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1、Unit2TheOlympicGames话题诵读日积月累【导语】随着时间的推移和奥林匹克运动的发展变化，对奥林匹克标志的阐释也出现了变化。奥林匹克旗和五环的含义，不仅象征五大洲的团结，而且强调所有参赛运动员应以公正、坦诚的运动员精神在比赛场上相见！TheOlympicFlagOntheOlympicflag,theringsappearonawhitebackground（背景）.PierredeCoubertin,thefatherofthemodernOlympicGames,explainsthemeaningoft
2、heflag：“TheOlympicflaghasawhitebackground,withfiveinterlacedringsinthecentre：blue,yellow,black,greenandred.Thisdesignissymbolic；itrepresentsthefivecontinentsoftheworld,unitedbyOlympism,whilethesixcoloursarethosethatappearonallthenationalflagsoftheworldatthepresent
3、time.”Combinedinthisway,thesixcoloursoftheflag,（includingthewhiteofthebackground）representallnations・Itiswrong,therefore,tobelievethateachofthecolourscoiresponds（与相符）toacertaincontinent!AttheOlympicGames,theflagisbroughtintotheStadiumduringtheopeningceremony（开幕式）.
4、Afteritsarrival,theflagislifteduptheflagpole.ltmustflyinthestadiumduringthewholeoftheGames.Whentheflagisloweredattheclosingceremony,itmeanstheendoftheGames.ThemayorofthehostcityoftheGamespassestheOlympicflagtothemayorofthenexthostcityoftheGames・EventhoughPierredeC
5、oubertinintended(想要)theOlympicGamestobeaninternationaleventfrom1896inAthens(Greece),itwasonlyatthe1912GamesinStockholm(Sweden)that,forthefirsttime,theparticipants(参力口者)camefromallfivecontinents.Oneyearlater,in1913,thefiveringsappearedatthetopofaletterwrittenbyPier
6、redeCoubertin.Hedrewtheringsandcolouredthembyhand.HethendescribedthissymbolintheOlympicReviewofAugust1913.ItwasalsoCoubertinwhohadtheideafortheOlympicflag.HepresentedtheringsandflaginJune1914inParisattheOlympicCongress・TheFirstWorldWarpreventedtheGamesfrombeingcel
7、ebratedin1916inBerlin(Germany)asplannedJtwasnotuntil1920inAntwerp(Belgium)thattheflaganditsfiveringscouldbeseenflyinginanOlympicstadium・【词海拾贝】1・interlaceda"•交织的；交错的2・symbolica"•象征的；象征性的3・represent°・代表；象征【问题思考】阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F)。1・PierredeCoubertinisthefounderoftheOly
8、mpicGames.()2・Itisrighttobelievethateachofthecolourscorrespondstoacertaincontinent^)3-PierredeCoubertinwroteinhisbookthatthefiveringsrepresentthefivecon
