Vocabulary and Speech Exercise

Ex. 1. a. Match a verb in A with a noun in B:

to take an idea

to have a character

to become peace

to give part

to promote place

to form room

to draft a medal

to define a motto

to present a principle

to adopt a charter

b. Fill in the gaps with the above word combinations to disclose the history of the Olympic Games:

1. The IOC … the … of the Olympic Games “Citius, Altius, Fortius” at the Antwerp Games.

2. The Organizing Committee … the first Olympic … to the American track-and-field athlete in 1896.

3.The first recorded Olympic contest … … in the Stadium of Olympia in 776.

4.The Olympic Charter …. the main … of the Olympic movement.

5. Boxing … … of the games in 688 B.C.

6. Coubertin believed that athletics … a person's …

7. Coubertin thought that international competitions … ….

8.It was Piere de Coubertin who … an Olympic …

9 The discovery of German archaeologists … Baron Pierre de Coubertin … of organizing modern Olympic Games.

10.The Stadium of Olympia … … for 40000 spectators.

Ex. 2. To prove the above statements find in the text the paragraphs describing:

the ancient Olympic Games;

the discovery of the German archeologists;

the ideas of Pierre de Coubertin about the modern Olympic Games;

the Olympic symbols

Ex. 3. Study the cities that have hosted Olympic Games and locate them on the world map below.

Use a * for the Summer Games and a ** for the Winter Games

The Geography of the Olympic Games

Year	Summer	Winter
1896 1900 1904 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006	Athens, Greece Paris, France St. Louis, U.S.A. Stockholm, Sweden Not held Antwerp, Belgium Paris, France Amsterdam, the Netherlands Los Angeles, U.S.A. Berlin, Germany Not held Not held London, England Helsinki, Finland Melbourne, Australia Borne, Italy Tokyo, Japan Mexico City, Mexico Munich, Germany Montreal, Canada Moscow, Soviet Union Los Angeles, U.S.A. Seoul, South Korea Barcelona, Spain Atlanta, U.S.A. Sydney, Australia Athens, Greece	Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Not held Сhamonix, France St.Moritz, Switzerland Lake Placed, U.S.A. Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany Not held Not held St.Moritz, Switzerland Oslo, Norway Cortina d’ Ampezzo, Italy Squaw Valley, U.S.A. Innsbruck, Austria Grenoble, France Sapporo, Japan Innsbruck, Austria Lake Placid, U.S.A. Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Calgary, Canada Albertville, France Lillehammer, Norway Nagano, Japan Salt Lake City, U.S.A. Turin, Italy