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Practice dictation & shadowing on the daily life story: The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games
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The Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games began in the late 19th century as a revival of the ancient Greek Olympics.
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Now just over 100 years old, the modern Olympic movement is the biggest and most important sports movement in the world.
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In fact, many people believe the Olympic Games to be the most important cultural event of any kind in the world.
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The modern Olympic Games were the brainchild of Frenchmen Baron Pierre de Kuberte.
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De Kubertan's dream for an international sports event and cultural movement became a reality in 1894 at the International Athletic Congress in Paris after the games were constituted in 1894.
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The first Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece in 1896 in recognition of the ancient Greek Olympic Games.
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The original purpose of the Olympic Games in de Kubertan's mind was to celebrate and strengthen the physical, mental and cultural qualities of humanity.
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The games would blend sport with culture, tradition and education.
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The philosophy of Olympism is based on the joy of physical and mental effort and the respect for universal ethical principles.
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De Kubarte envisioned creating a more noble and sympathetic humanity through the Olympic movement, the sports events themselves.
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De Kubarte models after the English public school sports system, he saw an upper class English boys sport the qualities of camaraderie, nobility and honesty.
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Most importantly, however, was adherence to the rules of sport, In particular the rule that stated sport ought to be amateur in nature.
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De Kubartan believed participants should never participate in sport for the purpose of making money.
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To do so would contradict the underlying philosophy of sport.
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Breaking the amateur rule in de Kubartan's time was as serious a violation as taking drugs to enhance performances in today's world of sport.
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Over time, the Olympics grew to be the largest International Festival of any kind.
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Today, debates exist as to the degree to which the modern games adhere to de Kubertan's original intent.
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On the one hand, Olympic sport is truly international in nature, as de Kubertan would have wanted it.
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On the other hand, it is doubtful that De Kubertan would have admired the existence of politics, commercialism and drug use in sport.
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The Olympics have become truly international, but perhaps at a price.
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There is little question that the Olympic Games hold out the possibility for fulfilling to Kubertan's original goal of sport, contributing to a better, more peaceful and understanding world.