28191 the olympic games

2012 Olympics The Olympic Games is a famous competition where athletes from all over the world take part in many different sports The Olympics is the oldest sports competition in the world, the first was in Greece nearly 3000 years ago! Today it happens every four years and changes country every time In 2008 the Olympics was in Beijing, China and in 2012 it will happen in London, England Over 13,000 athletes compete in twenty six different sports, for example, swimming, fencing, gymnastics and basketball Athletes have to be the best in their country if they want to compete in the Olympics, and they have to train for many years to be ready For some sports, such as athletics, thousands of spectators come to watch in huge stadiums, to cheer for the athletes from their country Vocabulary competition an event where people or teams try to win There is a swimming competition at my school every year compete to take part in a competition I am going to compete in a swimming race next week athlete someone who is very good at sport My brother is a great athlete, he plays soccer, basketball and can run very fast! train to prepare for an activity or sport I have an important baseball game next week, so I need to train every day! spectators someone who watches a sports event Many spectators came to watch the big basketball game cheer shouting loudly for somebody for somebody you want to well The people cheered for their favorite team at the soccer game Questions! When was the first Olympic Games? Who competes in the Olympics? Where was the last Olympics? What athletes have to before they can compete in the Olympics? Do many people watch the Olympics? Describe the pictures! Who are the people? What are they doing? How are they doing it? Why? How they feel? _ _ _ Label the pictures with the words at the bottom of the page! karate, handball, fencing, hockey, archery, badminton Question- Which sport is not in the Olympic Games? _