10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz-W1nQO8w Watch the video and say if the following statements are true (T) or false (F): 0. The motto of the Olympic games is sweeter, higher, stronger. 1. There are more countries competing in the Summer Olympics than in the Winter Games. 2. The competition is only for amateur sportspeople. 3. 1960 was the year when the first Winter Games were held. 4. There have been medals for the best three sportspeople in each competition since the nineteenth century. 5. The flag and the rings representing the 5 continents were originally designed in 1912. 6. The original torch has been used since 1936 and it is taken from Greece to the host city. 7. To officially start the games, the Olympic torch is brought into the stadium before the parades and the cultural exhibitions. 8. In the closing ceremony, the participants are not organised by countries. 9. As the games are international events, they have been boycotted mainly for economic reasons. 10. The Olympic Games encourage peaceful solutions to conflicts all over the world.
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES • KEY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wz-W1nQO8w Watch the video and say if the following statements are true (T) or false (F): 0. The motto of the Olympic games is sweeter, higher, stronger. F (swifter) 1. There are more countries competing in the Summer Olympics than in the Winter Games. T 2. The competition is only for amateur sportspeople. F 3. 1960 was the year when the first Winter Games were held. F (paralympic) 4. There have been medals for the best three sportspeople in each competition since the nineteenth century. F (since 1904) 5. The flag and the rings representing the 5 continents were originally designed in 1912. T 6. The original torch has been used since 1936 and it is taken from Greece to the host city. T 7. To officially start the games, the Olympic torch is brought into the stadium before the parades and the cultural exhibitions. F (at the end) 8. In the closing ceremony, the participants are not organised by countries. T 9. As the games are international events, they have been boycotted mainly for economic reasons. F (political reasons) 10. The Olympic Games encourage peaceful solutions to conflicts all over the world. T