Rong Lei Ke

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Showcase China and the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
and Lauren
By Anna
Rong Lei Ke
Ning Ang Bei
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China
The population in China is 1,321,851,888
Many Chinese people eat dumplings, noodles, rice
and sweet and sour pork. They often use
chopsticks to eat it.
The main language spoken in China is Chinese
The capital city of China is Beijing
The Chinese dragon is a mythical creature. It is
a symbol of good fortune to Chinese people.
The great wall of China is a great tourist
attraction. A little over 1 million people visit
it each year.
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Did you know?
Ice-Cream was invented in China Shanghai and
Beijing are the most popular cities in the
world The Great Wall of China was built in about
200-220 BC 2008 is Chinas year of the
Rat China has 1/5 of the worlds population
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Did you know?
China manufactures about 70 of the world's toys
China is called Zhongguo in Chinese 34
children are born every minute in China China
has only about 200 different family names The
Great Wall of China is about 4,000 miles long?
There are 1.600 rivers in China
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Did you know?
In China there are more people who speaks English
than in the U.S.? Chinese were the first to use
paper China is the second largest fast food
market after the United States China is the
world's largest consumer of concrete Hong Kong
International Airport is said to be the world's
largest enclosed structure In China tree
hugging is forbidden
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History of the Olympics
Medal presentations
What is the Olympics?
Medal ceremonies are one of the most exciting and
important events in the Olympic games for the
medal winning athletes. At medal ceremonies the
medal winning athletes are presented with their
medals. The gold winners countries national
anthem is played. After the ceremony the athletes
get photos taken and are presented with flowers.
Usually they throw them up to the crowd. They are
always proud.
The Olympics is a series of sports played in a
competition. In this competition countries
compete to win medals. First gold, second silver,
and third bronze. Countries send their best
athletes to compete. Sports such as rowing,
basketball, gymnastics, swimming and cycling.
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Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Olympics were a bit different from
the Olympics now, called the modern Games. This
was because there was less events and only men
who spoke Greek could compete. The Olympics were
always held in Olympia instead of moving around
to different countries. The events were Chariot
racing, running, boxing, equestrian, discus,
javelin, riding, pentathlon, pankration and jump.
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Opening Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
The Olympics opening ceremony usually has lots of
fireworks and music. In one of the countries they
will choose a flag bearer to wave their national
flag while they are walking. The athletes of the
country competing walk behind them waving at the
crowd and taking pictures. Then someone of the
country the Olympics is being held in will sing
the national anthem. All the flags of the country
competing will go through where it is being held.
Usually at an opening ceremony there is a very
big crowd watching. Someone will have a
name-board saying the country. The Olympic flame
will be lit on its holder.
The closing ceremony must take place in the
stadium after the end of all the events. The flag
bearers of the participating countries and the
name-board-bearers enter the stadium in single
file. Behind them march the athletes who
competed. The closing ceremony also has lots of
fireworks and music. Someone will also sing the
national anthem of the country the Olympics was
held in. The Olympic torch will be blown out for
another 4 years.
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The modern Olympics
The modern Olympics, is one of the most watched
sporting events around the world on TV. It is
anticipated by many, and has lots of fire works
and special effects. In the ancient Olympics,
most of the events were held outside. But
nowadays we have more technology, to build bigger
and better stadiums, for events to be held in.
The modern Olympics are more exciting to watch.
This is because we have more modern equipment and
better clothes for our athletes to wear. In
marathons, we have a special machine, that allows
water to spray on the athletes to keep them cool.
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Beijing, host of the 2008 Olympics!
The host of the 2008 Olympics was Beijing, China.
The events were held in the birds nest stadium,
the water cube, and around Beijing. But the
equestrian was held in Hong Kong. The water cube
was where the swimming and diving was held. The
Birds nest stadium, was where the track and
field events are held. Around the Beijing roads,
marathons, triathlons, and cycling are held.
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Beijing tourist attractions
Forbidden City
Some tourist attractions in Beijing are the
forbidden city, the great wall of China and more.
