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1、Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefU8Additional lnformation for the Teachers ReferenceText There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefWarm-up ActivitiesFurther ReadingWriting SkillsAdditional WorkUnit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefWarm-up Activities1.Some people say money is spoiling

2、the beauty of sports competitions and that the traditional virtues of courtesy and sportsmanship have been more or less lost.Others insist that money is not spoiling the game but making it even more spectacular.Which side do you take?2.Do you happen to know any case of trickery and dishonesty in spo

3、rts?Warm-up 1.1Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefWarm-up 1.23.A European coach was quoted as saying:“As long as you are still alive for the victory ceremony,you should get your reward.There is no room for ethics in sports anymore.”Do you agree with him?Do you think it possible for athlete

4、s to compete fiercely for victory while observing ethics and courtesy?Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief Erich Segal was born in Brooklyn,New York,the son of a rabbi.A talented Latin and Greek classicist,he attended Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate degrees,taught at Harva

5、rd and Princeton,and became professor of comparative literature at Yale University in 1967.A prolific writer,he is best known as author of the screenplay for Yellow Submarine,1968 motion picture hit by The Beatles,a British rock-n-roll group;and his novel Love Story,a New York Times No.1 bestseller,

6、later translated into more than twenty languages worldwide.The motion picture version released in 1971 was the number one boxAIFTTR1.1Additional lnformation for the Teachers Reference1.Erich Segal(1937-)Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefAIFTTR1.2office attraction of that year.Two other of

7、 his bestsellers were The Class(1985)and Doctors(1988).Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief According to tradition,the Olympic games were first celebrated in the year 776 B.C.They were held in honour of Zeus of Olympia and were thus a religious festival.Whilst the athletes in the early stag

8、es of the Games were probably mainly from the leisured upper-classes and therefore may be defined as“amateurs”,there rapidly developed what can only be called professional athletes,for whom athletics competition was a career,and who made large amounts of money(or its equivalent)from their success in

9、 the different athletic games and competitions.We actually hear of Greek cities“poaching”athletes from other cities with promises of financial rewards.AIFTTR2.12.the Olympic GamesUnit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefAIFTTR2.2 The Olympic Games were what the Greeks called“crowned Games,ie.”th

10、ere were no cash prizes or prizes in goods,but only a simple wreath of wild olive.Moreover,unlike the modern Games,only the winner was crowned,with no wreath being offered to second or third place-getters.But the financial and material rewards when the victorious athlete returned home were very grea

11、t indeed and a secure and prosperous future awaited him.Moreover,apart from being idolised and made into popular heroes both at home and throughout the Hellenic world,many an athlete gained immortal fame by being made the subject of a victory-ode by famous poets.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic

12、Mischief Not all athletes lived up to the code of excellence.Some were discovered cheating in the games.In the past,only about one percent of athletes have tested positive for banned substances,and this number is generally considered only a fraction of those who use performance-enhancing drugs.Howev

13、er the matter of doping has reared its head and has been developing.Athletes know how to use these substances and avoid detection.The athletes have supporters who get them the latest drugs.There are also some latest ways to cheat:tattooing their drugs of choice under the skin,procuring the fourth ge

14、neration of erythropoietin(EPO)or popping Viagra mixed with gulps of laughing gas.AIFTTR3.13.Cheating in OlympicsUnit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief4.Drug test A drug test is commonly a technical examination of urine,blood,semen,sweat,or oral fluid samples to determine the presence or abse

15、nce of specified drugs or their metabolized traces.There are several common types of drug tests including urine drug screen,hair drug testing,hair alcohol testing,saliva drug screen,sweat drug screen.The different types of drug tests are tested in very similar ways.Before testing the sample,the tamp

16、er-evident seal is checked for integrity.If the seal is damaged,the test will be rejected.There were no drug tests for Olympic athletes in the early years of our century.As drug testing is a matter of safety and fairness,so the IOC initiated the drug testing.AIFTTR4.1Unit 7 There Has Always Been Oly

17、mpic Mischief5.1984 By George Orwell Nineteen Eighty-Four(also titled 1984),by George Orwell(the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair),is a 1949 English novel about life under a futuristic authoritarian regime in the year 1984.It is a chilling depiction of how the power of the state could come to dominate

