The document provides a summary of Olympic and Paralympic values. It discusses the history of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece and their revival in the modern era. It notes that Russia hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. It then profiles several famous Russian athletes who helped make history in their sports, including ice skaters Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev, and hockey goalie Vladislav Tretyak. The document suggests discussing these topics in English classes.

1. Olympic and Paralympic
Values
Prepared by the students of the
secondary comprehensive school
“Mir Znaniy”, Russia
Part 1

2. CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS
This motto is in Russian:
«БЫСТРЕЕ, ВЫШЕ,
СИЛЬНЕЕ»

3. The history of
Russia success
in sport

4. A brief look at the history of the
Olympic Games
• The Olympic Games are an international
sports festival that began in ancient Greece.
• The took place every four year for several
hundreds years but were brought to an end in
the early Christian era.
• The were renewed in 1896.
• During the World War I and World War II they
were not organized.

5. We understand that …
Ancient Olympics Modern Olympics
• The Games were a way of • The modern Games is a
saluting the ancient Greek manner of saluting the
gods athletic talents of people of
• They included the all nations
competitions in • The represent a number of
sports, music, oratory, theat sports
re performances
The noble idea of the Olympic movement:
for two weeks and a half any international
conflicts must be stopped and replaced with
friendly competitions

6. Russia was the host country of XXII
Summer Olympic Games in 1980
The took place in Moscow

7. Look! What a variety of topics to
speak at our English classes!
• The history of the Olympic Games in ancient
times
• The history of the modern Games
• Russia in the Olympic Games
• Winter and Summer Olympics
• The latest Olympic Games
• The role of the Olympics in modern life
• Olympic Champions
• Paralympic Champions

8. Meet the athletes who helped make
the history in Russian sports
Evgeni Plushenko
Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev (figure skating) He is
(figure skating) I. Rodnina is -Olympic champion (2006)
-three times Olympic champion -two times silver Olympic champion
-ten times the world champion (2002, 2010)
-eleven times Europe champion -three times world champion
-six times Soviet Union champion -seven times Europe champion
- nine times Russia champion

9. Congratulations to you, Vladislav
Tretyak, with your 60th anniversary!
He played
-482 matches in the Soviet
Union
Championships
-117 matches in world and
Olympic championships