Номер 65, страница 119 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс (enjoy english) учебник Биболетова

65 Read the text and find out if you are right.

At the end of the nineteenth century a Frenchman called Baron Pierre de Coubertin decided to try to revive the Olympic Games. At that time, Europe was divided by wars. De Coubertin thought that the Olympic Games could help to bring peace. He thought highly of sport.

He described the Olympic spirit in the following words: “The important thing is not winning but taking part.” These words are still remembered today.

De Coubertin believed very strongly that sportsmen must not compete for money, but for glory¹ and for the honour of their country.

At first, nobody was interested in his ideas. But de Coubertin did not give up and worked hard. In 1894, he formed the International Olympic Committee and on 5 April 1896, the Olympic Games began again, after nearly fifteen centuries.

In 1913, Coubertin created an emblem of five linked rings. They became a symbol of the Olympic Games. These five rings represent five parts of the world: Europe, America, Australia, Africa, Asia.

Since then the Olympic Games have become the most important sports event in the world. They are held once every four years. The greatest wish for all the sportsmen is to win a medal, or simply to take part in the Olympic Games.

65 Read the text again (Ex. 63). Find words or expressions in the text which have

a) a similar meaning to the following:

Olympics

made up his mind

then

had a good opinion of

state

participate

various sports

almost

b) an opposite meaning to the following:

peace

have a low opinion of

lose

forget

have a rest

finish

everybody

at the beginning