18、the lives of individuals through cultural conditioning.It tells the story of Winston Smith,a functionary at the Ministry of Truth,whose work consists of editing historical accounts to fit the governments policies.Smith is degraded and tortured after he is arrested by the Thought Police under the ins

19、truction of the totalitarian government of Oceania.AIFTTR5.1Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefAIFTTR5.2 The book has been translated into sixty-two languages.It has major significance for its vision of an all-knowing government which uses pervasive and constant surveillance of the populac

20、e,insidious and blatant propaganda,and brutal control over its citizens.The book had a substantial impact both in literature and on the perception of public surveillance.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefText There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefNotesIntroduction to the Author and the Ar

21、ticlePhrases and ExpressionsExercisesMain Idea of the Text Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefMain Idea of the Text 1Main Idea of the Text In the text,Segals erudition in ancient Greek and Roman is tapped as he vividly makes the case that,contrary to assumption,the earliest Olympic games s

22、hared many of the imperfections decried about the modern ones,including the professionalization of amateur athletes,gambling,cheating,rowdiness,intimidation,commercialization,politicization,and even dosing with illegal,performance-enhancing drugs.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief Erich S

23、egal(1937-)was born in Brooklyn,New York,the son of a rabbi.A talented Latin and Greek classicist,he attended Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate degrees,taught at Harvard and Princeton,and became professor of comparative literature at Yale University in 1967.A prolific writer,he is be

24、st known as author of the screenplay for Yellow Submarine,1968 motion picture hit by The Beatles,a British rock-n-roll group;and his novel Love Story,a New York Times No.1 bestseller,later translated into more than twenty languages worldwide.The motion picture version released in 1971 was the number

25、 one box office attraction of that year.Two other of his bestsellers were The Class(1985)and Doctors(1988).Introduction to the Author and the article1Introduction to the Author and the ArticleUnit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefIntroduction to the Author and the article2 There Has Always Be

26、en Olympic Mischief was first published in TV Guide magazine on July 28,1984.In it Segals erudition in ancient Greek and Roman is tapped as he vividly makes the case that,contrary to assumption,the earliest Olympic games shared many of the imperfections decried about the modern ones,including the pr

27、ofessionalization of amateur athletes,gambling,cheating,rowdiness,intimidation,commercialization,politicization,and even dosing with illegal,performance-enhancing drugs.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief Every four years,when the Olympics roll around again,journalists seem automatically t

28、o recycle those misty-eyed notions about“Good Old Days.”They eulogize the original Greek Games as being pure and uncommercial.If we believe what we read,every ancient competitor was an amateur,and all worshipped fair play.Part2_T1Erich SegalThere Has Always Been Olympic MischiefTextUnit 7 There Has

29、Always Been Olympic Mischief This is,of course,sheer nonsense.As Lord Byron quipped:“All times when old are good.”In fact,the mythology of a perfect Olympics is the modern invention of snobs and self-styled purists,perpetuated by sports writers and television commentators at a loss to fill air time.

30、Here is the not-so-rosy truth.From as far back as Homers Iliad which portrays games of the 12th century B.C.Greek athletes cheated as a matter of course.Their entire ethic was based on winning by fair means or foul.Olympic boxers hit where they werent supposed to,and took bribes to take dives.Runner

31、s jumped the gun(to be precise,the Greeks used a trumpet),and they elbowed one another viciously on the curves.Part2_T2Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefPart2_T3 The chariot racers were even more brutal,especially in the Games held under the Roman Empire.We have recorded cases of drivers

32、stabbing rivals as their vehicles drove neck to neck.Perhaps most amazing of all,if it were later proved that,say,a boxer or a wrestler had dishonestly won through bribery he still didnt lose his title.Perhaps you are asking where the judges were.Oh,the Greeks had the usual referees,umpires,and so f

33、orth.But these arbiters were often susceptible to financial enticements and treats.And even if an honest judge was stationed at the turning post that the runners had to circle,he still had great difficulty in determining whose elbow was smashing into whose ribs,Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic M

34、ischiefbecause the athletes didnt wear numbers.For that matter,they didnt wear uniforms either.Indeed,one real difference between the ancient and modern games was the fact that all the Greek athletes were obliged to compete in the nude.You might think that this bareness would have made it impossible

