The (0) original Olympic Games began in Ancient Greece in 776 BC in | ORIGIN |
Olympia. The Games were very popular and were held (1) | REGULAR |
Emperor. The (2)____________ games were started again in Athens in 1896. | MODERNIZE |
The Games have become the World’s most important international athletics |
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(3) ______, in which the best athletes spend years training in | COMPETE |
(4)___ for this great event. Sports range from basketball to | PREPARE |
horse riding. Perhaps the most (5)____ track and field event is | CHALLENGE |
the decathlon. Athletes take part in ten (6)______ running, jumping and throwing events. | DIFFER |
Almost every nation sends a team to the Olympic Games and one of the |
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ideas is that the Games encourage (7)_______________ between countries. | FRIEND |
(8)__________ sports lovers travel thousands of miles to watch the | DEDICATE |
Games and most (9)_________ athletes want the chance of winning an | AMBITION |
Olympic medal. Such an (10)____ can make them known throughout the world. | ACHIEVE |
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1. regularly
2. modern
3. competition
4. preparation
5. challenging
6. different
7. friendship
8. dedicated
9. ambitious
10. achievement
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The Olympic games
Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games. It is a time for all kinds people to unite in peace. Some of them join together to comepete for gold medals. Millions of other people watch them on television.
Why do we have the Olympic? How did they begin? The first Olympic Games were in Greece in 776 B.C. There was only one event. People ran a race the length of the stadium. The Games lasted one day.
Slowly people added more events. The Games were only men, and women could not event watch them. Only Greeks competed. They came from all parts of the Greeks world. The time of the Games was a time of peace, and the government let everyone travel safely. Kings competed against common people. The winners became national heroes.
The first modern Games were in 1896 in Athens. The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition. Athletes from serval countries competed. Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952. After that they were held in Melbourne, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Montreal besides in European cities. Each year there were athletes from more nations. The first Winter Olympics were in 1924. The athletes compete in skiing and other winter sports.
Today there must be Olympic Games every four years. The Games must have at least fifteen events, and they cannot last more than sixteen days. There is no age limit people of any age can compete.
The competitors must not be professionals. They must be amateurs. The athletes compete for gold medals. The winners are still national heroes, as they were in the early Olympic Games in Greece.
In 1956, Egypt, Iraq, and Lebanon boycotted the Games. They did not compete in the Games because several countries took the Suez Canal from Egypt that year. Other countries boycotted the Games in 1964 and 1976. In 1980, the Soviet Union and other countries boycotted the Games in Moscow. In 1984, the Soviet Union and other countries boycotted the Games in Los Angeles. How can the nations of the world solve this problem? Maybe the Games should be in Greece every year, where they began. Then athletes from all over the world could compete without any boycotts.
Questions
1. What was the only event in the first Olympic Games?
=> It was the event that people ran a race the length of stadium.
2. How many nations played in the first Games?
=> There are several nations played in the first Games.
3. What's the age limit?
=> It is the limit of age with each athletes.
4. Are the competitors professionals or amateurs?
=> No, they aren't.
5. Where and when is the next Olympic Games?
= It is in Greece every year.
Refer:
1. regularly: 1 cách đều đặn
2. modern: hiện đại
3. competition: cuộc thi
4. in preparation for: chuẩn bị cho
5. challenging: thử thách
6. different
7. friendship: tình hữu nghị
8. dedicated: tận tâm, hết lòng
9. ambitious: khao khát
10. achievement: thành tích
1. regularly
2. modern
3. competition
4. in preparation for
5. challenging
6. different
7. friendship
8. dedicated
9. ambitious
10. achievement