Food for thought

If Madrid wins the 2020 Games, will that investment bring economic benefits? The 2020 Olympic host will be announced on 7 September 2013.
Click here to listen to some news about it.

On your marks, get set, go!

More words we need:

• TUCK POSITION

In diving, gymnastics or downhill skiing, for instance, tuck position is a position with the knees bent and held close to the chest.

• PIKE POSITION

Pike position in diving or gymnastics is a jackknife position.

• BATON

A short stick passed from runner to runner in a relay race.


The latest news:
The prime minister Mr Cameron said: "Now the London Olympics has been a great success, we need to use the inspiration of the Games to get children playing sport more regularly." The new curriculum in primary schools will make it compulsory to take part in "recognised and recognisable sports" and will set out requirements for "team outdoor and adventurous activity".


Click here to see London 2012 Olympics in pictures ( and captions).

About London 2012.

The British Council has created a very useful language handbook to help English learners to understand spoken and written English in relation to the London 2012 Olympic Games. You can learn useful phrases and vocabulary.
Do you take the challenge?Here you are the electronic versions of  the Visitor Handbooks for the Olympic and Paralympic Games:  Click here  to read online or download the pdf.
Here you are some interesting readers about London 2012: Click here
Don't miss it! 
Thanks to the British Council.

Lighting the ceremonial flame.

The theme of the ceremony was This is for everyone. 

Seven young athletes lit the cauldron!
Click here to see the Olympic opening ceremony in pictures (and interesting captions to read).

Let the Games begin!

The Opening ceremony of the Olympics is just hours away after seven years of preparation! People are really excited about the Olympics, the sport event that comes once every four years.
The Olympic Games might also increase a generation of kids to get involved in sports.

•    Click here to see the London 2012 ceremony build-up in pictures.
•    Click here to read about what people visiting the UK for the Olympics need to know about the nation's quirks, habits and rules.

The Olympics: Faster, higher, stronger!

Click here to read (and listen to) an ebook about the Olympic Games.