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Canada-Vancouver .The Olympic games.
• Canada is situated in North America. Three oceans surround it: theAtlantic, the Arctic and the Pacific. The capital of the country is Ottawa. About 30 million people live in Canada. The official languages are
• English and French.• It is a great industrial country. Its
main cities are Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Match the words in English and in Russian.
Roller-skating Катание на роликах
Skiing Плавание
Swimming
Hiking Велоспорт
Cycling Катание на коньках
Skating Катание на лыжах
Improve Горный туризм
Keep fit Улучшать
Быть в хорошей форме
Group these activities into winter and summer sports.
Volleyball
skatingsurfing
baseballDiving
Wrestlinghorse-racing
tennisfigure skating
skiingbobsleighbiathlon
ice hockey
wintersports
summersports
volleyball
skating surfing
baseball
skiing
bobsleigh
tennis
Ice-hockey
diving
biathlon
horse-racingfigure skating
wrestling
How do we call people who: • play football
• tennis
• go swimming
• jumping
• running
footballer
tennis player
swimmer
jumper
runner
The Olympic Games.
• The world’s greatest international sports games are known as the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games mean friendship, and cooperation among the people of the world. In 774 BC the first Olympic Games were held to honour the Greek’s God Zeus. They were running, jumping, discus throwing, boxing and horse and chariot racing we. But the winners came to mount Olympus every four years. ”.
• In 394 AD the Olympic Games were forbidden. • The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. The
French Baron Pierre de Coubertin renewed the Olympic Games. Over 150 countries take part in the IOG at present.
• The Olympic flag has five coloured linked rings (they represent five parts of the world) on the white background. The motto of the Olympic Games is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (“Faster, Higher, Stronger”).
• Russia joined the Olympic movement in 1952. In 1980 Moscow hosted the 22nd Olympic Games. The Olympic Games cannot take place in states at war. Summer and winter Olympic Games are held in different countries. Since 1936 the opening ceremony has been celebrated by lighting a flame which is called “Olympic flame”.
Choose the correct variant
“Wiser, Stronger, Slimmer”
“CITIUS – ALTIUS - FORTIUS”
“Faster, Higher, Stronger”
The Olympic saying is “………”.
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