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1. Section II Store Your Bricks Modern Olympics The Modern Olympic Games were founded in the year 1894 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin①, who was a French educationist and sought to promote international harmony and understanding through sporting competition. The great French man strongly believed in the Olympic ideal that even enemies could be united in sporting competition.

2. Section II Store Your Bricks The first Modern Olympics were finally held in 1896 and attracted athletes from fourteen nations of the world. At the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896 that were held in the place of birth of the philosophy of Olympism , Greece, the largest delegates came from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain.

3. Section II Store Your Bricks The increased complexity, scope, and size of the Olympic Games has profound financial implications for Olympic Games host cities that extend well beyond the provision of sport facilities, logistics planning, and organization during the Games itself. Major investments in a host city's infrastructure, such as improved urban design, guest and athlete accommodation, venue construction, public transport, security, and utility infrastructure have been necessary to ensure the effective operation of the Games.

4. Section II Store Your Bricks The interest in reviving the ancient Olympic Games as an international event grew in the mid-nineteenth century. It was during this time that the ruins of ancient Olympia were excavated by German archaeologists. Coubertin in 1890 founded the Union des Sociétés Francaises de Sports Athlétiques②（USFSA）, a French sports organization.

5. Section II Store Your Bricks Two years later in a historic meeting of USFSA on November 25, 1892 in Paris, Coubertin suggested the revival of the Olympic Games. Head strong about reviving the games, and he arranged for a conference with 79 delegates representing nine countries in 1894. The delegates unanimously voted for hosting the first Modern summer Olympic Games in 1896.

6. Section II Store Your Bricks Held in Athens in 1896, the first Modern Olympic Games were the biggest international sports event staged in the times . The international multi-sporting event hence began from the place of birth of the Olympics and came to be subdivided as Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The first Summer Olympics as we know it were organized in 1896 but the Winter Olympics began from the year 1924 and were held in Chamonix③, France.

7. Section II Store Your Bricks The International Olympic Committee④（IOC）is the organization that organizes the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee was created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrius Vikelas ⑤ on June 23, 1894. The Games are the exclusive property of the IOC, which has the last word on any issue related to the Games.

8. Section II Store Your Bricks The modern Olympic Games are organized through a partnership between the IOC and the Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games⑥（OCOG）.Women also found an entry into the Modern Olympic Games , though not in the first games but in 1900. Since then, women have been regularly showing their sporting prowess in the Games .

9. Section II Store Your Bricks Coubertin and the IOC believed in the noble thought that the Games should be a means to promote harmony between the nations of the world. Keeping this in mind, they decided to host the games in different nations across the globe. As a consequence, the second modern Olympic Games were held in Paris, France in 1900.

10. Section II Store Your Bricks The modern Olympic Games, which started with merely fourteen nations participating in the sporting event now has over 200 nations across the globe as participants of the modern Olympic Games. 203 countries sent their athletes to participate in the Beijing Olympic 2008. The modern Olympic Games too have gone through difficult times.

11. Section II Store Your Bricks The Games were begun to encourage international peace and harmony, however in 1980, the United States of America did not participate in the Moscow Olympic Games. USSR followed suit, when the Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles, USA. In a shocking incident in Munich in 1972, 11 athletes were killed by terrorists. Later in 1996 a bomb attack during the games killed two people in Atlanta. The Olympic Games, despite the trying times, have been a great link between nations and people of different faiths, culture and backgrounds.

12. Section II Store Your Bricks 现代奥运会 现代奥运会创办于1894年，创办人巴伦·皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦，是一名法国教育家，他力图通过体育竞技来提升国家之间的和谐和理解。这位法国人深信“即使是敌人也能在体育竞技中团结起来”的奥林匹克理想。

13. Section II Store Your Bricks 最终，第一届现代奥运会于1896年举办，并吸引了来自14个国家的运动员。这届奥运会在奥林匹克哲学的发源地希腊举行，参赛代表大多来自希腊、德国、法国和英国。

14. Section II Store Your Bricks 奥运会日益增加的复杂性和不断扩大的领域和规模对于主办城市具有深远的财政上的意义，主办城市的扩建远远超出了规定的运动设施、物流规划以及奥运会的组织本身。用于城市基础设施建设的大部分投资对于确保奥运会的有效运行时很有必要的，比如用于改善城市设计、宾客级运动员的住宿条件、场地建设、公共交通、安全以及公共设施等。

