Hello,everybody.Todayourtopicis"theOlympicGameisforallus".

　　IfwewanttheOlympicGameisforallus,weshouldknowsomethingasthefollows:

　　First,weshouldknowtheusualwordsoftheOlympicGames:

　　Doyourememberthem?We'llhaveasmalltestlater.

　　Well,second,weshouldknowthehistoryabouttheOlympicGames.

　　TheOlympicGamesconsistoftheGamesoftheOlympiadandtheOlympicWinterGames.Bothtakeplaceeveryfouryears.

　　GamesheldinancienttimesontheplainofOlympiainGreeceeveryfouryears.Itwasatimeforlayingasidepoliticalandreligiousdifferences,asathletesfromalltheGreekcitiesanddistrictscompeted.Thegamesincludedpatrioticandreligiousritualsaswellasathleticcontests,andhighhonorsweregiventothewinners.TheGreekscountedtheiryearsbyolympiads(periodsoffouryears)anddatedeventsfromthefirstOlympicsin776b.c.

　　April6,1896,wasdefinitelyadaytoremember.KingGeorgeIofGreeceannouncedtheopeningofthefirstInternationalOlympicGamesinAthens.Atotalof245athletesfrom14nationscompetedintheancientPanathenaicstadium.

　　InthisfirstmodernGames,thewinnerwasawardedasilvermedal.Thesecondathletewasgivenabronzemedalwhilethethirdathletereceivednothing.

　　TheOlympicGamesdeterioratedunderRomanruleofGreeceandwerehaltedinthefourthcentury.Theywererevivedinthelatenineteenthcentury,withgoalsofpeaceandfellowshipmodeledonthoseoftheancientOlympics.ThemodernOlympicsincludemanyathleticeventsoftheoriginalgames,suchasthediscusthrow.

　　Then,letusknowaboutthemascotoftheOlympicGames.

　　LiketheFiveOlympicRingsfromwhichtheydrawtheircolorandinspiration,FuwawillserveastheOfficialMascotsofBeijing2008OlympicGames,carryingamessageoffriendshipandpeace--andblessingsfromChina--tochildrenallovertheworld.

　　Designedtoexpresstheplayfulqualitiesoffivelittlechildrenwhoformanintimatecircleoffriends,FuwaalsoembodythenaturalcharacteristicsoffourofChina'smostpopularanimals--theFish,thePanda,theTibetanAntelope,theSwallow--andtheOlympicFlame.

　　EachofFuwahasarhymingtwo-syllablename--atraditionalwayofexpressingaffectionforchildreninChina.BeibeiistheFish,JingjingisthePanda,HuanhuanistheOlympicFlame,YingyingistheTibetanAntelopeandNiniistheSwallow.

　　Whenyouputtheirnamestogether--BeiJingHuanYingNi--theysay"WelcometoBeijing,"offeringawarminvitationthatreflectsthemissionofFuwaasyoungambassadorsfortheOlympicGames.

　　FuwaalsoembodyboththelandscapeandthedreamsandaspirationsofpeoplefromeverypartofthevastcountryofChina.Intheiroriginsandtheirheadpieces,youcanseethefiveelementsofnature--thesea,forest,fire,earthandsky--allstylisticrenderedinwaysthatrepresentthedeeptraditionalinfluencesofChinesefolkartandornamentation.

　　SpreadingTraditionalChineseBlessingsWhereverTheyGo

　　IntheancientcultureofChina,thereisagrandtraditionofspreadingblessingsthroughsignsandsymbols.EachofFuwasymbolizesadifferentblessing--andwillhonorthistraditionbycarryingtheirblessingstothechildrenoftheworld.Prosperity,happiness,passion,healthandgoodluckwillbespreadtoeverycontinentasFuwa