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Activity 2b Listen and check. 5 min
Objective: to develop listening skills
The pupils listen and check the answers.
Answer key: 1d, 2b, 3g, 4a, 5f, 6e, 7c
DVD script:
The fi rst Olympic Games took place in Greece nearly three thousand years 
ago. The Games happened every four years and during the games there were no 
wars. So athletes from diff erent countries could travel to and from the Games. 
But the Games at that time had only one event – a short race across a stadium. 
Then some more events appeared: boxing, wrestling, jumping and others. At that 
time only men could participate in the games.
Then the Olympic Games stopped for about 1000 years. Only in 1894 Pierre 
de Coubertin of France organized the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 
The fi rst modern Olympic Games were in Greece where the fi rst Olympic Games 
took place. But women started participating in Games in 1900.
Now  there  are  Winter  Olympics,  Summer  Olympics  and  Paralympics  for 
athletes with disabilities. Not so long ago Youth Games appeared for athletes 
between  the  ages  of  14  and  18.  The  winners  get  medals.  Third  place  wins  a 
bronze, second place wins a silver and fi rst place gets a gold medal.