Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Winter Olympiads" (для студентов 1 курса СПО)

Some facts about winter Olympiads

By Elena Anatolievna Skorobogatova

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Some facts about winter Olympic Games

It is in honour of the Winter Olympiad in Sochi in 2014

The aims of the lesson

to expand student`s linguistic outlook;
to develop student`s lingual abilities;
to raise student`s interest to the different sport events;
to demonstrate a mutual relation an English language and special subject.

The lesson`s plan

1. From the history of the Winter Olympic Games.
2. Questionnaire.

The first Winter Olympics

The first Winter Olympic Games were held in France in 1924. They were called the International Winter Sports Week but lasted 11 days.
Athletes from 16 countries took part in it.
Four posters were created and printed in that case.
The most popular poster was the drawing of an eagle on the mountain landscape.

The most popular of four posters of the first Winter Olympic Games

“An eagle on the mountain landscape” by Auguste Matisse

The first gold medalist of the first Winter Olympic Games

The first gold medal was won by American speed skater Charles Jewtraw. He skated the 500-meter event in 44 seconds. Today`s times are 10 seconds faster.

Charles Jewtraw

The first Winter Olympiad`s sport games

There were 9 sports in the first Winter Olympics. They were bobsleigh, curling, speed skating, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, ice hockey, figure skating, alpine skiing and the competition of the military patrol.

The Olympic capitals

Let`s go to travel through Olympic Games, see new countries and meet new friends. Let`s talk about mascots. Mascots are symbols of Olympics. Before we start we should learn the names of the Winter Olympic cities and countries.
Grenoble-France, Sapporo-Japan, Innsbruck-Austria, Lake Placid- the USA, Sarajevo-Yugoslavia, Calgary-Canada, Albertville-France, Lillehammer-Norway, Nagano- Japan, Salt Lake City – the USA, Turin-Italy, Vancouver –Canada

Mascots are symbols of Olympics

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Thanksgiving

Thank you very much for your attention!