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The olympic games are one of the most spectacular reminders of the debt we owe to the greeks. the original olympic games were held every four years in honour of zeus, the supreme god of greek religion. the first record of the games dates from 776 b.c., but it is certain that they existed prior to that. they were held continuously for over 1.000 years until they were abolished in the reign of king theodosius about 392 a.d. the olympic festival was a great unifying bond between the independent city-states of greece. the important sports in the original olympic games were running, jumping, wrestling, throwing the discus and throwing the javelin. only men competed and they wore no clothes in order to have greater freedom of movement. each competitor had to take the olympic oath – a promise to behave in a sportsman-like fashion. the modern olympic era began in 1894 when frenchman baron pierre de coubertin decided to revive the ancient greek tradition of celebrating health, youth and peace with a sports festival. baron de coubertin created the international olympic committee (ioc) and the first modem olympiad took place in athens in 1896. since then the olympic games have been held every four years with only two exceptions because of the two world wars. even though the modern olympic games embrace the whole world, the connection with greece is still very strong. a lighted torch is brought all the way from greece, carried by a relay of runners, in order to light the olympic flame which bums all through the games. as in ancient greek times, the competitors still take the olympic oath. the long-distance race is still called the marathon. marathon was a village about 26 miles from athens. in the year 490 bc the greeks defeated a powerful persian army at that spot. after the fierce day’s fighting a soldier volunteered to bring news of the victory to the anxious citizens of athens. he ran all the way and after gasping out the message. “rejoice, we conquer! ” he collapsed and died. one important rule of the olympic games is that the competitors must be amateurs. this rule has been under a lot of pressure in recent years because modem sport is so professional and competitive. athletes train for years to take part in the olympics and some countries spend much more than others on equipment and facilities. but despite these pressures, the amateur rule remains. in modern times the olympic movement has become an enormous and expensive organisation, it’s controlled by the international olympic committee, which consists of members from all the participating countries. the ioc is based in lausanne, switzerland. it chooses the locations of both summer and winter games (both take place once very four years, with winter games half a year before summer olympiads). it also controls the rules of the competitions and selects new olympic sports. the famous flag of the ioc shows five rings of different colours linked together. the rings represent the five continents. many kinds of sport originated from england. the english have a proverb, “all work and no play makes jack a dull boy”. they do not think that play is more important than work; they think that jack will do his work better if he plays as well. so he is encouraged to do both. association football, or soccer is one of the most popular games in the british isles played from late august until the beginning of may. in summer the english national sport is cricket. when the english say: “that’s not cricket” it means “that’s not fair”, “to play the game” means “to be fair”.

we all often use transport. it helps to cover long distances very quickly. transport greatly facilitates our life. transport can be personal and public. personal transport is primarily the car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc. public transport includes bus, trolley bus, metro and trams.

i often use public transport. it is convenient and cheap. my favorite mean of transport is the tram. from early childhood i often travelled by tram. in addition, there’s the tram line running close to my house. so, only a couple of steps and you're at the tram stop.

the tram is an old enough mean of transport. it appeared in the first half of the 19th century. originally the trams were horse-drawn. and the usual trams on electricity appeared in 1881.

the tram is accessible, convenient and environmentally friendly kind of transport. so whenever i need it i take a tram.

Summer is the best time of the year when you can relax the way you want.this year,in august,i, along with my parents went on a trip on the lake turgoyak.when we arrived to the lake,i was surprised,what was a large and beautiful lake.the lake water is very clear and very cold.even in the summer heat, sometimes to swim in the lake impossible.when i entered the lake,my feet became very painful pinching from the cold water.from tours of the lake the guide told us that the lake turgoyak is a very deep lake with a maximum depth of 36 meters. about the lake there are many legends. we were told the legend of the beauty gojak and her lover round, i remember that was kind of a sad story and, of course, about love! on the lake often go for a walk wind, can be quite high waves.there's a wonderful nature, forests and mountains are beautiful, the air is clean. on the lake there are several islands, the largest of them is the island of faith. it was on the island of faith found traces of the ancient people, dolmens and megaliths.when we were on the island of faith,the guide told us the story of the holy faith.to get to the island of faith the inhabitants built a bridge across the whole lake from different things and bags,and when a bridge was built, the residents began to walk to the holy faith for really liked the trip to the lake turgoyak,i was just перевод ; лето-самое лучшее время года,когда можно отдыхать так,как тебе хочется.в этом году,в августе,я вместе со своими родителями отправился в путешествие на озеро тургояк.когда мы приехали к озеру,я был удивлен,какое оказалось большое и красивое озеро.вода в озере прозрачная и холодная.даже в летнюю жару, бывает, что купаться в озере невозможно.когда я вошел в озеро,мои ноги стало больно щипать от холодной воды.из экскурсии по озеру экскурсовод рассказал нам,что озеро тургояк - глубокое озеро, максимальная глубина 36 метров. об озере сложено много легенд. нам рассказывали легенду о красавице гояк и её возлюбленном туре, помню, что была какая-то печальная и, конечно же, о любви! на озере часто гуляют ветра, бывают довольно высокие волны.природа там замечательная, леса и горы красивые, воздух чистейший. на озере есть несколько островов, самый крупный из них - это остров веры. именно на острове веры найдены следы пребывания древних людей - дольмены и мегалиты.когда мы были на острове веры,экскурсовод нам рассказывал о святой вере.чтобы попасть на остров веры жители выстраивали мост через всё озеро из разных вещей и мешков,и когда был построен мост жители стали ходить к святой вере за понравилось путешествие на озеро тургояк,я просто был в ну как то так !