in Sochi on the Internet and
speak about it at the next lesson.
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Презентацию разработалаучитель иностранных языков
МОУ гимназия
г. Нерехта и Нерехтский район
Костромской области
Шалыгина Екатерина Геннадьевна
2012-2013 учебный год