Unit 2 The Olympic Games,Book 2

for reference:
it is worthwhile to host the olympic games. to host olympic games can make our country known to the whole world. to host olympic games can make our culture and people understood by the other peoples. to host olympic games can stimulate the developing of our economy.
closing by imagining
imagine what we will do and what we can do for the 29th olympic games now.
for reference: maybe we can serve as volunteers to help the foreign visitors and athletes from all over the world. so at present we should study hard. especially we should try our best to learn english well.
closing down by narrating
we can see the text is written in a conversational style. and there are two speakers. one is pausanias, a greek writer years ago, the other is li li, a chinese girl. now let’s change it into a narrative style. in other words, let’s describe the ancient and modern olympic games in our own words. who would like to have a try?
for reference: the ancient olympic games began in greece and were held from 776 b.c. to a.d.393. it was held every four years. at that time, there were not so many sports as today. and women were not allowed to take part in the games. there were not winter olympics at that time. winners got the olive wreath as the prize. the motto was swifter, higher and stronger.
the modern olympic games began in 1891. they’re held every four years. there are many new sports in the olympics. in the summer olympics there are over 250 different sports. women are not only allowed to join in but also play a very important role. now the competitors compete for medals. the motto is swifter, higher and stronger.
closing down by summarizing
as we have finished the passage we’ll sum up what we have learned. first let’s see the writing skills. it is written in a conversational style. it’s in a very interesting way. it adopts a dialogue between pausanias who lived years ago and a chinese gird in modern world. through their dialogue, the differences and similarities between the ancient and modern olympic games are made known to the readers. just because it is in a conversational style, there are quite a few oral spoken english and elliptical phrases.
through the comparison between the ancient and modern olympic games, we have learned the differences and the similarities between them. now we can have a deep understanding of the games. from the passage, we can have a deep understanding of the games. from the passage, we can also get to know that the olympic games are developing and improving. it’s our duty to make the olympic games better and healthier. we know that one of the slogans for beijing olympic games is green olympic games. it shows that people are paying more and more attention to our environment.