Unit 3 Faster, higher, strongerParticipation in the Olympic Games is more important than winning.在奥运会中参与比取胜更重要Peace，friendship，progress and development—the spirit of the Olympic Games.和平、友谊、进步和发展——奥运会精神。Sports is peace.体育就是和平。One World，One Dream同一个世界，同一个梦想The Olympics represents the noble ideal of sports overcoming the barriers of politics with champion athletes of all nations gathering in the spirit of sportsmanship.However，the stakes go beyond who wins the gold medal.Shortly after each competition ， nations begin to vie afresh for the bid to host the next game.Winning the vote to host is not merely an honor，it is a political conquest in global recognition.Every four years ， the best athletes from countries around the world come together in the spirit of peace and friendship to compete in the Olympic Games.With the lighting of the Olympic flame the games begin—the Olympic spirit kept alive.That flame has been brought many thousands of miles by relay runners all the way from Olympia，in Western Greece，where the ceremony began 2,700 years ago.This simple ceremony，and the lighting of the torch，is the spark that renews the Olympic flame wherever the games are played.The games symbolized the early Greeks' ideal of man's unity，their vision of peace，and of human perfection.The 1Olympic began as a religious ceremony.The First Games in recorded history took place in the year 776 BC.This was the time of the Western Zhou period in China.All the Greek citystates participated.[探究发现]1．Find out how often is Olympics held.Every four years.2．Find out where is the flame from.Olympia.3．Find out how many years have Olympic Games been held.2,700 years.2