15. Section II Store Your Bricks 将复兴古代奥运会作为一件国际事件的兴趣在19世纪中叶越来越浓厚。在此期间，德国考古学家发现古奥林匹亚遗址。1890年，顾拜旦男爵创办了法国体育运动联合会这一法国体育组织。

16. Section II Store Your Bricks 两年后，1892年11月25日在巴黎举行的一场法国体育运动联合会的一场具有历史意义的会议上，顾拜旦建议复兴奥运会。顾拜旦迫切想要复兴奥运会，并于1894年组织了一场来自9个国家的79名代表参加的会议。与会代表一致投票通过了于1896年举办第一届现代奥运会的决议。

17. Section II Store Your Bricks 1896，第一届现代奥运会在雅典举行，是当时最大的国际体育赛事。自此，这项国际综合赛事从在奥林匹克的发源地开始逐步发展，并分为夏季和冬季奥运会。正如我们所知，第一届夏季奥运会于1896年举办，而冬季奥运会始于1924年的法国的夏木尼。

18. Section II Store Your Bricks 国际奥林匹克委员会（简称“国际奥委会”）负责组织奥运会，由皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦和德米特留斯·维凯拉斯于1894年6月23日创办。奥运会是国际奥委会的独有财产，它拥有对与奥运会相关的任何问题的最后决定权。

19. Section II Store Your Bricks 现代奥运会由国际奥委会以及奥运会组委会联合组织。直到1900年女性才被允许参加现代奥运会，而不是在第一届奥运会上。从那以后，女性开始定期出现在奥运会上展示自己超凡的体育技能。

20. Section II Store Your Bricks 顾拜旦以及国际奥委会一直都有一个高尚的想法，认为奥运会应当是促进世界各国之间和谐的一种方式。谨记这一点，他们决定由全球不同的国家承办奥运会。因此，第二届现代奥运会于1900年在法国巴黎举行。

21. Section II Store Your Bricks 现代奥运会从最初的只有24个国家参加发展至今的有来自全世界200多个国家参与体育赛事。203个国家派送运动员参加了2008年的北京奥运会。奥运会也经历过困难的时期。奥运会是为了激励世界和平和和谐而创办的，然而，1980年美国没有参加莫斯科奥运会。

22. Section II Store Your Bricks 当洛杉矶举办奥运会时，苏联如法炮制，没有参赛。在1972年慕尼黑奥运会发生了令人震惊的事件，11名运动员被恐怖分子杀害。随后，1996年，亚特兰大奥运会上，2人死于炸弹袭击。尽管经历了这些艰难的时期，奥运会一直是有着不同信仰、不同文化和不同背景的国家和个人的强大的纽带。

23. Section II Store Your Bricks Practice What You Learnt Task 1 Comprehension Check Choose the best answer according to the text.

24. Section II Store Your Bricks What Olympic ideal did the great French man strongly believed in? A. Only friends could participate in sporting competition. B. Even enemies could be united in sporting competition. C. Nobody but enemies could take part in sporting competition. D. Neither friends nor enemies could be united in sporting competition. Answer C

25. Section II Store Your Bricks Which of the following statements about the first Mordern Olympics is UNTRUE according to the second paragraph? A. The first Modern Olympics were finally held in 1896. B. The first Modern Olympics attracted athletes from fourteen nations of the world. C. The first Modern Olympics were held in Greece. D. The largest delegates came from the Greece, Germany, China and Great Britain. Answer A

26. Section II Store Your Bricks According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The ruins of ancient Olympia were excavated by German archaeologists in the mid-nineteenth century. B. Coubertin in 1890 founded the Union des Sociétés Francaises de Sports Athlétiques （USFSA）, a Spanish sports organization.

27. Section II Store Your Bricks C. Head strong about reviving the games, and Coubertin arranged for a conference with 79 delegates representing nine countries in 1894. D. The delegates unanimously voted for hosting the first Modern summer Olympic Games in 1894. Answer D

28. Section II Store Your Bricks How are the modern Olympic Games organized? A. The modern Olympic Games are organized through IOC. B. The modern Olympic Games are organized through the OCOG. C. The modern Olympic Games are organized through a partnership between the IOC and the OCOG. D. The modern Olympic Games are organized through the USFSA. Answer B

29. Section II Store Your Bricks Who believed in the noble thought that the Games should be a means to promote harmony between the nations of the world? A. Coubertin. B. The International Olympic Committee. C. Both A and B. D. The Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Answer D

30. Section II Store Your Bricks Task 2 Vocabulary and Sentences （1）Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right.

