高中英語 Unit1心靈雞湯同步精品課件 重慶大學(xué)必修5

1、2021/8/11 星期三1Unit 1Olympic History心靈雞湯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 sporti

2、ng events,many of which were based on ancient Greek myths.2021/8/11 星期三2The ancient Games actually occupied an important position in the life of the Greek ancestors.An Olympiad was a time unit,measuring the fouryear interval between two Games .Participants came to compete from every corner of the Gr

3、eek world aiming at the ultimate prize:an olive wreath and a “heroic” return to their citystates.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.20

4、21/8/11 星期三3As 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,th