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THE BEIJING OLYMPICS

SHOWCASE CHINA. &. THE BEIJING OLYMPICS. Did You Know?. History of the Olympics. 2008 OLYMPICS. PROFILE ON 3 DIFFERENT OLYMPIC SPORTS (ON DIFFERENT PAGES). PROFILE ON OLYMPIC ATHLETES. Credits. Did You Know?.

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THE BEIJING OLYMPICS

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  1. SHOWCASE CHINA & THE BEIJING OLYMPICS Did You Know? History of the Olympics 2008 OLYMPICS PROFILE ON 3 DIFFERENT OLYMPIC SPORTS (ON DIFFERENT PAGES). PROFILE ON OLYMPIC ATHLETES Credits

  2. Did You Know? DID YOU KNOW THAT CHINA IS THE WORLD’S THIRD BIGGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? OR THAT CHINA INVENTED MOST OF THE EVERYDAY USES?(EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT GOOD). CHINA HAS MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRIES ON EARTH! CHINA HAS BIRTH EVERY 1.5 SECONDS. WHEN EATING IN CHINA PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO USE CHOPSTICKS. THE MAIN LANGUAGE USED IN CHINA IS MANDARIN. MANDARIN IS THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD! THE YANGZHE RIVER IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN CHINA AND THE WORLD’S THIRD LONGEST. CHINA WILL SOON BECOME THE LARGEST ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!

  3. History of the Olympics AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE OLYMPICS ARE OPEN EVERY FOUR YEARS. THERE ARE ALSO THE WINTER OLYMPICS WHICH ARE HELD EVERY THREE YEARS. THE OLYMPICS STARTED IN 776 BCE IN GREECE. THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE ORGANISED AS A SUMMER SPORTS EVENT THROUGH 1920. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WAS FOUNDED IN 1894 ON THE INITIATIVE OF FRENCH NOBLEMAN , PIERRE FREDY, BARON DE COUBERTIN. IN 2000, THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD IN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRAILIA. IN 2004, THE GAMESWERE HELD IN ATHENS, GREECE. OBVOUSLY THE GAMES ARE HELD IN BEIJING, CHINA. BUT LONDON, FOR THE FOURTH TIME ARE HOSTING THE GAMES IN 2012! IN 2006, THE WINTER OLYMPICS WRE HELD IN TURIN, ITALY. THE TIME BEFORE THAT THE WINTER GAMES WERE HELD IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AKA THE USA. NZ HAS COLLECTED HEAPS OF MEDALS OVER THE YEARS.

  4. History of the Olympics Images 2004 1996 2008 2000 1988 1992

  5. M A P BEIJING

  6. Did You Know? ICE CREAM WAS INVENTED IN CHINA AROUND 2000 BC WHEN THE CHINESE PACKED A SOFT MILK AND RICE MIXTURE IN THE SNOW. WE KNOW THAT THE CHINESE GREW RICE AS LONG AS 5000 BC. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND RICE GRAINS IN FARMING TOOLS AND POTS FROM THAT PERIOD.

  7. History of the Olympics THE FIVE RINGS REPRESENT THE CONTINENTS OF THE AMERICAS (NORTH AND SOUTH), AUSTRAILIA, EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA. THE RINGS ARE INTERLACED TO SHOW THE COMING TOGETHER OR MEETING OF THE CONTINENTS AT THE OLYMPICS. THE LOGO WAS DESIGNED BY BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN, FOUNDER OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES, IN 1913. THE OPENING CEREMONY AND SEVERAL SPORTING EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN THE OLYMPIC STADIUM OF COLOMBOS (OFFICIAL NAME STADE OLYMPIQUE YVES-DU-MANOIR), WHICH HAD A CAPACITY OF 45,000 IN 1924.

  8. 2008 OLYMPICS THE BEST WEB WE COULD FIND FOR TOURISTS !!!~~ ^^§ http://www.funtouristattractions.com/i/beijing-china-attractions/1/0 http://www.funtouristattractions.com/a/simatai-great-wall-beijing-china/5

  9. BEIJING, HOST OF THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES B E I J I N G THE BIRDS NEST. 1.BEIJING IS THE CAPITAL OF CHINA AND 2008 OLYMICS WERE HELD THERE. 2.THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA IS THE WALL WHICH WAS USED FOR THE ARCHERS AND SHOOTERS IN THE ANCIENT CHINA.IT IS HUGE AND LONG GREAT VIEWS FOR PICTURES. LARGED VER.

  10. 3. THE FORBIDDEN CITY THE FOBIDDEN CITY WAS THE CHINESE IMPERIAL PALACE STATE PARTY: CHINA TYPE: CULTURAL CRITERIA: I,II,III, IV REFERENCE: 439 REGION: ASIA-PACIFIC EXTENTIONS: 2004

  11. Weightlifting Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. I’M GONNA BE CHAMPION! ANOTHER GOLD FOR ME!

  12. SWIMMING THE NEW WORLD RECORD! SWIMMING IS THE MOVEMENT BY HUMANS OR ANIMALS THROUGH WATER, USUALLY WITHOUT ARTIFICIAL ASSISTENCE. MY EIGHTH GOLD MEDAL!

  13. BASKETBALL HUANHUAN SCORES! Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules.

  14. BEVAN DOCHERTY BEVAN DOCHERTY (BORN MARCH 29,1977) IS AN ATHLETE FROM NEW ZEALAND. HE ATTENDED TAUHARA COLLEGE, TAUPO. HE COMPETES IN THE TRIATHLON. HE WON BRONZE THIS YEAR IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS AND WON SILVER IN ATHENS 2004. HE ALSO WON SILVER AT THE 2006 COMMENWEALTH GAMES. TRIATHALON

  15. TAE HWAN PARK TAE HWAN PARK IS A SOUTH KOREAN SWIMMER. HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 27,1989. HIS NICKNAME IS ‘MARINE BOY’. SWIMMING

  16. SARAH WALKER Sarah Walker started bmx in 1999 following the footsteps of her brother. Showing she had talent from the get go by winning in her first ever nationals and hasn't slowed down since. BMX

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  18. Thanks for looking at our slide show! WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED OUR SLIDE SHOW AND WE HOPE THAT YOU LEARNED FACTS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND CHINA!!! By Sean and Jake M

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