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THE FATHER OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES Read the following text carefully: Coubertin was the idealist whose dream led to the modern Olympic Games He was bom on 1" January 1863 in Paris of an aristocratic family who lived in a private hotel in the city, and he graduated in arts, sciences and law, It was intended that he join the army, but he became interested in educational reform, writing numerous books throughout his life with titles like: French Education during the 3" republic and English Education in France. He visited England several times in the 1880s having been impressed with the ideas of Thomas Arnold, the headmaster of Rugby School many years earlier. He concluded that physical culture was an essential part of education, became secretary-general committee to propagate physical exercise, and after a visit to North of America decided that a movement to popularize international sport would be of great value to education and international harmony. On 25 November 1892 he first suggested the revival of the Olympic Games in a speech in Sorbonne. Several conferences and committees later he saw his ideal realized, and until 1925 when he retired as President of the International Olympic Committee, he was the leading organizer of the Olympics He married and had two children. He devoted so much of his fortune to pursuing his ideas that he was comparatively poor when he died in Geneva on 2 September 1937. His heart was taken to Olympia, in Greece, where a memorial was erected. Source: "Growing upl 8ano" COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES ACCORDING TO THE TEXT: 1, Coubertin dream was 2. He studied 3 He realized that physical culture 4. According to Coubertin international sport was important because 5. In a speech at the Sorbonne he proposed 6. in 1925 he retired but remained but he

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1- Coubertin dream about led to the modern olympic games

2-art, science and law

3-was an essential part of education

4-has great value to education

5-he first suggested the revival of the Olympic Games

6-he remained the leading source organizer of the Olympics

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