Surprises & Lesson Learned from the Unofficial Story of
Olympics, Outsider Reading Book for Vocab. Skill Development
2nd term / 2019
1.
What is the most surprising thing after
reading this book? Why? Explain.
-I felt the most surprised when I read about the Paralympic
Games. Even those people with
disabilities can perform well in sports games.
They don’t use their poor physical condition for an excuse to give up or
be disappointed throughout their lives.
- Cheating had occurred since the ancient period to the
present. I don’t think that the old era
people cheated. I think they were more honest than new generations.
-For me, the most surprising thing is how these games can
really bring people together to watch a game of sports and how it brings unity
to people across the world.
2.
What have you learned from this Olympic
Game? Use your critical thinking skills
to answer.
-
A big thing always takes a long time to build
it, like the Olympic Game that has taken many centuries from the beginning till
the present.
-
Everyone can be successful if one tries it hard
enough.
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I’ve learned that everything has changed after a
period of time.
-
I learned about the power of humans that help
each other to make something successful. If we can’t do the big thing alone,
the best company can help us.
-
I learned about fair games. Victory must come from the fair games, not
cheating.
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There are both strengths and weaknesses of this
game. Strengths include people being kind, brave and harmonious. On the other
hand, it also causes cheating and struggling to win the game.
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For the Olympic motto ‘ Citius, Altius,
Fortius’ (Faster, Higher, Stronger), it makes athletes try to be better competitors
and showing the spirit that will make them successful.
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The most important thing is not a success, but an effort to achieve things.
-
Every success depends on your attitudes. If you believe you can do it, you might
achieve it one day. If you don’t, you
will never achieve it.
-
The game brings peace to the world. I never look from this side. I always think that its aim is to compete to
be the best in the world.
The Paralympic Games
-
- I’ve learned that there are chances for both normal
and disabled people to show & improve potentials. People just have to be
brave & confident.
-
The Paralympic Games are the way to support
people with disabilities think that they have skills like others. Also, they could get a healthier body.
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Remark: Above is students' ideas toward the book. I've used this outside reading book trice. The first time was for the Analytical & Critical Reading course four years ago, then last year and here it is for this 2nd term of academic year 2019. This book is amazing. I've never got bored of reading it many many times. It still always fascinates me.
For example: gymasium is originally from the Greek root which actually means a place for people to exercise indoor. The root, gymnos, means 'naked' because, in ancient Greece, a sportsman would compete in a naked body to show muscle. His body would be applied by olive oil to ensure that when they did sports on the sand, it wouldn't hurt him.
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