Women+at+Olympia

= = = Women at Olympia =

PUNTO 1:traducción INGLÉS:

Only men, boys and unmarried girls could attend the Olympic Games. Married women were not allowed into the Olympic Games. Any women caught sneaking in were punished! Women could own horses in the chariot race though. Unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years. This was the Heraia, held in honour of Hera, wife of Zeus. Women could compete in running races, though only unmarried girls took part. Winners were awarded crowns of sacred olive branches, the same as men. As a rule Greek women did not go in for sport, unless they were Spartans.

PUNTO 2 : vocabulario

-Unmarried: soltero/a

- Allowed: permitían (to allow = permitir)

-To attend: asistir

-Caught: descubiertas / pilladas

-Sneaking: mirar a escondidas

-Punished: castigada

-Own: poseer/ ser dueño/a

-Though: aunque

-Held: celebrado en / se llevaba a cabo en

-Took: cogían

-Awarded: concedido

-Crowns: coronas

-Sacred: sagrada

-Branches: ramas

-Unless: a no ser que

-To go in for something: dedicarse a algo

- Could = podían

PUNTO 3:verbos and past of the verbs

-To be / were : ser / fueron

-Allow/allowed: permitir/permitían

-To be / were not : ser / no fueron

-Catch / caught : coger / cogían

-Punish / punished: Castigar / castigadas

-Have / had : Tener / tenían

-To be / was : ser / era

-Hold / held : Celebrar / eran celebrados / organizar

-Take / took : coger / cogían

-Award / awarded : conceder / concedían

-Do / did : hacer / hizo

- Can / could : poder

PUNTO 4 : True / false sentences

1.Married women could attend to the Olympic Games.

2.Only unmarried women could compete in the Olympic Games.

3.Unmarried women had their festival every six years held in honour of the wife of Zeus..

4.Female winners were awarded crowns of sacred olive branches, the same as men.

Punto 5:Compare the Ancient games with the moderns games.

In the Ancient games only unmarried women could attend the events, but in the modern games all the women can compete, unmarried and married. In the Ancient games the winners were awarded sacred olive braches and in the moderns games they are awarded money and medals.

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