35、 to commercialize the ancient Games.After all,the stars couldnt be paid to wear anybodys track shoes or sweat shirts.That much is true,but we would be naive to think that the athletes were therefore“amateurs.”Then,as now,the Olympics meant big bucks(sorry,drachmas)for the champions.According to a re

36、cent book by Professor David Young of the University of California at Santa Barbara,the winner of the sprint could,in fact,expect to earn the ancient equivalent of several hundred thousand dollars!Part2_T4Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief To begin with,there was the actual prize money.Fr

37、om at least the sixth century B.C.the Greeks openly gave cash awards for first place in the Olympics.After that there were huge fees that these newly crowned champions could demand for“personal appearances.”No,I am not being anachronistic.Promoters of minor track meets which were often held to adver

38、tise local products(!)would fork over plenty to have the hottest runners of the day merely show up.Whats more,the athletes were generally absolved by their home town from paying taxes and were given free meals for life.Part2_T5Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief Thus,even in classical time

39、s,the Olympics were a highly commercial affair.And they were also highly political.There were ferocious rivalries among the various city-states,both from the mainland and the various Greek colonies,to have one of their own win a big title.I am not afraid to name names.The greatest sprinter in antiqu

40、ity was a certain Astylos,who hailed from Crotona,a tiny Greek village in Italy.At the Games of 488 B.C.he dazzled all by winning both sprint events.Afterwards,Astylos was approached by some boys from Syracuse,then a rich and growing city in Sicily,who made him an offer he couldnt refuse.Part2_T6Uni

41、t 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefPart2_T7They suggested that he change citizenship so he could run for their citys team in the next Olympics.The price was right.And the deal paid off.In the Games of both 484 and 480,he repeated his amazing double.But he entered the record books as Astylos o

42、f Syracuse.Which proves that money can buy anything,including Olympic champions.Lest I besmirch the name of a great athlete,let me hasten to say that I do not imply that Astylos really cheated.He simply accepted a lot of cash to move to a bigger base of operations.It happens all the time today with

43、corporate executives.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefPart2_T8 Let us conclude this iconoclastic survey of ancient misbehavior with two rather bizarre anecdotes.According to the authority of the great historian Plutarch,King Mithridates of Pontus(first century B.C.)poisoned the rival cha

44、rioteer who dared to beat him in a race.And finally there was the multitalented emperor Nero.In A.D.67,he had the officials hold a special Games at Olympia in his honor.He lasted about twenty yards and fell off his chariot.But he was nonetheless declared the winner.In this instance,the judges were n

45、ot bribed.They were simply scared.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief When the Games were revived in 1896,all the ancient shenanigans were revived with them.And as time progressed,refinements were added.It almost goes without saying that the Greeks overwhelmed their countryman Spiridon Lou

46、es,the winner of the marathon,with numerous tangible rewards.(Some accounts say female spectators threw their jewels down to him on the track.)But let us quickly say he won fair and square.And yet when he crossed the finish line,he was a little“high”on more than joy having fortified himself along th

47、e road with swigs of sugared wine.Part2_T9Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic MischiefPart2_T10 By contrast,the first marathoner to reach the stadium in the St.Louis Olympics in 1904 was one Fred Lorz of the United States.Just before President Teddy Roosevelts daughter was to give him his medal,it

48、was discovered that Lorz had not,after all,gone the entire distance under his own steam.Having cramped up at about nine miles,he accepted a ride from a passing car.But the auto also cramped up a little later,and Lorz jumped out and jogged the rest of the way to the stadium,arriving well before the o

49、ther racers.This“victory”is one of the lighter moments in the history of Olympic cheating.Unit 7 There Has Always Been Olympic Mischief More ominous is the fact that distance runners very quickly began taking stimulants.Strychnine was one of the earliest drugs used for this purpose.Indeed,T.J.Hicks,

50、the athlete who actually got the marathon gold medal after Lorz was disqualified,had sustained himself en route with large quantities of brandy and small doses of strychnine.Though his physician was not secretive about it,Hicks got to keep his medal.Of course there were no drug tests for Olympic ath