Lesson 33:2 800 Years of Sports

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②Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.

The Olympic Games are new and old. The ancient Olympics started in 776 BC and lasted for more than a thousand years. They took place every four years. Women could not compete in the ancient Olympics. In 1896, a Frenchman started the modern Olympic Games. He believed the games would help bring friendship and fair play to people all over the world. Now there are Summer and Winter Olympics every four years.