2. Swimming Competitions Olympic Games FINA Swimming World Cup FINA World Championships FINA World Aquatics Championships (50m) FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

3. Federation Internationale de Nation

4. FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup started in the 1988/1989. held in the northern hemisphere's winter-time (October-February ) all in short course pools (25m)

5. FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup Series events : Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m (women only) and 1500m (men only) Backstroke: 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke: 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly: 50m, 100m and 200m Individual Medley: 100m, 200m, and 400m

6. FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup The FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 will take place in the following cities:

7. FINA World Championships World Aquatics Championships World Swimming Championships in a long course (25m) pool in a short course (50 m) pool in odd years, such as 2011,2013 in even years,such as 2010, 2012

8. FINA World Championships Series events : – Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m (only in the long course), 1500m – Backstroke: 50m, 100m and 200m – Breaststroke: 50m, 100m and 200m – Butterfly: 50m, 100m and 200m – Individual medley: 100m, 200m, and 400m – Medley relay: 4X100 m freestyle, 4X200m freestyle, 4X100m medley (only in the short course)

9. 10th FINA World Swimming Championship (25m) in Dubai

10. FINA World Swimming Championships The 11th edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) will take place in Istanbul (TUR), from December 12-16, 2012.

11. FINA World Junior Swimming Championships since 2006 for swimmers under the age of 18 years old held biennially/once every two years The most recent edition was held on August 16–21, 2011, in Lima, Peru. The next (fourth) will we held in 2013 in Casablanca, Morocco.

12. Famous Swimmers Michael Fred Phelps II Ian Thorpe 吳念平

13. Michael Fred Phelps II AGE: 27 DOB: June 30, 1985 HEIGHT: 6' 4" (193.0 cm) WEIGHT: 185 lbs (83.9 kg) Nationality: America

14. Michael Fred Phelps II He began swimming at the age of 7. When Phelps was in the sixth grade, he was diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder He went to the 2000 Summer Olympic Games at the age of 15.

15. Michael Fred Phelps II INTERNATIONAL MEDALS Olympic Games : 18 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals 2011 FINA World Championships: 25 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze medals 2010 Pan Pacific Champs: 10 gold medals

16. Ian Thorpe AGE: 30 DOB: October 13, 1982 Nationality: Australia

17. Ian Thorpe Olympic Medals – 5 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze in total World Championship Medals – 11 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze in total

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19. Questions 1 How many kinds of swimming styles do you know? What are they?

20. Questions 2 & 3 What do you need to wear to swim in the pool? What do you need to do before swimming?

21. Questions 4 Do you like swimming? Why or why not?