Beginning in 776 BC, the Olympic Games were held in the Valley of Olympia in Greece. They were dedicated to the Olympian Gods and took place every four years. By about 650 BC the Games were held over five days. Sportsmen came to the Valley of Olympia from every corner of the Greek world. Sportsmen competed in running, wrestling and the pentathlon. The pentathlon was a five-event match which included running, wrestling, jumping, throwing the discus and throwing the javelin. Later boxing, a chariot race and other events were included. Women could not take part in the Games and even couldn’t watch them. The winners of these early Games were awarded with wreaths4 from an olive tree that was planted by Hercules* (Heracles), founder of the Games. In 394 AD the Olympic Games were abolished. Thanks to Baron Pierre de Coubertin the first Modern Olympic Games took place in Greece in 1896. They were held over 10 days in April. About 300 athletes from 13 countries participated6 in 9 different sports. The largest delegation was from Greece. They won 10 gold medals and set Olympic records. At the Moscow 1980 Games more than 5,000 athletes from 80 countries competed in 21 different sports. The 2004 Olympic Games also took place in Greece. Athletes from 202 countries competed in 28 different sports some of which, for example, the track events in athletics, are very old, while others were added' to the programme of the Games not long ago. For example, open water swimming events, over the distance of 10 kilometres, were included into the programme of the Olympic Games in 2008 (in China).

•Найдите в тексте предложения с глаголами в страдательном залоге и переделайте их в глаголы в действительном залоге. (понимание грамматических структур).

Earth is my favourite planet. earth is the third planet from the sun and the fifth largest.earth is the only planet whose english name does not derive from greek/roman mythology. the name derives from old english and germanic. there are, of course, hundreds of other names for the planet in other languages. in roman mythology, the goddess of the earth was tellus - the fertile soil (greek: gaia, terra mater - mother earth). it was not until the time of copernicus (the sixteenth century) that it was understood that the earth is just another planet. mir and earth's limb mir space station and earth's limb earth, of course, can be studied without the aid of spacecraft. nevertheless it was not until the twentieth century that we had maps of the entire planet. pictures of the planet taken from space are of considerable importance; for example, they are an enormous help in weather prediction and especially in tracking and predicting hurricanes. and they are extraordinarily beautiful. the crust varies considerably in thickness, it is thinner under the oceans, thicker under the continents. the inner core and crust are solid; the outer core and mantle layers are plastic or semi-fluid.земля моя любимая планета . земля является третьей планетой от солнца.земля является единственной планетой , чья название не является производным от греческого / римской мифологии. название происходит от старого и германского . есть , конечно, сотни других имен для планеты на других языках . в римской мифологии , богиня земли был tellus - плодородная почва (греч. гайя, терра -матер - мать-земля ) .он не был до времени коперника ( шестнадцатый век) , что было понятно, что земля просто другая планета .мир и земли конечностейкосмическая станция мир и конечностей землиземли , конечно, может быть изучена без космических аппаратов. тем не менее он не был до двадцатого века , что мы имели карты всей планеты. фотографии планеты , взятой из пространства имеют большое значение , например , они являются огромным подспорьем в прогнозировании погоды и особенно в отслеживании и прогнозирования ураганов. и они необычайно красив . корка значительно варьируется по толщине, он тоньше под океанами , толще под материками . внутреннее ядро ​​и кора являются твердыми ; внешнее ядро ​​и мантия слои пластика или полужидкая .

Время Past Perfect используется тогда, когда мы хотим сказать, что какое-либо действие произошло перед еще одним определённым действием в . Второе как раз характеризуется временем Past Simple.

1. Mrs Little  saw right away that the infant clothes she  had provided were unsuitable.

2. When, at the age of a month, he  had gained only a third of an ounce, Mrs Little  was so worried that she  sent for the doctor.

3. One day when Mrs was washing out the bathtub after Mr Little  had  taken a bath, she  lost a ring off her finger.

4. She was horrified to discover that it  had fell down the drain.

5. George  was annoyed that his hook idea  hadn't worked.

6. "How was it down there?" asked Mr Little, who  was always curious to  know about place he  had never been to.

7. "It was all right," said Stuart. But the truth was the drain  had made him  very slimy, and it  was necessary for him to take a bath.

8. Everybody in the family  thought he  had been awfully  good about the whole thing.