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| 1. церемония открытия | a) International Olympic Committee (IOC) |
| 2. соревнование | b) to set a record |
| 3. церемония закрытия | c) Olympic flag |
| 4. Международный олимпийский комитет (МОК) | d) medal table |
| 5. мировой рекорд | e) to compete |
| 6. олимпийский рекорд | f) opening ceremony |
| 7. парное соревнование | g) competition |
| 8. командное соревнование | h) closing ceremony |
| 9. участник соревнования | i) Olympic record |
| 10. установить рекорд | j) doubles event |
| 11. команда | k) competitor |
| 12. страна-хозяйка Олимпиады | l) world record |
| 13. олимпийский флаг | m) team event |
| 14. соревноваться | n) team |
| 15. медальная таблица | o) host country of the Olympiad |
Answer the following questions.
1. How many Olympic events were held in Beijing?
2. What countries sent the largest teams to the Beijing Olympics?
3. What countries participated in the Olympic Games for the first time?
4. How many Olympic events were held for the first time? What are they?
5. How many world records were set during the 2008 Olympic Games?
6. How many Olympic records were set during the Beijing Olympics?
7. What country won the most medals?
8. What sportsman won the most gold medals?
9. Where were the opening and the closing ceremonies held?
10. Where will the 2012 Summer Olympic Games be held?
Give the summary of the text (Consult Appendix 1 on page 57).
Part II
Unit 5 A QUESTION OF SPORT
Sports stars
Read the text and say who of these sportspeople:
| Ø has got 17 Ferraris | Ø has got 2 World Championship medals |
| Ø lives in Madrid | Ø lives in Sofia |
| Ø has got 9 children | Ø drinks 1 or 2 bottles of wine on Sunday night |
| Ø trains for 4 hours a day | Ø eats 40 eggs a week |
| Ø drinks 12 litres of milk a day | Ø goes to 20 different countries every year |
| Ø has got $10 million in the bank | Ø has got 3 Harley Davidson motorbikes |
| Ø lives in the USA | Ø drinks 8 litres of water a day |
Sergei Bugalov.
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Sergei is a weightlifter and he lives in Bulgaria. He's got three Olympic gold medals, and trains for six hours every day. He usually eats forty eggs and ten kilos of meat a week. He also drinks twelve litres of milk a day! He lives in a big flat in Sofia with his wife and nine children.
Silvia Martinez.
Silvia is a tennis player from Spain. She lives near Madrid and there are two swimming pools and six tennis courts in her garden. She trains for four hours every day. She drinks three litres of fruit juice a day, and eats fourty or sixty bananas a week.
She's very rich and has got $10 million in the bank!
