Olympic Games

Today’s session of the Speaking Club at Window on America center Dnipropetrovsk was dedicated to the topic that is in the air all over the world – the Olympic Games.

We started with the exploration of the official site of the Olympics and revised the list of sports included into the Olympic games. – some terms were  quite new to the majority of the club members –  archery, fencing , equestrian.

We have compared the Olympic sports systems in the USA and in Ukraine. The American fund-rising project “Raise our flag” was introduced. The idea of “buying s stitch” for 12 us$ illustrated how a community may be involved in financing the Olympic athletes.

The next topic for discussion was the achievements of the famous US swimmer Michael Phelps who is the most medaled sportsman in history of the Olympic Games.

The groups discussed the phenomenon of the Olympics and its impact on the society of a host country.

A quiz about the history of the Olympics showed that we have forgotten certain interesting facts about the origin of this sports movement.

A photo display «Women's athlete gallery» about the US female athletes was introduced to the group. The participant of the meeting with Tracy Noonan shared her impressions about this sportswoman and the importance of gender equality in the American society and sports.

The final part of the session was dedicated to the introductions of the staff and club members as the amount of newcomers this Saturday was quite considerable.

The plans for the September activities were announced to the club members. The atmosphere of the session was friendly and informal and positively impressed the people who joined the club.

The number of participants - 32.