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1、OlympicGamesABriefHistoryoftheOlympicGamesMotto,Spirit,Flame,mascotofOlympicGames.OlympicEvents.FunfactsaboutOlympicGames.OlympicGamesTheancientOlympicGameswereheldinOlympia,Greece,fromthe8thcenturyBCtothe4thcenturyAD.BaronPierredeCoubertinfoundedtheinternationalOlympicCommitteein1894.ABriefHi
2、storyoftheOlympicGamesThemodernOlympicGamesbeganinAthens,Greece,in1896,theOlympicGamesofancientGreeceberevivedtopromoteamorepeacefulworld.Theprogramforthe1896Games,includingonlysummerevents.Bycontrast,whenitreturnedtoAthensin2004,morethan10,000athletesfrom202countriescompetedin28differentsport
3、s.2.Motto,Spirit,Flame,MascotofOlympicGames.“FastHigherStronger”---HenriDidonThemostimportantthingintheOlympicGamesisnottowinbuttotakepart,justasthemostimportantthinginlifeisnotthetriumphbutthestruggle.Theessentialthingisnottohaveconqueredbuttohavefoughtwell.---PierredeCoubertinMotto“tobuildap
4、eacefulandbetterworldintheOlympicSpiritwhichrequiresmutualunderstandingwithaspiritoffriendship,solidarityandfairplay---OlympicSpiritstrivestoinspireandmotivatetheyouthoftheworldtobethebesttheycanbethrougheducationalandentertaininginteractivechallenges.”Spirit“TheOlympicflag...hasawhitebackgrou
5、nd,withfiveinterlacedringsinthecentre:blue,yellow,black,greenandred...Thisdesignissymbolic ;itrepresentsthefiveinhabitedcontinentsoftheworld,unitedbyOlympism,whilethesixcolorsarethosethatappearonallthenationalflagsoftheworldatthepresenttime.”---PierreDeCoubertin(1931)flagCommemoratingthethefto
6、ffirefromtheGreekgodZeusbyPrometheus.Thefirewasreintroducedatthe1928SummerOlympicinAmsterdam,andithasbeenpartofthemodernOlympicGameseversince.thetorchiskindledbythelightoftheSun,itsraysconcentratedbyaparabolicmirror.FlameUsuallyananimalnativetotheareaoroccasionallyhumanfigures,whorepresentsthe
7、culturalheritageoftheplacewheretheOlympicandParalympicGamesaretakingplace.Mascot3.OlympicEvents4.FunfactsaboutOlympicGames1.In the ancient Greek Olympics, only men were allowed to participate in it.在古希腊奥运会中，只允许男人参加比赛。2. The Olympics wer
