Transcript Document 7166336

Showcase China
& the
Olympics!
Facts about
China
Ice-cream was invented in China
around 2000B.C when the Chinese
packed a soft milk and rice mixture
in the snow.
Population: 1.3 billion people
Tourist Attractions: The Forbidden City,
The Great Wall, Terra Cotta Warriors, and
The Bund
History:
The written history of
China begins with the
Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600
BC - ca. 1100 BC).
Capital City: Beijing
Facts about
Jiaozi, that is boiled or steamed
dumplings
Guotic or fried dumplings
Xia Long Bao or the soup dumplings
Noodles, both fried and soup noodles
Baozi or steamed and filled buns
Soy egg cooked in Soy Sauce
Tea Egg prepared by soaking or
stewing in tea
Language Spoken: Mandarin
Climate: Being 24.4
China
Food:
(1)Basic fried rice
(2)chicken chow mein
(3)Crab rangoon
(4)Chicken fried rice
(5)Egg rolls
(6)Sweet and sour sauce
(7)Hot and Sour Soup
(8)Orange Chicken
(9)Sweet and sour pork
(10)Egg drop soup
Tourist attractions: Great wall of china,
Forbidden city, Summer Palace and the temple of
heaven
History of
Olympics!
The very first modern Olympic Games opened
in the first week of April 1896. Since the Greek
government had been unable to fund
construction of a stadium, a wealthy Greek
architect, Georgios Averoff, donated one million
drachmas (over $100,000) to restore the
Panathenaic Stadium, originally built in 330
BCE, with white marble for the Olympic Games.
According to legend, the ancient Olympic
Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman
Hercules), a son of Zeus.
the
The competitive events added to
the Olympic games include
throwing the discus and the
javelin, the long jump, boxing ,
wrestling, chariot and horse
racing and a challenge to test allround ability - the pentathlon.
The ancient pentathlon begins
with competition in four
disciplines - running, jumping,
throwing the discus and the
javelin. The winners emerging
from these encounters then meet
in a fifth and decisive contest,
wrestling.
History of the
Olympics
Have you ever wondered how the Olympics started?
In Olympia, Greece the Olympic Games were held
every four years. First Olympic game was recorded in
776 BC; that was about 3,000 years ago. At that time
this great festival took place to honour the Greek
gods. Olympics were held during the great festival.
My resources say Olympics were held to please the
various gods. One God, in particular, the most
important was called Zeus. The Olympics were called
Olympiad in Greece.
Only men and
boys may enter
the games and
women may not
even be among
the spectators
(the contestants
compete entirely
naked). An
exception is
made for
priestesses of
the com
goddess
Demeter.
History of the
China
The Opening Ceremony
The Olympic symbol (five
interlocked rings) represents the
union of the five original major
continents (Africa, America, Asia,
Australia and Europe) and the
meeting of the athletes from
throughout the world at the
Olympic Games. The five colours
of the rings from left to right are
blue, black and red across the top
and yellow and green along the
bottom.
The 2008 Summer Olympics
opening ceremony was held at the
Beijing National Stadium, also
known as the Bird's Nest. It began
at 8:08 pm China Standard Time
(UTC+8) on 8 August 2008 because
in Chinese culture, 8 is considered
to be a lucky number. The number 8
is associated with prosperity and
confidence in Chinese culture.
Organisers claim that the stadium
was full to its 91,000 capacity
History of the
Olympics
The Closing Ceremony
The 2008 Beijing Olympics
The Games came to the end of
their 17-day run after a ceremony
-- a party, really -- featuring
bouncing and flying men, drum
carts, rotating poles, light wheels
precisely 2.008 meters in
diameter and 1,148 silver bellwearing dancers in yellow
dresses, all of it a lead-up to the
entry of the athletes of the world,
who by tradition on the night of
closing ceremony mingled
together, without regard to
nationality, in the centre of the
stadium.
Beijing host of the
2008 Olympics Tourist Highlights:
Badaling Great Wall, is
located more than 70
kilometres northwest
from the centre of
Beijing City, with more
than 1000 meters
above sea level,
occupies a
commanding and
strategic position.
Badaling is the bestpreserved section of
the Great Wall. 370
foreign leaders and
very important persons
have come to climb
Badaling successively.
Beijing, Host of the
2008
Olympics
Beijing:
The name means "Northern Capital." (Nanjing is the "Southern Capital.")
Population: 15.38 million
Beijing’s Tourist Attractions: The
Summer Palace, & the Forbidden City
History of Beijing: Beijing was
initially built over 3000 years
ago. In BC 1045, the city of
Beijing initially formed. For
thousands of years, more than
6 dynasties set Beijing as
capital. Beijing is also the
capital of People’s Republic of
China.