31. Section II Store Your Bricks A. something that you suggest is true, although you do not say it directly ① harmony ② profound B. the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again ③ complexity C. things, especially valuable things, that are owned by someone ④ accommodation D. the complicated nature of something ⑤implication ⑥ historic E. limited to a particular person, thing, or group and not shared with others ⑦revival F. strong belief in or trust of someone or something ⑧property ⑨exclusive G. a place for someone to stay, live, or work in ⑩noble H. a situation in which people live and work well with other people, or in a way that does not damage things around them participant K. someone who takes part in something I. behaving in an honest and brave way that other people admire L. something is important in history, or likely to be considered important at some time in the future faiths J. to emphasize that something is very great or intense

32. Section II Store Your Bricks （2）Complete the sentences with the words from above . Change the form if necessary. Maybe we put too much _______ in doctors and medicine. click faith click participant He has been an active ____________ in the discussion.

33. Section II Store Your Bricks He was an upright and ________ man who was always willing to help in any way he could. click noble They have _________rights to market the drug in Africa. click exclusive

34. Section II Store Your Bricks Finn bought an investment __________ for $100,000 and put down $20,000. property click There are encouraging signs of an artistic _________. revival click

35. Section II Store Your Bricks Tourists like to visit ___________ monuments such as Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey. click historic The low level of current investment has serious __________ for future economic growth. click implication

36. Section II Store Your Bricks click accommodation The hotel provides ______________ for up to 100 people. click Difficulties were caused by the ____________of the legislation（立法）. complexity

37. Section II Store Your Bricks click My grandfather's death had a ______________effect on my father. profound The ___________of sea and sky makes a beautiful picture. click harmony

38. Section II Store Your Bricks (3) Rewrite the following sentences after the model. My father has founded the company in 2000. He was my best teacher. The company was founded in 2000 by my father who was my best teacher. click _________________________________________________

39. Section II Store Your Bricks He has learned the spiritual lessons five years ago. He was a magician. The spiritual lessons were learned five years ago by him who was a magician. click _________________________________________________

40. Section II Store Your Bricks Steve Jobs has founded Apple Incorporation. He was an American entrepreneur. Apple Incorporation was founded by Steve Jobs who was an American entrepreneur. click _________________________________________________

41. Section II Store Your Bricks I saw Jack last week in the central park. click It was last week that I saw Jack in the central park. _______________________________________________ The soldiers arrived at the small village in the evening. It was in the evening that the soldiers arrived at the small village. click ________________________________________________

42. Section II Store Your Bricks He bought the book in this shop yesterday. It was yesterday that he bought the book in this shop. click ______________________________________________

43. Section II Store Your Bricks The climate change conference was held in Bangkok in 2011. The conference was very important about changing climate. Held in Bangkok in 2011, the conference was very important about changing climate. click __________________________________________________

44. Section II Store Your Bricks A new building will be built in New York City. A new building will be the tallest one in the world. Built in New York City, a new building will be the tallest one in the world. click ________________________________________________

45. Section II Store Your Bricks The new gymnasium was completed in Beijing. The new gymnasium was a personal training studio. Completed in Beijing, the new gymnasium was a personal training studio. click _________________________________________________

46. Section II Store Your Bricks The new gymnasium was completed in Beijing. The new gymnasium was a personal training studio. She finally bought the English original book though not a cheap book but very important. click _________________________________________________

47. Section II Store Your Bricks My grandfather sold the house five years ago. It is not a small house but it was very old. My grandfather sold the house five years ago though not a small but very old. click _________________________________________________

48. Section II Store Your Bricks They celebrated the birthday of their baby. It was not a big birthday party but it had buzzy atmosphere. They celebrated the birthday of their baby though not a big birthday party but buzzy atmosphere. click _________________________________________________

49. Section II Store Your Bricks Task 3 Translation (1) Translate the following passage into Chinese. For hundreds of years, Americans were told “Do your best in sports, whether or not you win”. Part of this “sports ethic”（体育道德标准）comes from the Bible's teaching that no matter what you do, God expects you to do it “with all your might”.

50. Section II Store Your Bricks Another statement of this ethic is expressed in the Olympic Creed （纲领）：The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph（胜利） but the stuggle . The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.