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Unit 2 The honourable games Reading (2) Discuss the following questions(Part E on page 25): you think the Olympic Games help countries and people live peacefully side by side? do you think are the greatest Olympic athletes and why? kind of example do you think athletes like Liu Xiang and Muhammad Ali have set for young people around the world? Further discussion: Hosting the Olympic Games is great honour for a country, but at the same time it costs a lot of money. Do you think hosting the Olympics will be a good opportunity to develop the host country’s economy and tourism, or will it be a heavy burden on the economy? Language points: delighted。 2 c。1992 Barcelona Olympics two gold medals, basketball the highest scorer for the USA basketball team at the 1984 Olympics 1996 Atlanta Olympics。lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics American 1984 Los Angles Olympics。1996 Atlanta Olympics four gold medals, table tennis became an IOC member in 2020 Chinese 2020 Athens Olympics gold medal, men’s 110metre hurdles the first Asian to win this race Questions: characteristics do the ancient Olympics and the modern Olympics share? are the differences between the ancient and the modern Olympic Games? Ali and Michael Jordan are mentioned in the passage. What do these two sportspeople have in mon? you think Chinese athletes such as Deng Yaping and LiuXiang are as great as Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan? Complete Part D and E: Answers: D : 1 a。 5 d 。 pete。no matter what。 record。 attem