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Match new words with their meaning. delighted a. very pleased tradition b. the fact of someone being away from a place where they would usually be contemporary c. a way of doing things that has existed for a long time among a group of people absence d. the act of trying to do something final e. modern attempt f. last Read the report of the event below and fill in the blanks with the words from the box. made contributions significance movement competed honour medal excited joy The music has stopped. No one yet knows the ____________ of this, but everyone here at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing has grown quiet. significance Now I see some _________ …Yes, a runner with a torch has entered the stadium! ... It looks like Xu Haifeng! Xu won China’s first gold ______, at the 1984 Olympics. The audience are on their feet with ______! Now he’s passing the torch on to Gao Min, who first _________ in the 1988 Olympics, movement medal joy competed then to Li Xiao shuang, now Zhan Xugang…Zhang Jun…Chen Zhong…and now Sun Jinfang. All of them are great Chinese athletes who have _______ to the Olympics. But who will get the _________________ to person to light the Olympic flame? It’s Li Ning! Li Ning is now carrying the torch! honour made contributions * 牛津版 高一 模块四 Unit 2 Unit 2 Reading ancient Olympic Games at Olympia in Greece The father of modern Olympic Games Lead-in: Lead-in: A free talk with Ss about the Olympics: As we all know, the Olympic Games are held every four years and it is a great honor for a country to host the Games. How much do you know about the Olympics, for example, its history, ceremonies and sporting events? 1. How many Olympic games did you see? Where were they held? 2. Do you think the