2012 Summer Olympics Презентация по английскому языку для учащихся 7 класса по теме « Олимпийские игры»

The Games of the XXX Olympiad The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, and also more generally known as London 2012, was a major international sport event, as governed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), that took place in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 participated.

Picture Vocabulary flames Olympic flag a dove a torch Olympic rings a ticket an athlete a bronze medal a gold medal a stop watch a silver medal a trophy

The History of the Olympic Games The Olympic games began in 776 bc. in Greece and took place every 4 years for nearly 12 century at Olympia, Greece. All the cities in Greece sent their best athletes to Olympia to compete in the Games. For the period of the games all the wars stopped. So they became the symbol of peace and friendship. It was a great athletic festival including many different kinds of sports: running, boxing, discus throwing, wrestling and others. The Olympics were organized up to the year of 391. In 394 A.D. the Games stopped. The idea to revive the Games came from a Frenchman Baron Pierre de Caubertin. He said: "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but take part“. In 1896 the 1st modern O.G. took place. The competition were held in Greece symbolize the continuation old tradition. Summer and Winter Olympic Games are held separately, in different countries. Winter Olympic Games first took place in 1924. At the Winter Games many teams from different countries take part in competitions in figure-skating, skiing, hockey and other winter sports. Since 1936 the opening ceremony has been celebrated by lightning a flame which is called "Olympic Flame". The 22-nd Summer Olympic Games were held in Russia, Moscow in 1980. It was for the first time that the Olympic Games were held in our country.

Baron Pierre de Caubertin (1863 – 1937)

Olympic rings This symbol consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (Africa, America, Asia, Oceania, Europe). The colored version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag. These colors were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag.

London was the first city to host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.

Logo The logo, designed by Wolff Olins, was published on 4 June 2007. It is a representation of the number 2012, with the Olympic Rings embedded within the zero. There are four official base colours: Wolf Olins

The Olympic Mascots, Mandeville (left) and Wenlock (right)

Olympic Stadium in London

Summer Olympic sports

Participating Around 10,800 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) took part. Three athletes from the Netherlands Antilles Olympic Committee and one athlete from South Sudan participated independently under the Olympic flag. 2012 Summer Olympics torch

The Olympic Games featured 32 world records in 8 sports The Olympic Games featured 32 world records in 8 sports. The largest number of records were set in swimming (8). Most of the records were set by China (5), Great Britain (5) and United States (5). The United States won the highest number of gold medals and the most medals in total, with China dropping to second place and Great Britain took third place. During the Games, Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, winning his 22nd medal. For the first time, women’s boxing was included in the programme, with 36 athletes competing in three different weight classes.

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is a retired American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals.

Medals Each medal weighs 375–400 g, has a diameter of 85 mm and is 7 mm thick, with the sport and discipline engraved on the rim.

2012 Summer Olympics medal table

The 2012 Olympic Games – Picture Vocabulary Quiz

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