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Unit Five
When did the ancient Olympic Games begin?
Lesson16
11.26 Do now:Turn and Talk
Discuss and write down the differences between the ancient and the modern Olympics.
Ancient Olympics Modern Olympics
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history
participants
When did the ancient Olympic Games stop?
146BC至394AD年,古奥运会由衰落走向毁灭。罗马帝国统治希腊后,起初虽仍举行运动会,但奥林匹亚已不是唯一竞赛地了。如80BC年第175届奥运会,罗马举行了比赛,奥林匹亚只举行了少年赛。
2AD后,基督教统治了包括希腊在内的整个欧洲,反对体育运动,奥运会随之更趋衰落。393AD罗马皇帝宣布基督教为国教,认为古奥运会有违基督教教旨,是异教徒活动,翌年宣布废止古奥运会。
The ancient Olympic Games began in 776BC and stopped in __________.
394AD
hold
v.
arrange and take part in (a meeting, competition or conversation) 举办
hold-held
stop
v.
come to an end; cease to happen
停止
stop-stopped
When did people hold the first modern Olympics?
Read the Dialogue
When did people hold the first modern Olympics?
They held them in 1896.
Where did people hold the first modern Olympics?
They held them in Athens,
the capital city in Greece.
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Who take part in the modern Olympic Games?
Both men and women take pa