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1988 Calgary Winter Olympics,Canada

1988 Seoul Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich

2000 Sydney Olympics

America Asia Oceania Which continent does each color stand for? Africa Europe

AfricaAmerica AsiaOceania

Talk about the Olympics: 1.How many Olympic games did you see? Where were they held? 2. Do you think they are exciting? 3. Who is your favourite athlete and who do you think is the greatest Olympian?

8. Match the year and the host city in the following Summer Olympic Games. Seoul( 汉城 ) Atlanta Sydney Los Angles Athens Barcelona

Fast reading: 1.What is the speech about? 2.Where were the ancient Olympic Games held? 3.Who restarted the modern Olympic Games? The history and significance of the Olympic Games. At Olympia in Greece. Pierre de Coubertin.

1.According to the speech, the speaker is an athlete. 2. The first ancient Olympic Games were held in AD In the past, only athletes that spoke Italian were allowed to compete. an IOC member 776BC Greek Detailed reading---C 1

4. The aim of the modern Olympic Games is to make countries and people compete side by side. 5. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Rome in Deng Yaping won four Olympic gold medals for tennis. Athens table tennis Detailed reading---C 1 live peacefully

Name Nationality Detailed reading---C 2 Which Olympics Olympic achievements Other information 1960 Rome Olympics Gold medal, boxing original name Cassius Clay, won his first World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964; lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics American Muhammand Ali (orginal) Cassius Clay

Name Nationality Michael Jordan American Which OlympicsOlympic achievements Other information 1984 Los Angles Olympics; 1992 Barcelona Olympics two gold medals, basketball the highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympics

Name Nationality Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopian Which OlympicsOlympic achievements Other information 1996 Atlanta Olympics; 2000 Sydney Olympics two gold medals, distance running first became famous in 1992; broke world record for the 10 km run

Name Nationality Xu Haifeng Chinese Which OlympicsOlympic achievements Other information 1984 Los Angles Olympics gold medal won the first Olympic gold medal for China

Name Nationality Deng Yaping Chinese Which OlympicsOlympic achievements Other information 1992 Barcelona Olympics; 1996 Atlanta Olympics four gold medals, table tennis became an IOC member in 2000

Name Nationality Liu Xiang Chinese Which OlympicsOlympic achievements Other information 2004 Athens Olympics gold medal, men’s 110-metre hurdles the first Asian to win this race

Ancient OlympicsModern Olympics The time to begin The place to begin Athletes The host place Athletes’ appearance In 776 BCIn 1896 At Olympia in Greece In Athens Only Greek men Athletes from around the world The same place ---Olympia Different cities around the world Athletes competed wearing no clothes Athletes compete in different sport clothes Detailed reading--- More information about Olympics

Additional questions( for the summary) 1. What was Pierre de Coubertin’s dream? 2. What is Mr Johnson? 3. What does Mr Johnson wish? He wanted the Olympics could make it possible for countries and people live peacefully side by side. Wish the Olympic movement a successful future to match its glorious past. He is the member of the International Olympic Committee.

Consolidation—summary of the article Mr. Jonson, a IOC member talked about the history and _________ of Olympics. The Ancient Olympics were_____ at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC while modern Olympics were restarted to make people live_________ side by side. There were many __________ athletes helping to ______ the dream such as Muhammand Ali, Michael Jordan and Chinese ______ have also make great ___________ to the Olympics for example Liu Xiang _______ people all over Asia in 2004 Athens Olympic Games There are other Olympians attempting to push the _____ of the human achievement. So Mr Johnson wished the Olympic movement a successful future to match its _______ past significance held peacefully well-knownrealize athletes contributions excited limit glorious

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