Past and Present
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents To Be the Best in the World.
目录 成为世界上最好的。
4 The Ancient Olympic Games.
4 古代奥林匹克运动会.
5 The Olympics Revived.
5,奥运复兴.
10 The Olympics Evolve.
10 奥运会进取.
14 Today’s Olympics.
14 今日奥运会.
19 Glossary.
19 词汇表。
23 To Be the Best in the World Citius, Altius, Fortius.
23 为"世界最佳"(Citius),"阿尔提斯","福特"(Fortius).
These three Latin words, meaning “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” are the motto of the Olympic Games.
这三个拉丁语单词,意为"快,高,强",是奥林匹克运动会的座右铭.
It’s natural for any good athlete to want to do better than his or her competitors.
任何优秀运动员都想比竞争对手做得更好,这是自然的。
But in Olympic contests, winning means even more.
但在奥运会比赛中,取胜的意义更大.
Athletes who win Olympic gold medals are the best in all the world.
获得奥运会金牌的运动员是全球最佳运动员.
Did you ever wonder where the Olympic Games came from?
你有没有想过奥运会是哪里来的?
The Olympic Games began in ancient Greece and have a long history of promoting peaceful competition.
奥林匹克运动会从古希腊开始,具有促进和平竞争的悠久历史.
Many cities around the world compete for the honor of holding the Games.
世界各地多地城市竞相获得举办奥运会的荣誉.
Hosting the Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics makes a city part of the Games’ rich tradition.
主办夏季奥运会或冬季奥运会使城市成为该运动会丰富传统的一部分.
María Colón of Cuba throws to win the women’s javelin final.
古巴的玛丽亚·科隆(María Colón)为赢得女子javelin决赛而出道.
She set a world and Olympic record of 68.
她创造了68个世界和奥运纪录.
4 meters on July 25, 1980.
1980年7月25日为4米.
The Ancient Olympic Games Ancient writings say that the first Olympics took place in Olympia, Greece, in 776 bc, although many historians believe it was probably much earlier.
古代奥林匹克运动会的古文说,第一届奥运会是在希腊奥林匹亚举行的,时间为776 bc,尽管许多历史学家认为可能更早.
The ancient Greeks actually held four different athletic competitions, one every year, each one honoring a different god.
古希腊人实际上举办了四次不同的田径比赛,每年一次,每一次都敬拜不同的神.
The Olympics was just one competition out of the four, which is why the Summer Games and Winter Games are held every four years.
奥运会只是四场比赛中的一场,这也是为什么夏季运动会和冬季运动会每四年举行一次的原因.
The Olympics honored the king of the gods, Zeus, who lived on Mount Olympus.
奥运会向居住在奥林匹斯山上的神王宙斯致敬.
Because Zeus was the most important of all the Greek gods, the Olympics quickly became the most important athletic competition.
由于宙斯是所有希腊神祇中最重要的,奥运会很快就成为了最重要的田径比赛.
The earliest Olympics included only short footraces.
最早的奥运会仅包括短道速滑.
Over several years, the organizers added other athletic contests until there were fourteen events in all.
几年来,组织者增加了其他体育比赛,直到总共举办了14场比赛。
The contests included stadium sports and racetrack sports.
比赛内容包括体育场和跑道运动.
Events such as footraces, boxing, discus throwing, javelin throwing, wrestling, and jumping were held in the stadium.
在体育场举行了徒步赛跑、拳击、讨论投掷、Javelin投掷、摔跤和跳跃等活动。
The dangerous chariot races were held on a racetrack.
危险的战车比赛在赛道上进行.
Many of the athletes in those early Games were soldiers.
那些早期运动会的运动员中,有许多是士兵.
Some Olympic events were similar to the sports used to train people for the armies of the Greek city-states.
一些奥运会的活动与希腊城邦军队用来训练人员的运动类似.
The ancient contests had rules, but they were not as strict as the rules of modern- day Olympics.
古代的比赛有规则,但是没有现代奥运会的规则那么严格.
For example, wrestlers could kick, punch, pull hair, and break bones.
例如,摔跤手可以踢出,拳打脚踢,拉出头发并打出骨折.
In the chariot races, the racers could knock over each other’s chariots and horses.
在赛车比赛中,赛车手可以击倒对方的战车和马.
Athletes were often seriously injured or even killed during the events.
运动员在事件中经常受重伤甚至被炸死.
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首届奥林匹克运动会时期的古希腊地图 地中海爱琴海 黑海 亚洲 小奥林匹亚·斯巴达 奥林匹斯·斯巴达·奥林匹斯·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达·斯巴达斯 古希腊 意大利 Delphi Crete Athine Ionian Sea 希腊地区 其他土地 希腊城邦 奥林匹亚寺内的宙斯雕像是古代世界的"七大奇迹"之一.
Thousands of spectators traveled from all across Greece to see the ancient Games at Olympia.
