The Olympic Games

What are we going to discuss?
history
what they included
The Olympic Games in 2014

Make up a story using these KEY WORDS
~ The Olympic Games are
~ They included not only
~ very four years.
~ an international sports festival that began in Greek.
~ Roman emperor ended the Olympics
~ In the 19th centary a Frenchman
~ brought the Olympics back to life.
~ They took place
~ sports competitions.
~ in 394 AD.

They took place in 776 BC in ancient Greece.
They included competitions in music, oratory.
Women could compete or watch the Games.
Spartans changed the programme of the Games.
Theodosius ended the Games in 500 AD.
He thought they were very good festival.
The first morden Olympic Games were organized in 1896.
Russia didn`t take part in them.

They took place in 776 BC in ancient Greece.
They included competitions in music, oratory.
Women could compete or watch the Games.
Spartans changed the programme of the Games.
Theodosius ended the Games in 500 AD.
He thought they were very good festival.
The first morden Olympic Games were organized in 1896.
Russia didn`t take part in them.

Strech Your Mind!!!
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Olympic
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Russia joined the Olympic movement in
1952. Since then it has won a lot of gold,
silver, and bronze medals. In 1980 Moscow
hosted the Twenty-Second Olympic Games.

In 1894, a
Frenchman,
Baron Pierre de
Coubertin, addressed
all the sports
governing bodies and
pointed out the
significance of sports
and its educational
value.