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1、OlympicGamesMilestone1.June23,1894,theInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)wasfoundedinParis.2.April6,thefirstModernOlympicGameswasheldinAthens,Greece.3.November26,1979,ChineseOlympicCommitteeresumeditslegalseatintheIOC.4.July29,1984,ChineseathletewonthefirstOlympicgoldme
2、dal.Who?Andinwhichprogramme?Shooting射击Men's50mPistol男子50米手枪男子慢射AirPistol气手枪RapidFirePistol手枪速射AirRifle气步枪5.September23,1993,Beijinglostitsbiddingforthe2000Olympicsbytwovotes6.July13,2001,theIOCchoseBeijingasthehostcityofthe2008OlympicGames.7.August8,2008,the29OlympicGa
3、meswasheldinBeijing.I.AncientOlympicGamesandPierredeCoubertinOlympicGames,Olympics(GamesoftheOlympiad奥林匹克周期),Theterm“Olympiad”designatesaperiodoffoursuccessiveyears.TheOlympiadbeginswiththeopeningofoneeditionoftheGamesoftheOlympicadandendswiththeopeningofthefollowinged
4、ition.1.AncientOlympicGames古代奥林匹克运动会Q：1.what’sthepurposeoftheAncientOlympicGames?2What’sthecauseofholdingAncientOlympicGames?3.What’sthemeaningof“putone’shometownonthemap”ThehistoryoftheAncientOlympicGamescanbetracedbackover3,000yearstoancientGreece.Whilecelebratingphy
5、sicalexcellence,theyweremainlyheldforreligiouspurposes.In884BC,thekingofElisreachedatreatywiththekingsofseveralothercitystatestoholdregularathleticcontestsandtofulfillthe"sacredtruce".ThatmeanttoceasefireintheGreekworldforaslongasthegameswereon.TheHellenicOlympicGamesc
6、ameintobeingsoonafterwards.ButWhywerethegamesheldatOlympia?BecauseOlympiawasoneoftheoldestreligiouscentersinancientGreece.SinceathleticcontestswereregardedbytheancientGreeksasawaytoshowtheirrespectstotheirgods,especiallyZeus,theychoseOlympia,thesiteofthemajortemple,ast
7、hevenuefortheGames.Thefirstrecordedgameswereheldin776BC.Afterthat,theywereheldonceeveryfouryearsduringthesecondorthethirdfullmoonafterthesummersolstice(inJulyorAugust).DuringtheirpeaktimeinthefifthcenturyBC,theygameswouldlastforfivedays.JustlikeintheModernOlympicGames,
8、winningathletesintheAncientOlympicGameswereregardedasheroeswhoputtheirhometownsonthemap.However,onlymalecitizenswhosp
