SportsandHealthWhatYouMayKnow•TheOlympicGamesareaninternationalmulti-sporteventestablishedforbothsummerandwintersports.•TherehavebeentwogenerationsoftheOlympicGames;TheAncientOlympicGamesheldatOlympia,Greece.TheModernOlympicGames,firstrevivedin1895inAthens,Greece.InternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)•TheIOCwasfoundedin1894ontheinitiativeofaFrenchnobleman,PierredeCoubertin,andhasbecomethegoverningbodyandaconglomerationofsportingfederationsresponsiblefortheorganizationoftheGames.•CurrentlyheadedbyJacquesRogge.SymbolsoftheGameTheOlympicRings(FiveIntertwinedRings)奥运五色环TheOlympicFlag奥运会旗TheOlympicMotto奥运格言TheOlympicFlame奥运圣火TheOlympicMascot奥运吉祥物TheTorchRelay奥运圣火传递TheOpeningCeremony奥运开幕式TheClosingCeremony奥运会闭幕式TheMedalPresentation颁奖仪式TheOlympicRings•TheFiveIntertwinedRingsrepresenttheunityofthefiveinhabitedcontinents(withtheAmericasregardedasasinglecontinent).Thecolors—white,red,blue,green,yellow,andblack—werechosenbecauseeverynationhadatleastoneofthesecolorsinitsnationalflag.•ItishoistedineachopeningceremonyoftheGamesandloweredattheclosure.OlympicMotto•TheOlympicmottoisCitius,Altius,Fortius,aLatinexpressionmeaning"Faster,Higher,Stronger".Coubertin'sidealsareillustratedbytheOlympicCreed:ThemostimportantthingintheOlympicGamesisnottowinbuttotakepart,justasthemostimportantthinginlifeisnotthetriumphbutthestruggle.Theessentialthingisnottohaveconqueredbuttohavefoughtwell.TheOlympicGames•SummerGames夏季奥运会•WinterGames冬季奥运会•Paralympics残疾人奥林匹克运动会•TheYouthOlympicGames青少年奥林匹克运动会•Deaflympics聋人奥林匹克运动会•SpecialOlympicGames特殊奥林匹克运动会ListofSummerOlympicsports•Athletics(track-and-field)田径•Archery射箭•Badminton羽毛球•Basketball篮球•Boxing拳击•Canoeing皮划艇•Cycling自行车•Diving跳水•Equestrian马术•Fencing击剑•Football足球•ModernPentathlon现代五项•WaterPolo水球•Wrestling摔跤•Judo柔道•Gymnastics体操•Handball手球•Hockey曲棍球•Volleyball排球•Rowing赛艇•Sailing帆船•Shooting射击•Swimming游泳•TableTennis乒乓球•Taekwondo跆拳道•Tennis网球•Triathlon铁人三项•Weightlifting举重ListofWinterOlympicSports•AlpineSkiing高山滑雪•Biathlon现代冬季两项•Bobsleigh雪车•Cross-countrySkiing越野滑雪•Curling冰壶•FigureSkating花样滑冰•FreestyleSkiing自由式滑雪•IceHockey冰球•Luge雪橇•NordicCombined北欧两项•ShortTrackSpeedingSkating短跑道速度滑冰•Skeleton俯式冰橇•SkiJumping跳台滑雪•Snowboarding滑板滑雪•SpeedSkating速度滑冰KnownFactsabout2008Beijing•Emblem:DancingBeijing舞动的北京•Motto:OneWorld,OneDream同一个世界，同一个梦想•Mascot:Fuwa福娃•LuckyCloudTorch祥云火炬•NewBeijing,GreatOlympics新北京，新奥运•GreenOlympics,People’sOlympics,Hi-techOlympics绿色奥运，人文奥运，科技奥运Venues•BeijingNationalStadium(Bird’sNest)Venues•TheBeijingNationalAquaticsCenter(WaterCube)JacquesRogge-OpeningCeremonySpeech•OrganizingCommittee:奥组委•Grieve:为…悲伤•Soldiarity:团结•NationalOlympicCommittee:国家（和地区）奥委会•Regardlessof:不管，不论•Ethnicorigin:民族•Gender:性别•Inthespiritof…:本着…的精神•Rolemodel:榜样•Doping:兴奋剂•Graciousvolunteers:热情洋溢的志愿者JacquesRogge-OpeningCeremonySpeech•Mr.PresidentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,Mr.LIUQi,MembersoftheOrganisingCommittee,dearChinesefriends,dearathletes:中华人民共和国主席先生，刘淇先生，奥组委的成员们，...