The
forbidden
City
The
Summer
Palace
Volley Ball
Athletes participating in Special Olympics
Volleyball benefit from the camaraderie
that comes from competing in a team
sport, as well as the training that enables
them to successfully serve and return a
volleyball.
Volleyball Facts
Volleyball was introduced to
Special Olympics in 1983.
259 athletes from 20 teams
competed in volleyball at the
2003 Special Olympics
World Summer Games in
Dublin, Ireland.
As of the 2005 Special
Olympics Athlete
Participation Report, 71,982
Special Olympics athletes
compete in volleyball.
Special Olympics
Volleyball also offers
individual skills
competition to allow
athletes to train and
compete in basic
volleyball skills. The
development of these
key skills is necessary
prior to advancing to
team competition. These
skills include volleying,
serving and passing.
Soccer
While the modern game of football started
with the foundation of the Football
Association of England in 1863, its roots
extend to opposite ends of the earth. The
ancient Chinese, Greeks and Romans
played a similar game, long before English
kings in the 1300s and 1400s were trying to
outlaw the violent sport.
Great Britain did not qualify for the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing. It won three
Olympic titles: Paris 1900, London 1908 and
Stockholm 1912. In 2012, Great Britain will
serve as organizer of the Olympic Games.
The first official men's
Olympic soccer
tournament dates back to
the 1908 London Games,
where Great Britain
defeated Denmark to
claim the first soccer gold
medal. Since that time
soccer has been part of
every Olympic Games
Program, with the
exception of the 1932 Los
Angeles Games. The
1940 and 1944 Olympic
Games were cancelled
completely due to the
political tensions
surrounding World War II.
Gymnastics
If gymnasts are really serious about bringing home the gold, then the
Olympic tests can be counted on to really put them through their paces.
Whether the event involves swinging from rings, flying around the uneven
bars, exhibiting artistic skills on the floor or balance beam - or any of the
thrilling moves we've come to expect - this sport is always one of the most
popular for summer spectators.
Trampoline gymnastics debuted at the
Sydney 2000 Games featuring both men's
and women's individual events. The
Russian Federation took home two gold
medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
as Alexander Moskalenko and Irina
Karavaeva were crowned with gold medals
Gymnastics has a long,
proud history. The sport can
be traced back to ancient
Greece, where such skills
featured in the ancient
Olympic Games. A perfect
fusion of athletics and
aesthetics, gymnastics
ranks among the defining
sports of the Olympic
Games.
Mahe
DOB: 19 November 1978
Place of Birth: Melbourne,
Australia
Age: 29
Event: Rowing
Height: 1.99m
Medals: 1 bronze in 2008
He set a world
record with a time
of 6 minutes, 35.40
seconds in the
single sculls at the
2006 World
Championships.
Drysdale
Mahe Drysdale
(29) – is the
current world
champion having
taken the title and
unprecedented
three times in
succession in
2005, 2006 and
2007 and he goes
to Beijing as the
favourite. He has
Olympic
experience from
Athens (Coxless
Four) and is also a
former winner of
the Halberg
Supreme Award.
Valerie Vili
DOB: 6 October 1984
Place of birth: Rotorua
New Zealand
Age: 23
Event: Shot-putter
Valerie Vili opened
with a throw of
20.56 metres
which was never
bettered and she
had the luxury to
decline her final
throw
How nice then that
heading towards
Beijing, New Zealand
athletics has an
outstanding medal
prospect again – shot
putter Valerie Vili.
Valerie Vili, née
Adams, (born
October 6, 1984) is
a shot putter from
New Zealand. She
is the reigning
Olympic champion,
world champion
and
Commonwealth
record-holder,
having thrown a
distance of 20.56
m.
Matthew Mitcham
DOB: 2 March 1988
Place of Birth:
Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia
Age: 20
Event: Diver
Matthew started diving in
1999 when he was 11 after
AIS coach, Wang Tong
Xiang, saw him playing on
the board at a pool in
Brisbane and he was
impressed by his double
somersault.
A two-time Australian Youth
Olympic Festival athlete,
Matthew competed in
trampoline at the 2003 AYOF
finishing sixth and in diving
at the 2005 AYOF, winning
three gold medals and one
silver.
A trampolinist since 1997,
Matthew competed at the
1999 World Junior
Championships and again
in 2001, winning the Junior
World Champion title in the
double mini apparatus. In
the same year (2001) he
won his first Diving
National Age title in the 3m
and platform events and
was named 'Diver of the
Year'.
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