人教英語新課標(biāo)必修2全冊精品教案(Unit 2 The Olympic Games)
iv. closing down by finding informationgo to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on the olympic games and the ancient greek mythology. take notes of your finding and report to your groupmates next monday morning.part tw teaching resourcessection 1: the writing style of the reading an interviewtype of writingconversational stylemain ideacomparing the differences between ancient and modern olympicscharacteristicsby comparing and contrastingsection 2: background information on the olympic gamesi. events of the moden olympic gamesarchery, baseball, badminton, basketball, beach, volleyball, boxing, canoe/kayak, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, tae kwon do, track & field, triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestlingii.olympic traditionsthe olympic anthemthe olympic anthem was written by the greek national poet costis palamas and composed by greek musician splros samaras. it was first sung at the 1896 games. the ioc adopted it as the official olympic anthem to crown olympic ceremonies at the 1958 ioc session in tokyo.the olympic motto
the olympic motto “swifter, higher, stronger”comes from three latin words”citus, altius, fortius”, which actually mean”faster, higher, braver”. the french educator, baron rerre de coubertin, who revived the ancient olympic games and in 1896 led the first modern 01ympic games in athens, borrowed the phrase from a dominican priest henri dinon. mr.dinon introduced these words while presenting athletic prizes at a college in 1891.but how did these words become the motto of the olympic games? it was michel breal who introduced this phrase at the closing dinner of the congress for the reestablishment of the modern olympic games on june 23,1894.later, the international olympic committee formally adopted this phrase as the official motto of the games. the olympic creed
the olympic creed was also introduced at the 1896 games. as stated by pierre de coubertin, the creed is as follows:”the most important thing in the olympic games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” the olympic flag it was pierre de coubertin who conceived the idea of the olympic flag with five coloured interlocking rings on a white backround. the rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes from all around the world at the olympic games.