Стр.103 Unit 8 Командный дух ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 6 класс

The Olympic Games

Did you know…?

Historical facts and figures
Olympic winners
Olympic sports
2012 Olympics

The Olympic flag symbolizes the five continents. The athletes in Ancient Greece didn’t wear clothes! Women didn’t participate in Olympic Games until 1900. Now there are 97 events for women and 163 events for men.

The first Olympic Games were in Ancient Greece in 776 BC. These Games were only for Greek athletes—international athletes didn’t participate. There were events like running and the pentathlon, but there weren’t any team sports.

The modern Olympics started in Athens in 1896. Now they take place every four years. The only exceptions were 1916, 1940 and 1944. They didn’t take place in those years because of the two world wars.

The Winter Olympics began in 1924. Now 80 countries participate in the Winter Games. There are seven winter sports, including skiing and ice hockey.

The Paralympics didn’t exist until 1960. At the first Paralympics in Rome, there were 400 athletes. Now, nearly 4000 athletes participate in the Paralympics.

Before 1960, people didn’t watch the Olympics on television. But in 2008, about one billion people around the world watched the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony!

1. Look at the information. What does the Olympic flag symbolize?
2. (76) Read and listen. Choose the correct words.
   1. International athletes didn’t participate in the ancient Olympic Games.
   2. There weren’t team sports in the ancient Olympics.
   3. The Olympic Games didn’t take place in 1940.
   4. The Winter Olympics didn’t begin in 1925.
   5. The Paralympics existed in 1961.
   6. People watched the Beijing Olympics on television.
3. Find these words in the text. Are they verbs or nouns?
   Participate, events, take place, wars, athletes, exist.
4. Read the information again. Answer the questions.
   1. When were the first ancient Olympic Games?
   2. Where were the first modern Olympic Games?
   3. How many Olympic winter sports are there?
   4. When were the first Paralympics?
   5. Where were the Olympic Games in 2008?
   6. How many Olympic events are there for men and women now?
5. Listen to the text again, then choose a paragraph and read it aloud. Mind your intonation. Translate the paragraph.