Unit 2 Be Sporty,Be Healthy（Word教参）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第二册（译林版2020）

The health of the body for motionless and destruction, for sports practice and keep for a long time. ——Socrates 身体的健康因静止不动而破坏，因运动练习而长期保持。 ——苏格拉底 主题语境——人与社会。现代奥运会每四年举办一次。来自世界各国和地区的优秀运动员汇聚在一起参加规模最大的奥林匹克运动会。你知道他们为什么来参加吗？你了解中国奥运史吗？让我们一睹为快吧！ Every four years, the best athletes from countries around the world come together in the spirit of peace and friendship to compete in the Olympic Games.With the lighting of the Olympic flame, the games begin — the Olympic spirit keeps alive.That flame has been brought many thousands of miles by relay runners all the way from Olympia, in Western Greece, where the ceremony began 2，700 years ago.This simple ceremony, and the lighting of the torch, is the spark that renews the Olympic flame wherever the games are played.The games symbolized① the early Greeks' ideal of man's unity, their vision of peace, and of human perfection②. The Olympic began as a religious ceremony.The First Games in recorded history took place in the year 776 BC.This was the time of the Western Zhou period in China.All the Greek city­states participated③.States at war with each other would end hostilities④ during the Games. The Olympic motto is universally accepted as “Swifter, Higher, and Stronger.” One athlete from the games host country take an oath at the Opening Ceremony on behalf of all the competing athletes: “In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic games, respecting and abiding⑤ by the rules which govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship⑥， for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams.” ①symbolize vt.象征 ②perfection n．完美 ③participate vi.参与；参加 ④hostility n．战争；敌意 ⑤abide v．忍受；遵守 ⑥sportsmanship n．运动员精神 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$