Olympic Games - 2014

FORM 7 OLYMPIC GAMES

OLYMPIC FLAG Read the text, translate it into Russian and answer the questions after it. NEW WORDS: design –разрабатывать ring – кольцо represent – представлять union – союз Baron de Coubertine designed the Olympic Flag in 1913-14. The flag is a white silk cloth with the Olympic logo - the five interlocking rings : blue, yellow, black, green, red. They represent the Union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the World at the Olympic Games.   1.Who designed the Olympic flag? 2.How many rings does the flag have? 3.What colour are the rings? 4.What do they represent?

Read the text and say if the sentences after it True or False.

NEW WORDS:

appear – появляться

feature – черта

host – хозяин

A tradition to create a special mascot of the Olympic Games, bringing good

luck to athletes and fans, first appeared in 1968 in Mexico City. The new

Olympic tradition all at once fell on the soul, and thereafter every Olympic

Games had their character. It shows the geographical features , history and

culture of the host city.

Mexico,1968 Sochi,2014 Vancouver,2010 Sarayevo,1984

OLYMPIC MASCOTS

1

True

2

The first Olympic mascot appeared in 1969.

3

False

Every Olympics has there own character.

4

Olympic mascots show toys of the host city.

Olympic mascot brings good luck to athletes and fans.

According to Russian classification,

there are 15 Winter Olympic sports.

They are:

Biathlon, bobsleigh, bobsleigh skeleton,

curling, ice hockey, luge, figure skating,

speed skating, short-track speed skating,

snowboarding, alpine skiing,

cross-country skiing, ski jumping,

freestyle skiing, Nordic combined skiing.

1. Match the words with the pictures.

2. Which words are the same in your language?

3. Which are nearly the same?

WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS

WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS

Match the words from the first colomn with the words from the second to

name winter sports:

  figure skating (2 times)

alpine hockey

cross-country jumping

freestyle skiing (3 times)

extreme

ski

1.The tradition of the Olympic Games goes back to…

a) Great Britain b) Rome c) Ancient Greece

2.The first modern Olympic Games

were held in Athens in …

a) 123 b) 1878 c) 1896

3.Olympic Games took place every … years

a) Four b) Five c) Six

4. The first Olympic Games took place in

… more than 2700 years ago

a) Olympus mountain b) London c) Olympia

5.Summer and winter Olympic Games are held …

a) Separately b) At the same time c) One after the other

OLYMPIC QWIZ

You can find all this information in the Internet.

1.Is it the member of the International Olympic Committee?

2. When did Russia enter the Olympic Movement?

3. Who is the Head of our Olympic Committee?

4. How many National Sport Federations are the members

of the National Olympic Committee?

THE OLYMPIC MUSEUM

Do you know that there is the Olympic museum in Sochi?

You can answer the questions if you visit the museum. Tell your

classmates about this museum.

1. Where is this museum situated?

2.What are the working hours?

3.When was it opened for the visitors?

4.What can you see in the museum?

5. Is visiting free?

What do you know about the Olympic Committee of Russia?

THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE OF RUSSIA

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple passive ,

the Past Simple passive , the Present Perfect passive

or the Future Simple passive .

Do you know how often the Olympic Games ______(hold)?

They ______(hold) every four years. The first Olympic Games _____(hold) at Olympia, in ancient Greece, nearly 3,000 years ago. The tradition _________ (continue) from 776 BC to 393 AD. Even wars _________(postpone), so that everyone could travel safely to the Games. The Games _______(ban) in 394. In 1896 the Modern Games ________(found) by a Frenchman called Baron Pierre de Coubertin in Athens, Greece. Originally, the Games _________(set up) for amateurs. Amateurs are the people who _______(not pay) to play the sport whereas professionals ______(pay). Since 1984 some professional athletes, such as football players _______(allow) to take part. Before the Games begin, the Olympic torch _______(light) at Olympus by a mirror reflecting the sun. Then it ________(carry) by runners to the city where the Olympic Games ________(hold). Sometimes by the time the last runner enters the stadium, the torch ________(carry) half-way round the world. Do you know where the next Olympic Games ________(hold)?

Task: retell the text about The Olympic Games.

Task: find information about the history of Winter Olympic Games and prepare a speech at your English lesson devoted to the future Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

In these pictures you can see our famous sportsmen.

You should write an article for teenager’s magazine about these sportsmen.

Use the information below.

Elena Isinbaeva – a famous Russian athlete.

She was twice the Olympic Champion in 2004 and in 2008.

She was born in Volgograd in 1982. Fist she was keen on

gymnastics but in 1997 she began to jump.

This kind of jumping is called pole-vault .

Ustjugov Evgeny – an Olympic Champion in biathlon.

He lives in Krasnojarsk. He is an ecology engineer. First he

did Alpine skiing. Then he won a ski race and began training

in shooting.

Arshavin Andrew- a captain of Russian National

Football team.

He was born in Saint-Petersburg in 1981.

He has been playing football since seven years.

His father took him to the sport school.

Now he plays in English Football Club .

OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS

THE SOCHI OLYMPIC PARK

The Sochi Olympic Park is built by the Black Sea coast in the ImeretinValley.

All the venues listed below are new and need to be built. The venues are

clustered around a central water basin on which the Medals Plaza are built.

This will provide a great compactness of the concept with the Olympic Stadium and all

indoor venues of the Olympics gathered within walking distance.

Bolshoi Ice Palace - ice hockey, 12,000 spectators.

Maly Ice Palace - ice hockey, 7,000 spectators.

Sochi Olympic Oval - speed skating, 8,000 spectators.

Sochi Olympic Skating Centre - figure skating, short track speed skating, 12,000

spectators.

Sochi Olympic Curling Centre - curling, 3,000 spectators.

Sochi Olympic Stadium - 69,000 spectators.

Main Olympic village

AFTER SOCHI – 2014

What sport competitions will be held after 2014?

After the Olympics, it is planned to use the cluster area as part of Formula One street circuit. This deal was signed on 14 October 2010 though it could be delayed to the 2014 Games.

The contract runs to 2020.

Some games of the World Football championship will be in Sochi

in 2018.

HOMETASK

Your home task is to write a composition

what impressed you most of all

in Winter Olympic Games 2014.