英语精品课件Unit1心灵鸡汤(重庆大学版必修5)
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Unit 1 Olympic History
心灵鸡汤
According to historic records,the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC.They were dedicated to the Olympian Gods and were staged on the ancient plains of Olympia.Initially they had a religious character and combined a number of ancient sporting events,many of which were based on aБайду номын сангаасcient Greek myths.
The ancient Games actually occupied an important position in the life of the Greek ancestors.An Olympiad was a time unit,measuring the four year interval between two Games .Participants came to compete from every corner of the Greek world aiming at the ultimate prize:an olive wreath and a “heroic” return to their city states.But apart from the glorious victory,it was the Olympic values themselves which accorded special meaning to the Games: noble competition and the effort to combine body,will,and mind in a balanced whole.
As the Games developed,so did a set of procedures such as a standardized schedule of events and the practice of the Olympic Truce.They continued for nearly 12 centuries,until Emperor Theodosius decreed,in 393 AD,that all such ‘pagan cults’ be banned.However,it was French Baron Pierre de Coubertin who orchestrated the re-establishment of the Games，leading the way to the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896. With the revival of the Olympic Games,a number of symbolic Olympic Traditions were also developed and established (i.e.the Olympic Anthem,the Olympic Creed,the Olympic Flag,the Olympic Flame and Torch).
心灵鸡汤
According to historic records,the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC.They were dedicated to the Olympian Gods and were staged on the ancient plains of Olympia.Initially they had a religious character and combined a number of ancient sporting events,many of which were based on aБайду номын сангаасcient Greek myths.
The ancient Games actually occupied an important position in the life of the Greek ancestors.An Olympiad was a time unit,measuring the four year interval between two Games .Participants came to compete from every corner of the Greek world aiming at the ultimate prize:an olive wreath and a “heroic” return to their city states.But apart from the glorious victory,it was the Olympic values themselves which accorded special meaning to the Games: noble competition and the effort to combine body,will,and mind in a balanced whole.
As the Games developed,so did a set of procedures such as a standardized schedule of events and the practice of the Olympic Truce.They continued for nearly 12 centuries,until Emperor Theodosius decreed,in 393 AD,that all such ‘pagan cults’ be banned.However,it was French Baron Pierre de Coubertin who orchestrated the re-establishment of the Games，leading the way to the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896. With the revival of the Olympic Games,a number of symbolic Olympic Traditions were also developed and established (i.e.the Olympic Anthem,the Olympic Creed,the Olympic Flag,the Olympic Flame and Torch).