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The Winter Olympics Posted by on Feb 8, 2018

The 23rd edition of the Winter Olympics starts tomorrow. This year, the games are happening in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It will be the first ever Winter Olympics in South Korea. They previously hosted the Summer Olympics in the capital of Seoul in 1988. South Korea tried to get the winter games unsuccessfully in 2010 and…

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Athletes to watch in the Winter Olympics Posted by on Feb 11, 2014

With the Winter Olympics now underway what athletes are you watching?  Who are you hoping will win gold?  Today I’m going to introduce you to a number of American athletes that have a lot of fans here in the United States.  You may want to keep an eye out for these athletes and see how…

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Winter Olympic Sports Posted by on Feb 6, 2014

Let’s learn the names of all the Winter Olympic sports and also learn a little bit about each sport! If you do this, when you are watching the games over the next weeks you can practice your English, by quizzing yourself on these new vocabulary words. These are the sports represented in the 2014 Winter…

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It’s time…for the Winter Olympics! Posted by on Feb 4, 2014

The Winter Olympics are coming so let’s get ready! My next 3 posts are intended to help get you in the spirit for the Winter Olympic Games. This first post will be about the games themselves; then we will look at the sports that are featured in the Winter Olympic; and finally we will look…

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