Vocabulary and Speech Exercise

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 370.

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