Unit 2 Sports and Fitness-2020-2021学年新教材高中英语必修第一册新课标辅导【精讲精练】北师大版（课件ppt)

Unit 2 Sports and Fitness 菜 单 英语·必修 第一册（配BSD版） Unit 2　Sports and Fitness Unit 2 Sports and Fitness 菜 单 英语·必修 第一册（配BSD版） 古代奥林匹克运动会是为祭祀宙斯而定期举行的体育竞技活动。古代奥林匹克运动会是一种运动和宗教的庆典。从公元前776年至公元393年它一直在古希腊城市奥林匹亚举行，在那里曾举行了292届古代奥林匹克运动会。 美文导读·话题链接 Unit 2 Sports and Fitness 菜 单 英语·必修 第一册（配BSD版） The first ancient Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 B．C.Coroebus won the only event at the Olympics. This made him the very first Olympic champion in history. Then the Olympic Games grew and continued to be held every four years. In 393 A．D.，the Roman Emperor Theodosius Ⅰ，a Christian，put a stop to the Games. Unit 2 Sports and Fitness 菜 单 英语·必修 第一册（配BSD版） In 1892，a young Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin suggested starting the Olympic Games again but failed. Two years later，Coubertin organized a meeting with 79 people representing nine countries. At this meeting he got what he wanted. All the delegates at the meeting voted for the Olympic Games. They also decided to have Coubertin found an international committee to organize the Games. This committee became the Unit 2 Sports and Fitness 菜 单 英语·必修 第一册（配BSD版） International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was chosen to be its first president.Athens was chosen for the revival of the Olympic Games and the planning began. The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April，1896.Since the Greek government didn’t have enough money to build a stadium，a wealthy Greek man，Georgios Averoff，donated over $100，000 to repair the Panathenaic Stadium built in 330 BC. Unit 2 Sports and Fitness 菜 单 英语·必修 第一册（配BSD版） Since the Games were not well publicized internationally，athletes were not nationally chosen but rather came by themselves. Some athletes were tourists who happened to be in the area during the Games. $$