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial
palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of
the Qing Dynasty. For almost five centuries, it
served as the home of the Emperor and his
household, as well as the ceremonial and
political centre of Chinese government. It
consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707
bays of rooms. It is a rectangle 961 metres from
north to south and 753 metres from east to west
The Forbidden City, the culmination of the
two-thousand-year development of classical
Chinese and East Asian architecture
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Great Wall Of China
2-3 million Chinese people died building the
wall. It stretches over 6,700 km The Great Wall
of China was Built around the 5th centaury BC. It
is one of the 7 wonders of the world. The Great
Wall of China was built mainly to protect the
Chinese Empire from the Mongolians and other
invaders. It is located in north China. The
majestic Great Wall was built with wisdom,
dedication, blood, sweat and tears. The Great
Wall is the world's longest human-made structure
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Olympic Sports
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of
exercises requiring physical strength, agility
and co-ordination. There are too different types
of gymnastics rhythmic, and artistic. In
rhythmic gymnastics you usually use hoops,
ribbons and balls. You perform to some music
using this equipment. With artistic gymnastics
you use the beam, bars, trampoline, volt and
pummel horse. You can also use the floor and
perform to the music. Some of the gymnastics is
on ice.
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Pole Vaulting
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which
a person uses a long, flexible pole as a tool to
help an athlete jump over a high set bar. which
today is usually made either of fibreglass or
carbon fibre. Athletes originally used bamboo
sticks as their pole vault but then decided to
use carbon fibre or fibreglass. Pole vaulting is
a little bit like high jump, except you use a
pole to vault your self over a higher bar.
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Weightlifting
Weightlifting is a sport in witch people put
heavy weights on a metal bar. The weightlifter
tries to lift it. Athletes start at a low weight,
and as they achieve lifting small weights, they
gradually add on heavier ones. The winner is the
athlete that can lift the heaviest weights
without dropping them. You also must hold the
weight above your head for three seconds in order
to pass that round. Weight lifting can be a very
dangerous sport. If you drop the weight on your
body, you could easily dislocate, break or
fracture the body part that you dropped the
weight on.
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Olympic Athletes
Bevan Docherty
Bevan Docherty is a New Zealand athlete that has
been to three Olympics so far. At the 2008
Beijing Olympics, he competed in a triathlon. A
triathlon is running, swimming and cycling. In
the sprint at the end he took bronze for New
Zealand, and came third. So far, Bevan has won
three medals. Bevan Docherty was born on March
27, 1977. He weighs 71 kilos and is ranked 4th in
the world in his sport. He attended a Taupo
college.
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Nick Willis
Nick Willis is a great kiwi athlete. He was born
in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. He is famous for
running. He won gold in the 2006, Melbourne,
Olympics, and won bronze in the 2008, Beijing
Olympics. He won both of these medals by running
the 1,500 meter track. His personal best broke
the New Zealand record for running the 1,500
meters. This time was 3 minutes, 32 seconds and
17 mille seconds.
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Usain Bolt

Gold 2008 Beijing 100 metres
Gold 2008 Beijing 200 metres
Gold 2008 Beijing 4 100 m relay
World Championships World Championships World Championships
Silver 2007 Osaka 200 m
Silver 2007 Osaka 4 100 m relay
World Junior Championships World Junior Championships World Junior Championships
Gold 2002 Kingston 200 m
Silver 2002 Kingston 4 100 m relay
Silver 2002 Kingston 4 400 m relay
World Youth Championships World Youth Championships World Youth Championships
Gold 2003 Sherbrooke 200 m
Usain Bolt is a Jamaican Olympic Athlete aged 22.
He is world wide famous because he is the fastest
man on earth. So far he has won 5 gold medals, 3
at the Beijing Olympics, 1 at the Kingston Junior
world Championships and 1 at the Sherbrooke World
Youth Championships. He has also won 4 silver
medals. He was born in Trelawney, Jamaica and was
born on the 22 August, 1986.
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