UnitTwoTheOlympicGames Reading Aninterview 29thBeijingOlympicGames 2008 August8 8p m TesthowmuchyouknowabouttheOlympicGames Quizabout 1 HowmanykindsofOlympicGamesaretherenowintheworld A OneB TwoC Three Whatarethey TheWinterandtheSummerOlympics 2 WheredidtheancientOlympicsbegin A RomeB IndiaC GreeceD theU S A3 WhenandwheredidthemodernOlympicsbegin A 1896OlympiaB 1896AthensC 1900OlympiaD 1900Athens 4 WhatdothefiveringsontheOlympicflagstandfor A fivecontinentsB fiveoceansC fiveraces Europe Asia Africa Oceania America 5 WhichoneisthemascotofBeijingOlympics C A B D 6 WhenandwherewillbethenextOlympicGamesheld The2012OlympicswillbeheldinLondon BriefHistoryoftheOlympics 776BC OlympiainGreece 393AD 1896 AthensinGreece AncientOlympics ModernOlympics AnInterview Pausanias LiYan AncientOlympics ModernOlympics Predict Whatwilltheytalkabout Whatdoesthepassagetellus theancientOlympicGames themodernOlympicGames thedifferencesbetweenthem thesimilaritiesbetweenthem good badeffectsoftheOG Skimming WhatarethedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweentheancientandmodernOlympics athletes howoften kinds similarities differences events Carefulreading 2 Summer WinterOlympics runningraces horseridingandsoon over250sports skiing iceskatingandsoon anyathletesfromallovertheworld includingwomen medals differences olivewreath onlymeninGreece anycityintheworld 1 summerOlympics citiesinGreece similarities AncientOlympics ModernOlympics 1 haverunningraces2 3 4 heldevery4years thesamespirit themostimportantgames Theolivewreathhasbeenreplacedbymoney Atfirst PausaniathinkspeoplemaybecompetingformoneyinthemodernOlympicGames 3 PausaniaissurprisedtoknowthatwomenaretotakepartinthemodernOlympicGames 4 HorseridingeventsbelongtotheWinterOlympics 5 ThevillagebuiltforOlympicathletesismadeupofamainreceptionbuilding severalstadiumsandagymnasium 6 2012OlympicswillbeheldinLondon T F Trueorfalse T F T T Askandanswer 1 WhatamazesPausaniasabouttheOlympicGames PausaniasisamazedthatmanycountriestakepartintheOlympicGamesandwomentooandtherearetwosetsofGames theWinterandtheSummerOlympics 2 WhatmakesPausaniashappyaboutthemodernOlympicGames ThemodernOlympicGameshavethesamemotto ThemodernOlympicGameshavemoreevents Everycountrywantstohostit ItshowsthattheGamesarepopularwiththewholeworld Itisjustacompetitionnotformoney TheOlympicGamesarethebiggestsportsmeetingintheworld whichincludetwokinds the andthe Olympics Bothofthemare every All Summaryoftheinterview Summer Winter held fouryears countriescantakepartiftheirathletesreachedthe tothegames Womenarenotonly tojoininbutplayingavery role A isbuiltforthecompetitors agreedstandard allowed important specialvillage tolivein a forcompetitions alargeswimmingpool a aswellasseatsforthosewhowatchthegames It sagreat tohosttheOlympicGames TheOlive stadium gymnasium honor Discussion In2008 Chinasuccessfullyhostedthe29thOlympicGames Itmusthavealotofadvantagesnotonlytoourcountry butalsototheChinesepeople CanyoulistsomeadvantagesabouttheOlympicGames Ifyoudon agree youcantellussomedisadvantagesabouttheOlympicGames Thankyouforlistening