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Pyeongchang – The Big Event
Listening Questions 1
1. How many locations will be hosting events?
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2. Besides PyeongChang, what other two cities were in the running to hostthe 2018 Olympic Games?
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3. In what year did South Korea host the Summer Games?
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4. Which country finished third overall in the medal standings in Sochi?
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5. How many medals combined did Japan and South Korea win in Sochi?
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2. QUESTIONS

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Listening Questions 2
3. LISTEN
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1. Name 3 sports athletes will be competing in at the PyeongChang Games.
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2. Who will be the defending women’s ice hockey champions inPyeongChang?
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3. When will the Paralympics start, and how many sports will be represented?
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4. What are the names of the two mascots, and what are they?
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5. Which city will be hosting the next Winter Games?
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Discussion Questions

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1. Do you feel more patriotic during the Olympics?
2. How does an Olympic Games benefit the host city or country?
3. Do you think politics and sport should mix?

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This month the 23rd edition of the Winter Olympics will be taking place in Pyeongchang, SouthKorea from February 8 – 25. The county of Pyeongchang is located in the northeastern part ofSouth Korea and, according to the official website of the Games, has a population of about
43,000 people. Two other locations, Gangneung and Jeongseon, will also be hosting events.

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Pyeongchang beat out Munich, Germany and Annecy, France to win the 2018 Games.
Pyeongchang had previously lost to Vancouver and Sochi for the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games,respectively.

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Obscurity

There will be a total of 15 different sports at the Pyeongchang Olympics including figure skating,curling, speed skating, ski jumping, and ice hockey. Ice hockey fans will not be able to see theirfavorite National Hockey League (or NHL) players at these Games. NHL players have taken
part in the last five Winter Olympics going all the way back to Nagano in 1998. The Canadian
men’s and women’s ice hockey teams are the defending champions.
Although not competing at these Olympics, Kim Yuna, the gold medalist at the Vancouver 2010
Winter Olympics, is one of the honorary ambassadors. Many Japanese fans of figure skating willrecall that Mao Asada finished second to Kim Yuna eight years ago in Vancouver.
The Paralympic Games will start on March 9 and run until March 18, and will feature wheelchaircurling, alpine and cross-country skiing, ice hockey (also known as sledge hockey), biathlon andsnowboarding.

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In 1988 South Korea hosted the Summer Olympics. One event that received a lot of publicity
that year was the 100-meter race that featured an intense rivalry between America’s Carl Lewisand Canada’s Ben Johnson. Johnson won the race but was later disqualified.
The last Winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia and the top 3 countries in the final medal
count – based on the total number of medals won – were Russia, the United States, andNorway. Japan and South Korea both took home a total of 8 medals each.

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Mascots are always a fun part of the Olympics. For the Pyeongchang Games, a white tiger
named Soohorang was chosen, while Bandabi, an Asian black bear, will represent theParalympic Games.
Finally, the next Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, and of course Tokyo will be hosting thenext Summer Games in 2020, making it 3 Olympics in a row in Asia.

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