Transcript Document 7363788

DID YOU KNOW THAT CHINA IS THE WORLD’S THIRD
BIGGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? OR THAT CHINA
INVENTED MOST OF THE EVERYDAY USES?(EVEN IF
THEY’RE NOT GOOD). CHINA HAS MORE PEOPLE THAN
ANY OTHER COUNTRIES ON EARTH! CHINA HAS BIRTH
EVERY 1.5 SECONDS. WHEN EATING IN CHINA PEOPLE
ACTUALLY DO USE CHOPSTICKS. THE MAIN LANGUAGE
USED IN CHINA IS MANDARIN. MANDARIN IS THE MOST
SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD! THE YANGZHE
RIVER IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN CHINA AND THE
WORLD’S THIRD LONGEST. CHINA WILL SOON BECOME
THE LARGEST ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD!
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE OLYMPICS ARE OPEN EVERY FOUR YEARS. THERE
ARE ALSO THE WINTER OLYMPICS WHICH ARE HELD EVERY THREE YEARS.
THE OLYMPICS STARTED IN 776 BCE IN GREECE. THE OLYMPIC GAMES
WERE ORGANISED AS A SUMMER SPORTS EVENT THROUGH 1920. THE
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE WAS FOUNDED IN 1894 ON THE
INITIATIVE OF FRENCH NOBLEMAN , PIERRE FREDY, BARON DE
COUBERTIN. IN 2000, THE OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD IN SYDNEY, NEW
SOUTH WALES, AUSTRAILIA. IN 2004, THE GAMESWERE HELD IN ATHENS,
GREECE. OBVOUSLY THE GAMES ARE HELD IN BEIJING, CHINA. BUT
LONDON, FOR THE FOURTH TIME ARE HOSTING THE GAMES IN 2012! IN
2006, THE WINTER OLYMPICS WRE HELD IN TURIN, ITALY. THE TIME
BEFORE THAT THE WINTER GAMES WERE HELD IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AKA THE USA. NZ HAS COLLECTED
HEAPS OF MEDALS OVER THE YEARS.
BEIJING
ICE CREAM WAS INVENTED IN CHINA AROUND 2000 BC
WHEN THE CHINESE PACKED A SOFT MILK AND RICE
MIXTURE IN THE SNOW.
WE KNOW THAT THE CHINESE GREW RICE AS LONG AS
5000 BC. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND RICE GRAINS
IN FARMING TOOLS AND POTS FROM THAT PERIOD.
THE FIVE RINGS REPRESENT THE CONTINENTS OF THE AMERICAS (NORTH
AND SOUTH), AUSTRAILIA, EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA. THE RINGS ARE
INTERLACED TO SHOW THE COMING TOGETHER OR MEETING OF THE
CONTINENTS AT THE OLYMPICS.
THE LOGO WAS DESIGNED BY BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN, FOUNDER OF
THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES, IN 1913.
THE OPENING CEREMONY AND SEVERAL SPORTING EVENTS TOOK PLACE IN
THE OLYMPIC STADIUM OF COLOMBOS (OFFICIAL NAME STADE OLYMPIQUE
YVES-DU-MANOIR), WHICH HAD A CAPACITY OF 45,000 IN 1924.
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THE BIRDS NEST.
1.BEIJING IS THE CAPITAL OF CHINA AND
2008 OLYMICS WERE HELD THERE.
2.THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA IS THE WALL
WHICH WAS USED FOR THE ARCHERS AND
SHOOTERS IN THE ANCIENT CHINA.IT IS
HUGE AND LONG GREAT VIEWS FOR
PICTURES.
3. THE FORBIDDEN CITY
STATE PARTY: CHINA
TYPE: CULTURAL
CRITERIA: I,II,III, IV
REFERENCE: 439
REGION: ASIA-PACIFIC
EXTENTIONS: 2004
Weightlifting, also called Olympic
weightlifting or Olympic-style
weightlifting, is a sport in which
participants attempt a maximum weight
single lift of a barbell loaded with weight
plates.
I’M GONNA BE
CHAMPION!
ANOTHER
GOLD FOR
ME!
THE NEW
WORLD
RECORD!
MY EIGHTH
GOLD
MEDAL!
SWIMMING IS THE
MOVEMENT BY
HUMANS OR
ANIMALS
THROUGH WATER,
USUALLY
WITHOUT
ARTIFICIAL
ASSISTENCE.
HUANHUAN
SCORES!
Basketball is a team sport in
which two teams of five active
players each try to score points
against one another by
propelling a ball through a
10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the
goal) under organized rules.
BEVAN DOCHERTY (BORN MARCH 29,1977) IS AN ATHLETE
FROM NEW ZEALAND. HE ATTENDED TAUHARA COLLEGE,
TAUPO. HE COMPETES IN THE TRIATHLON. HE WON BRONZE
THIS YEAR IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS AND WON SILVER IN
ATHENS 2004. HE ALSO WON SILVER AT THE 2006
COMMENWEALTH GAMES.
TAE HWAN PARK IS A SOUTH KOREAN
SWIMMER. HE WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER
27,1989. HIS NICKNAME IS ‘MARINE BOY’.
Sarah Walker started bmx in 1999 following the
footsteps of her brother. Showing she had talent
from the get go by winning in her first ever
nationals and hasn't slowed down since.
WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED OUR SLIDE SHOW AND WE
HOPE THAT YOU LEARNED FACTS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC
GAMES AND CHINA!!!