1 Ten seconds 1
2 The Ancient Olympics 3
3 A new start 8
4 The Olympics today 13
5 Sports and champions 19
6 The Winter Olympics 26
7 The Paralympics 32
8 Problems at the Olympics 39
9 Becoming an Olympic hero 43
10 Later and the future 49
GLOSSARY 52
MODERN SUMMER OLYMPICS HOST CITIES AND COUNTRIES 55
ACTIVITIES: Before Reading 56
ACTIVITIES: While Reading 57
ACTIVITIES: After Reading 61
TRANSLATION 参考译文 66
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Every four years, the worlds best athletes come together for one of the most exciting competitions in sport: the Olympic Games. After years of training, competitors in more than forty different sports win and lose their events, and set new world records, in front of crowds of people.
The Olympic Games are more than two thousand five hundred years old. So how did they start, how have they changed over the years, and what have been some of the most important times in their history?
每四年,世界上最优秀的运动员都会齐聚一堂,参加体育界一个最激动人心的比赛 奥林匹克运动会。经过多年的训练,在众多观众的见证下,有40多项运动的参赛者在参赛项目中获胜、失败、创造新的世界纪录。
奥林匹克运动会已有2,500多年历史。那么,奥运会是如何开始的?多年间发生过怎样的变化?奥运会历史上又有哪些重要时刻?