What sports do you know? Table tennis Wrestling boxinggymnastics Kung fu diving

Read the passage on P38 and discuss the following questions: 1.What requirements must be met before a sport can be considered by the IOC? 2.What sports have been removed from the Olympics? Why? 3.What sport has been added in the Olympics only recently? And in which year? 4.Do you think it is possible for wushu to enter the Olympics?

In your opinion, which sport should be in, and which should be out? Make suggestions to the IOC.

Let’s know more Let’s know more SPORTS EVENTS! SPORTS EVENTS!

Match each sentence with the sport pictured. There are 9 or 18 holes in a game of golf. ___ The discus involves throwing a flat, round object. ___ In the long jump, competitors try to jump as far forward as possible. ___ In archery, you need to know how to use a bow and arrow. ___

20 km race walk floor exercises springboard dive horizontal bar 200 m butterfly water polo platform dive 100 m sprint Balance beam high jump discus throw parallel bars Track and field events Gymnastics Water sports javelin throw javelin throw asymmetric bars 100 m freestyle 20 km race walk 100 m sprint high jump balance beam floor exercise horizontal bar parallel bars 200 m butterfly platform dive springboard dive water polo discus throw Put the Olympic events into the correct categories.

Read the passage on P39 and discuss the following questions: 1.How many matches are talked about in this article? 2.Which team won in each match? 3. What do you think the purpose of sport is?

Homework B1&B2 on P99