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高中英语Unit2TheOlympicGames文章HistoryoftheGames人教版必修二.doc

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用心爱心专心HistoryoftheGames“Asinthedaytimethereisnostarintheskywarmerandbrighterthanthesun,likewisethereisnocompetitiongreaterthantheOlympicGames.”Pindar,Greeklyricpoet,5thcenturyBC.ThisviewoftheOlympicGameshasitsrootsinancientGreece.EarlyhistoricrecordsdatethefirstAncientOlympicGamesto776BC,whenthecorevaluesofOlympismfirstbegantodevelopintobenchmarksofhumancreativityandexcellence.Overthecenturies,theGameswouldilluminateexamplesofextraordinaryachievement.Theywouldbecomethestageforthecelebrationofnoblecompetitionandtheeducationalvalueofsportuntil393AD,whenEmperorTheodosiusabolishedthemforbeing"toopagan".In1896,thankstothegreateffortsofFrenchmanPierredeCoubertin,DimitriosVikelas,andothercontributors,thefirstModernOlympicGameswereheldinthecountryoftheirbirth.TheGreeknationandthewholeworldembracedtheirrevivalandonceagainturnedthemintothegreatestcelebrationonearth.Inthecenturytofollow,theGamestraveledtocountriesaroundtheworld,encounteringawiderangeofculturesandcivilisations,facingnewchallenges,growing,andevolving.