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1、Reading The Olympic Games Good afternoon , students and teachers. As a member of the International Olympic Committee ,I am delighted to have been invited to your school to talk to you about the history and significance of the Olympic Games .Ill share some interesting facts and stories with you , and
2、 then weII have time for questions . Do you know when the ancient Olympic Games began ? It was in the year 776BC . They were held at Olympia in Greece every four years , for almost 12 centuries ,until AD 394. Some of the sports from the ancient Olympics are still seen today ,such as the long jump ,w
3、restling and running . At the ancient Olympics , by tradition the athlete were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes . Single women were allowed to take part in their own competition , at a Separate festival in honour of Hera , the wife of the Greek god Zeus . Today , both male and fema
4、le athletes from around the world can take part , no matter what nation they come from .The contemporary Olympic were first held in 1896，in Athens . It was a Frenchman , Pieere de Coubertin ，who brought the Olympics back to life . He dreamt that the Olympics would make it possible for people of all
5、countries to live side by side in peace . Now people all over the world are helping to realize this dream . Among them are many well-known athletes . Did you know that perhaps the most famous boxer of all time first came to public attention during the 1960 Rome Olympics? He won the gold medal for th
6、e USA , under his birth name Cassius Clay . Afterwards , this young man went on to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964 and later changed his name to the one we all know , Muhammad Ali. He returned to the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 to light the Olympic flame at the opening cer
7、emony . Another sports star I would like to mention is Michael Jordan . Everyone knows of his success in the NBA , but do you know that he helped the USA basketball team win the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics ?Jordan also returned to the Olympics after many years , but unlike Muhammad A
8、li, he was still competing for medals . At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , Jordan won his second Olympic gold medal as a member of the so-called Dream Team.Chinese athletes have also made important contributions to the Olympic Games . At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic , the Peoples Republic of China ret
9、urned to the Olympics after 32 years absence . I am sure the whole of China must have felt proud when Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for his country . Deng Yaping , who four Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 , is perhaps the greatest female table tennis player the world has ever seen . At th
10、e 2004 Athens Olympic Games , Liu Xiang excited people all over Asia when he became the first to gold medal in the mens 110metre hurdles . The Chinese led the way at the 2008 Beijing Olympics , winning 51 gold medals . For the first time in history , the Chinese womens gymnastics team won the gold m
11、edal. However , the athlete that some people remember most was Zhang Ning , a former badminton champion . At the age of 33， she was much older than the other player . Yet, she hung on to win the gold medal in the final match . These are some of the Olympic athlete who have brought joy to people acro
12、ss the world with their attempts to push the boundaries of human achievement . We are looking forward to seeing more of them in future Olympic Games . Join me in wishing the Olympic Movement a successful future to match its past glory . Thank you . Now , are there any questions ?Project Making a spe
13、ech about sport A Read the following article and story . They will help you see the different kinds of things we can talk about regarding sport . How does a sport enter the Olympics ?Entering a sport into the Olympics can be a long process . There are many requirements that must be met before a spor
14、t can be considered by the International Olympics Committee(IOC), First , a sport must have its own international association . Next , it must be practiced by women in at least 40 countries and on three continents . Thats not all . In order for a new sport to be added , another sport must be dropped
15、 . This helps the IOC keep the Olympics budget under control . Which ones are out ?Some sports that were part of the Olympics in the past have been removed . These include familiar sports , such as baseball , as well as more unusual sport , such as power boating . These sport were judged to have bec
16、ome less popular , and had to make way for new sport which are more popular . Which ones are in ?Some sport have been added , such as tae kwon do , which was first included in the Olympics in 2000 . The IOC is planning to change some of the sports in the next few years , In 2016 , rugby and golf , which were earlier played at the Olympics and are played all around the world . Which ones are still trying ?Wushu is
