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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES




Today is Wednesday 27th June 2012.
In 30 Days,
On Friday 27th July 2012,
the London Olympic Games
will start.

In 30 Days
 the Opening Ceremony
will take place.


By the way...
Talking about the Olympics...
I am sure that you already know these two facts about the Olympic Games...

1.- The Olympic Games  is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world’s foremost sports competition and more than 200 nations participate. The Games occur every four years. 

2.- This summer, the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

But I am sure you don't know the music of the LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES...

If that is the case,
this is just for you...

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The singer is Heather Small


and the title of the song is 
"Proud".

So, In order to get familiar with this music...
Watch the video "Sport at Heart", 
that is considered "The Official London 2012 Olympics Film", 
and tick the sports that appear symbolically on it:








How many sports can you see?


Now you can listen to the song again,
watching the Video "Proud" by Heather Small,
and complete the following 2 activities: 



Activity 1.-  JUMBLED WORDS

Listen to the song and Order the words of all the lines from the 1st paragraph:

-          look/window/I/my/into/my/mind/the/of
-          reflections/fears/behind/left/I/the/of/I/know/I’ve
-          ordinary/step/the/I/out/of
-          ascending/soul/can /I/feel/my
-          way/on/my/I/am
-          now/stop/can’t/me
-          can/you/same/and/do/the
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Activity 2.-  JUMBLED LINES

 Listen to the song and Order the lines from the 1st paragraph:

-          It's never too late to try
-          If you make that break for freedom
-          You could be so many people
-          What have you done today to make you feel proud?
-          What have you done today to make you feel proud?
-          What have you done today to make you feel proud?

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SELF-CORRECTION.-
  
You can correct yourself the 2 previous activities 
having a look at the Lyrics 


A Last Question (just to finish) ...
Read the Lyrics of the song and look for a sentence in the 2nd paragraph that could be considered as the Slogan of Adult Education.



FURTHER INFORMATION.-

* You can read more about Heather Small's life 
in the following article published on the digital version of  
** To be well-informed about the Olympic Games this summer,
 you can have a look at the

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