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Task 1: Leading-in
Do you know there is an event called “Marathon”?
Do you think there was such an event in ancient Olympics?
The Marathon was a modern
event that was first introduced.
in the 1896 Olympic Games. The distance is 26 miles 385 yards or 42,195 kilometres. It’s a race in honor of Phidippides, an ancient runner. In the 5th century B.C, the Persians attacked Greece at Marathon near Athens.
