Unit+2+Sports+Culture+Reading+语法填词 高中英语译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册.docxVIP

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Everyfouryears,thousandsofhighlytrainedandtalentedathletesgathertogetherinthespiritoffriendship,solidarityandfairplay,readytotesttheirabilitiesagainsteachotherinthehopeof1（recognize）asthebestofthebest.ThisistheOlympics—anextraordinarysportingeventthatwasfirstcelebratedabout3,000yearsago.TheancientOlympicGamesbeganintheyear776BCE.DuringtheearlyGames,onlyGreekmen2（allow）toparticipate.Theycompetedinsucheventsasboxing,runningandthelongjump.TheancientOlympicGameswereheldatOlympiainGreeceeveryfouryearsforalmost12centuries,untiltheyeventuallydiedoutaroundtheyear393.Morethan1,500yearslater,however,theGamesroseagain.ThemodernOlympicswerefirstheldin1896,inAthens.ItwasaFrenchman,PierredeCoubertin,3broughttheOlympicsbacktolife.Hisdreamwas4theOlympicswouldhelppeopleofdifferentracialoriginsandfromdifferentculturesliveside5sideinpeace.Foroveracentury,peoplefromdiversebackgrounds6(make)jointeffortstohelprealizeCoubertinsdream.7(Motivate)bytheOlympicmottoFaster,Higher,Stronger”,manywell-knownathletes,bothmaleandfemale,havedevotedthemselvestoachievingsportingexcellenceand8(push)theboundariesofhumanachievement.OnesuchOlympianwastheboxerCassiusClay.Hecametopublicattentionduringthe1960RomeOlympics,whenhewonthelightheavyweightgoldmedalfortheUSA,9(demonstrate)greattalentandpersonalityintheprocess.Afterwards,thisyoungmanproceededtobecometheworldheavyweightchampionin1964,andlaterchangedhisnametotheoneweallknow一MuhammadAli.Hereturnedtothe1996AtlantaOlympicGamestolighttheOlympicflame10theopeningceremony.Bythetimehediedin2016,Ali11(recognize)asoneofthegreatestboxersofalltime