Unit 2 The Olympic Games（课件）-2018-2019版英语创新设计课堂讲义同步系列（人教版必修2）浙江专版

Unit 2　The Olympic Games The Olympic Games Every four years people all over the world watch the Olympic Games.It is a time for people to unite in peace.Some of them join together to compete for gold medals.Millions of other people watch them on television. How did they begin? In Ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations.The Olympian athletic festival，held every four years in honour of the Greek Gods，became first a national event.Later the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished，and it became international. The first Olympic Games took place in 776 BC in Olympia.It was held in a stadium which was about 200 meters long and 30 meters wide.People ran a race the length of the stadium and about forty thousand people watched the event.The Games were only for men，and women could not even watch them.Only Greeks competed.They came from all parts of Greece.The time of the Games was a time of peace，and the government let everyone travel safely.The winners became national heroes.The first thirteen Olympics consisted of only one event—running.Slowly people added more events. The first modern Games were in 1896 in Athens to promote understanding and friendship among nations.The Greeks built a new stadium for the competition.Athletes from several countries competed.Then there were Olympics every four years in different cities in Europe and the United States until 1952.Each time there were athletes from more nations.The first Winter Olympics were in 1924.The athletes competed in skiing and other winter sports. Today the Olympic Games are held in different countries in turn.The Olympics have become the world's most important athletic event and a symbol of the sporting friendship of all the people of the world. 词海拾贝 1．religious adj.宗教信仰的；宗教的 2．association n．联系；联合 3．abolish vt.废除；废止 4．consist of由……组成/构成 5．promote vt.促进；提升 6．in turn轮流；反过来 $$