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    Women's participation in the Olympic Games has historically faced barriers and inequality. In ancient Olympics, women could only participate as owners of horses, not as athletes. Early modern Olympics also saw limited participation by women, though events for women such as tennis and golf were included in 1900. It was not until 1928 that women's athletics and gymnastics were added. Over time more women's events were included, such as women's boxing in 2012. However, some countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar still prohibit women from participating in the Olympics as recently as 2012.

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    Women's participation in the Olympic Games has historically faced barriers and inequality. In ancient Olympics, women could only participate as owners of horses, not as athletes. Early modern Olympics also saw limited participation by women, though events for women such as tennis and golf were included in 1900. It was not until 1928 that women's athletics and gymnastics were added. Over time more women's events were included, such as women's boxing in 2012. However, some countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar still prohibit women from participating in the Olympics as recently as 2012.

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    Exercise to practice PAS UnB English test

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    Women's participation in the Olympic Games has historically faced barriers and inequality. In ancient Olympics, women could only participate as owners of horses, not as athletes. Early modern Olympics also saw limited participation by women, though events for women such as tennis and golf were included in 1900. It was not until 1928 that women's athletics and gymnastics were added. Over time more women's events were included, such as women's boxing in 2012. However, some countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar still prohibit women from participating in the Olympics as recently as 2012.

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    Women's participation in the Olympic Games has historically faced barriers and inequality. In ancient Olympics, women could only participate as owners of horses, not as athletes. Early modern Olympics also saw limited participation by women, though events for women such as tennis and golf were included in 1900. It was not until 1928 that women's athletics and gymnastics were added. Over time more women's events were included, such as women's boxing in 2012. However, some countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar still prohibit women from participating in the Olympics as recently as 2012.

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    GDF - SEE - GRE - PP / CRUZEIRO - CIL N.

    02 -
    ENGLISH

    NAME: TEACHER:
    DATE: CLASS HOUR: GRADE:

    Women at the Olympic Games


    The road to equality for women at the Olympic Games has been long and
    difficult, and there is still a long way to go. Participation in the Ancient Olympic
    Games was limited to male athletes only. The only way women could participate
    was as owners of horses. There are records of several winning women horse
    owners. As the owner of the horse teams, the women were considered winners,
    but very probably they werent even present at the events. Even in the early
    years of the modern Olympics, women were not well represented. They
    participated for the first time at the 1900 Games with the inclusion of women's
    events in tennis and golf. Women's athletics and gymnastics started only at the
    1928 Olympics. Over time more women's events were added. In 2012, women's
    boxing was introduced. Now, all sports are permitted for women! Equality in the
    opportunity to compete is one thing, but in many countries women still do not
    have equal rights to participate in sports and the opportunity to participate in the
    Olympic Games. On July 12th, just two weeks before the beginning of the 2012
    Olympic Games, Saudi Arabia announced that the country would send two
    women to compete judo and athletics for the first time in history. But Qatar and
    Brunei still prohibit women participation in the Games.
    (Internet: <www.topendsports.com> (adapted).

    1. Leia ao texto acima e sublinhe todas as palavras que voc conhece.

    2. O texto acima fala sobre:


    a) Olimpadas
    b) Copa do Mundo

    3. Voc gosta de esportes? Quais? Voc pratica algum ou gosta apenas de


    assistir aos jogos?

    4. Algum esporte que voc indicou acima aparece no texto? Quais?

    5. Relacione, em Ingls, todos os esportes mencionados no texto (se


    necessrio, utilize um dicionrio):
    6. O texto apresentado fala da participao de mulheres em jogos
    olmpicos. Voc acha que as mulheres sempre participaram dos jogos?
    As mulheres devem ter o direito de participar? Voc conhece algum pas
    onde as mulheres so proibidas de praticar esportes?

    Agora que voc j sabe um pouco mais sobre o assunto, leia novamente o
    texto e responda s questes abaixo. Antes, segue um breve vocabulrio para
    ajud-lo na tarefa:

    road estrada record registro


    women mulheres several muitos(as)
    still ainda to win ganhar
    way caminho winner vencedor(a)
    to go ir early incio, comeo, cedo
    was/we passado do verbo "to
    re be" to add adicionar/incluir
    male masculino thing coisa
    only nico week semana
    owner dono(a) beginning comeo
    horse cavalo

    Para cada alternativa marque C (certo) ou E (errado):

    Based on the article above, judge the following items:

    1 Womens role in the Ancient Olympics was dependent on their ownership of


    horses.

    2 In the modern Olympic Games, one of the first sports which permitted women
    athletes was golf.

    3 Nowadays, all countries send women athletes to the Olympic Games.

    4 Only men could participate in the Ancient Olympic Games.


    (disponvel em: http://www.cespe.unb.br/pas/arquivos%5CPAS12012_001_03.pdf Acesso em: 31/10/2013)

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