The Olympic Games
TODAY AT THE LESSON
the Olympic Games
- Olympic Symbols
- Different Sports
A sound mind in a sound body.
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776 BC – 394 AD
A Brief History of the Olympic Games
The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in Olympia . Greece. The Games were held every four years in honor of the king of the gods, Zeus. There was only one event in the earliest Olympiad: the 200-yard sprint.
Soon other events were added. For 1000 years the Games were at regular intervals of four years. The modern Olympic Games are still held every four years . But they were interrupted in 1916, 1940 and 1944 by World Wars.
In A.D. 393, the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I banned the Games.
All sports for all people.
In 1894 Baron Pierre de Coubertin wrote a letter to the athletic organizations of every country. Two years later the first modern Olympic Games took place.
Pierre de Coubertin
In the modern Olympic Games the athletes march in a parade for the opening of the Games.
Russia joined the Olympic Games in 1952. In 1980 Moscow hosted the twenty-second Olympic Games.
MATCH
THE DATES AND EVENTS
- 776 BC–394 AD
- 1896
- 19 80
- 2010
- 2012
- 2014
- the Olympic Games in Sochi
- the Olympic Games in London
- the Olympic Games in Canada
- The first Olympic Games
- the Olympic Games in Moscow
- the first modern Olympic Games
Olympic symbols
- Motto
- Flag
- Olympic rings
- Medals
- Mascots
Olympic Flag
Olympic Motto
« Fast er, Higher, Stronger »
T h e O l y m p i c r i n g s
OPENING OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
The ex-president of
International
Olympic Committee
The president of International Olympic Committee
Huan Antonio
Samaranch
Jacques Rogge
The game “True or false”
- The first Olympic Games were held in the USA.
- In 2014 the Olympic Games will be held in Moscow.
- The last Winter Olympic Games took place in Australia.
- The Olympic Games have been held since the 18th century.
- A leopard was the symbol of the Olympic Games in Moscow.
- The Olympic Games are held every two years.
- The Olympic Games are held only in America.
- The Summer and Winter Olympic Games are not held separately.
HE IS GOOD AT
a. skiing
b. gymnastics
c. hockey
Alexander Ovechkin - hockey
SHE IS GOOD AT
a. triathlon
b. biathlon
c. swimming
Olga Zaiceva – biathlon
HE IS GOOD AT
- wrestling
- boxing
- bobsleigh
Alexandr Karelin - wrestling
THEY ARE GOOD AT
judo
HE IS GOOD AT
a. athletics
b. tennis
c. shooting
Alexander Ashapatov – athletics
THEY ARE GOOD AT
- cycling
- fencing
- athletics
fencing
SHE IS GOOD AT
a. rowing
b. gymnastics
c. sailing
Alina Cabaeva – gymnastics
SHE IS GOOD AT
a. equestrian
b. athletics
c. shooting
Alena Isinbaeva – athletics
HE IS GOOD AT
- archery
- hockey
- figure-skating
Evgeniy Plushenko - figure-skating
I am good at
Project
- Biography of the sportsmen
- The sport they are good at