Презентация по английскому языку "The Olympic Games"

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  The Olympic games
  Transition from sports activity into political weapon
  

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  History of the Olympics
  Greek athletics: 8th century BC
  The extended games: 7th century BC
  A five-day event: from 472 BC
  The other Greek games: 5th century BC
  The end of a tradition: AD 393
  The revival of The Olympic Games
  Locations of the Olympics
  Politics in the Olympics
  
  

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  Greek athletics: 8th century BC
  
  Reasons of origin:
  Admiration for the healthy human body
  a religion of competitive athletics
  custom to engage in races
  The games at Olympia:
  776 BC
  every four years.
  
  

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  The extended games: 7th century BC
  a garland of fresh olive
  a truce on any warfare in Greece
  throwing the discus and the javelin
  the long jump
  boxing
  wrestling
  chariot and horse racing
  the pentathlon (running, jumping, throwing
  the discus and the javelin, wrestling)
  

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  A five-day event: from 472 BC
  The pattern of the festival
  the necessary sacrifices to Zeus and other gods
  chariot and horse racing and the pentathlon
  the boys' events
  the classic field events for men (wrestling, races in armour)
  sacrifices, banquet for the victors
  

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  The other Greek games: 5th century BC
  valuable prizes
  accusations of corruption
  Pythian games - every four years at Delphi
  Isthmian games - every two years near Corinth
  Nemean games - every two years in the Peloponnese
  

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  The end of a tradition: AD 393
  abolished by a decree of the Christian emperor Theodosius
  continuous existence for well over 1000 years
  

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  The revival of The Olympic Games
  revived by the French Baron Pierre de Coubertin
  since 1896 - Summer Olympics
  since 1924 - Winter Olympics
  
  
  
  (with the exception
  of the years during
  the World Wars)
  

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  The Olympic symbols
  the Olympic rings
  the Olympic motto ("Faster, Higher, Stronger“)
  the Olympic flame
  

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  Locations of the Summer Olympics
  
  Green = Countries that have hosted one summer Olympics
  Blue = Countries that have hosted two or more summer Olympics
  
  

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  Locations of the Winter Olympics
  
  Green = Countries that have hosted one winter Olympics
  Blue = Countries that have hosted two or more winter Olympics
  
  

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  Politics in the Olympics
  To show the superiority of the Aryan race
  Nazi Germany in 1936(the Nationalist Socialist Party)
  To show that the Olympics are a capitalist and aristocratic event
  The Soviet Union (until the 1952): Spartakiads (since1928)
  Other communist countries: Workers Olympics (1920s -1930s)
  Black civil rights protest
  Two American track and field athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, performed the Black Power salute on the victory stand
  

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  Doping
  Disqualification
  International problems
  Death
  
  
  

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  The 2010 Winter Olympics
  Host city - Vancouver, Canada
  Opening ceremony - February 12
  Closing ceremony - February 28