Unit4SportsAroundtheWorldSomemajorsummergameeventsWeightliftingpriestesscollecttheholyflameonMountOlympiaWhereOlympicswerefirstcelebrated2008BeijingOlympicsMichaelPhelpsZhangYining•MichaelFredPhelps(bornJune30,1985)isanAmericanswimmer.Hehaswon14careerOlympicgoldmedals,themostbyanyOlympian.AsofAugust2008,healsoholdssevenworldrecordsinswimming.•PhelpsholdstherecordforthemostgoldmedalswonatasingleOlympicswiththeeightgoldshewonatthe2008OlympicGames.LiuChunhongKobeBryantLosAngelesLakersTextReadParagraphsA-Eandcompletethefollowingoutline.TheAncientOlympicGamesTheModernOlympicGamesYear:_________-_________Place:__________,GreeceHowoftenweretheGamesheld?EveryfouryearsYear:SummerGames(SG):_________-nowWinterGames(WG):_________-nowPlaces:_____________HowoftenaretheGamesheld?__________________TimebetweenSG&WG:_______TheOlympicspirit:Theskillsanddeterminationdemonstratedrepresent776B.C.393A.D.Olympic18961924differentcitiesEveryfouryearsTwoyearsthepeakofhumanphysicalstrengthandwillpowerReadParagraphsF-Gandcompletethefollowingchart.ChinaandtheOlympicGames(OG)TheOlympicstobeheldinBeijingin2008Beijingwonthebidtohostthe2008Olympics______________(C)Traditionallyknownas_______________________(A)FirstparticipatedinOGin1932Hasamazedtheworldsince__________(B)theweaklingsoftheEastAsiathelate20thcenturyattheturnofthe21stcenturyRetellthepassageusingthefollowingkeywordsandphrases.ParagraphsA-B•theOlympics,internationalcompetition,intermsof•dividedinto,SummerGames,WinterGamesParagraphsC-D•in776B.C.•bringsth.toanend,Romanemperor•Itwasnotuntil…that…•thefirstmodernSummerOlympics•theWinterOlympics,addtotheschedule,cancelled,WW,WWⅠⅡ•trackandfieldevents,ballgames,diving…•skatingandskiingParagraphE•Olympicrecords,goldmedal,demonstrate,standfor,thepeakofhumanphysicalstrengthandwillpower.ParagraphsF-G•Thelate20thcentury,Chineseathletes,amaze…with…,attheturnofthe21stcentury,witness,hostcity,addabrillianttouchto…•TheWeaklingsofEastAsia,lookforwardto,becomingasportsgiant,thedreamcometrue,understandable,letoutcriesofjoy,Beijing’sbidtohostthe2008Olympics