上千名观众从希腊各地出行,在奥林匹亚观看了古代运动会.
The athletes, who trained for months or even years, were treated like heroes when they won.
训练了数月甚至数年的运动员在获胜时被当成英雄对待.
The only official prize for the winner of each event was an olive branch from a sacred tree.
每个赛事的得奖者唯一的官方奖项是一棵圣树上的橄榄枝.
But the winners achieved fame and were honored throughout Greece.
但获奖者获得了名声,并在整个希腊受到好评.
Olympic champions were often given money by their hometowns to celebrate their victories.
奥运会冠军经常被家乡给钱来庆祝胜利.
They were also freed for life from the burden of paying taxes.
他们还终身摆脱了交税的负担。
The ancient Games were an important source of business for many Greeks.
古代游戏是许多希腊人的重要商业来源.
People provided visitors with food, supplies, and places to stay.
人们为来访者提供食物、用品和住宿地。
Because so many people came from all over Greece during the Games, Olympia was a good place to hold business meetings and family reunions.
因为这么多人来自各地 运动会期间的希腊,奥林匹亚是举办商务会和家庭团聚的好地方.
The Olympic grounds had many resources for visitors to use.
奥运会场地有许多资源可供参观者使用.
In addition to the buildings for sporting events, a fine hotel, a swimming pool, a sauna, a marketplace, and a bank were available.
除了体育赛事的建筑物外,还有一间精美的旅馆、游泳池、桑拿、市场和银行。
For some people, the Olympics also had religious importance.
对一些人来说,奥运会也具有宗教重要性。
The Olympic grounds were home to a temple with a huge gold-and-ivory statue of Zeus.
奥运会场地是一座有巨大的宙斯金像和象牙雕像的寺庙之所.
Some people enjoyed the public ceremonies of the Games, including the parade, or procession, of all the athletes and officials.
有些人享受运动会的公开仪式,包括所有运动员和官员的游行或游行。
Many people attended a large ceremony honoring Zeus and a celebration feast.
许多人参加了纪念宙斯的大型仪式和庆祝宴会.
But most importantly, the Olympic Games were times of peace in Greece.
但最重要的是,奥林匹克运动会是希腊的和平时期.
During every Olympics, a strictly enforced truce guaranteed that no fighting took place between any of the Greek city-states.
期间 奥运会,严格实施的停战保证了希腊任何城邦之间没有发生战斗.
The Games were a way for the city-states to compete with each other peacefully.
运动会是城市各州和平竞争的一种方式.
While the Games were being held, people could travel throughout Greece without fear of war.
运动会期间,人们可以全程旅行 希腊不怕战争
The ancient Olympics were different from the modern Games in other ways as well.
古代奥运在其他方面也不同于现代奥运会。
Only men were allowed to compete in the early ancient Olympics—adult women were not allowed to compete or even to watch.
只有男子才能参加早期古代奥运会的比赛——成年妇女不能参加比赛,甚至不能看比赛。
The Greeks did allow young girls to watch the Games, though.
希腊人的确允许年轻女孩观看运动会。
Eventually, the Greeks created a separate women’s athletic festival in 470 bc to honor the goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus.
最终,希腊人在470 bc创建了单独的女子运动节来纪念宙斯之妻"女神赫拉".
The ancient Olympic Games were popular for hundreds of years.
古代奥林匹克运动会流行了数百年.
Even after the Roman Empire conquered Greece in 146 bc, the Games continued.
即使在罗马帝国于146 bc征服了希腊后,奥运会仍在继续.
But in ad 393, the Roman emperor Theodosius (thee-uh-DOH-shee-us), a Christian, ended them.
但在公元393年,罗马皇帝西奥多修斯(the-uh-DOH-shie-us),一位基督徒,终结了他们.
He stopped all festivals, including the Olympics, that honored the old Greek gods.
他停止了包括奥运会在内的所有纪念古希腊神祇的节日.
Olympia and the Olympic grounds were abandoned.
奥林匹亚和奥运会场地被废弃.
After hundreds of years of neglect, war, earthquakes, and floods, the ancient Olympic grounds were buried under rubble and forgotten.
经过数百年的忽视,战争,地震和洪水后,古代奥林匹克地被埋入废墟并被遗忘.
The Olympics Revived Although the site of the ancient Olympics was lost, the legends remained.
奥运复兴 虽然古代奥运会会址已失传,但传说仍存.
Stories about the Games continued to interest historians more than a thousand years after the Games ended.
有关奥运会的故事在奥运会结束后的一千多年里继续引起历史学家的兴趣.
In the 1700s, archaeologists began searching for the Olympic grounds.
1700年代,考古学家开始寻找奥运会场地.
By the 1890s, they had uncovered most of the major buildings at Olympia.
到了1890年代,他们已经发现了奥林匹亚的大部分主要建筑.
A Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin (duh coo-bair-TAHN) was interested in the ancient Olympics.
一位叫皮埃尔·德·库贝廷(德語:Duh co-bair-TAHN)的法国人对古代奥运很感兴趣.
He liked the idea that the ancient Greek people had used sports to compete peacefully instead of going to war.
他喜欢古希腊人利用体育和平地竞争而不是去打仗的想法.
Coubertin wanted to start a new Olympics as a worldwide sporting contest.
库贝廷想开始一场新的奥运会,作为世界范围的体育比赛.
People loved the idea, so Coubertin formed the International Olympic Committee, or IOC, in 1894.
人们喜欢这个想法,于是Coubertin于1894年组建了国际奥林匹克委员会,即国际奥委会.
Ruins of the stadium entrance built around 200 bc in Olympia, Greece Some of the ancient footraces required runners to carry heavy shields.
在希腊奥林匹亚建造了约200bc的体育场出入口的路由,一些古老的徒步赛事需要跑者携带重盾.
Coubertin decided that the modern Olympics should celebrate the love of sports.
库贝丁决定现代奥运会应庆祝体育之爱.
He didn’t want athletes to compete out of a desire for money.
他不希望运动员为了金钱而竞争。
So, like the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympics would give out a simple prize rather than money or goods.
因此,和古代奥运一样,现代奥运会会给出一个简单的奖项,而不是金钱或商品.
The IOC also made a rule that professional athletes—those who made money from competing in their sports—could not participate in the Games.
国际奥委会还制定了一条规则,规定职业运动员——那些在运动比赛中赚钱的运动员——不能参加运动会。
Greece, home of the ancient Olympics, hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896.
希腊是古代奥运会的主地,曾于1896年主办过第一届现代奥运会.
Thousands of proud Greek citizens crowded into the rebuilt stadium to watch.
数千名骄傲的希腊公民挤入重建后的体育场观看.
Two hundred athletes from fourteen countries took part in the Games.
来自14个国家的200名运动员参加了本届运动会.
As in the ancient Olympics, only men could compete in these Games.
如同古代奥运会一样,只有男子才能参加这些运动会的比赛.
Athletes competed in track and field (running, jumping, and throwing), tennis, weightlifting, cycling, wrestling, swimming, and gymnastics.
运动员在田径(跑道,跳道和投掷道),网球,举重,骑自行车,摔跤,游泳,和体操等方面进行比赛.
The winner of each event received an olive branch, a certificate, and a silver medal.
每次赛事的得主都得到一枝橄榄枝,一分证书和一分银牌.
The men’s weightlifting winners receive their medals at the 1936 Games in Berlin, Germany.
男子举重获奖者在1936年德国柏林奥运会获得奖牌.
Athletes run in the men’s marathon during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China.
2008年中国北京夏季运动会期间,运动员跑入男子马拉松.
The next two Olympics, in Paris (1900) and St.
接下来的两届奥运会分别在巴黎(1900年)和圣德.
Louis (1904), were less successful.
路易(1904年),当时不太成功.
The host cities did not build Olympic grounds or “villages,” so the athletes had poor housing and equipment.
东道城市没有建造奥林匹克场地或“村庄”,因此运动员的住房和设备很差。
Many outdoor events were delayed or canceled because of bad weather.
许多户外活动因天气恶劣被推迟或取消.
The Games did not include any official women’s events, even though women began competing unofficially in 1900.
本届运动会没有包括任何正式的女性活动,尽管女性在1900年开始非正式地竞争.
The early Games were not well advertised, so people took little notice and attendance was low.
早期的"运动会"没有很好的广告,因此人们很少注意到,出席率也很低.
Organizers learned from their mistakes, however, and the Games slowly grew into the amazingly successful Olympics we know today.
不过,组织者从错误中吸取了教训,运动会慢慢地发展成为惊人的成功者. 我们今天知道的奥运会。
The Olympics Evolve In 1906, at Games held during an off-schedule year, Olympic organizers revived the ancient tradition of an opening procession.
1906年奥运会在非预定年份举行的运动会上,奥运会组织者恢复了开幕式游行的古老传统.
Athletes paraded around the stadium behind the flags of their nations before the competition began.
运动员在比赛开始前在自己国家的旗帜后方体育场周围游行.
From then on, each Olympics included a colorful opening ceremony.
从那时起,每届奥运会都包含有多彩的开幕式.
The 1920 Olympics were the first to use the Olympic flag, which is white with five colored rings.
1920年奥运会是最早使用奥运会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会会
The interlocking rings on the flag represent the five settled continents of the world working together in peace.
国旗上相接相接的环代表了世界五大定居大陆和平地合作.
At least one color on the flag can be found on the flag of every nation.
国旗上至少有一色可以从每个国家的国旗上找到.
The Olympic flag is lowered at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China.
2008年中国北京夏季运动会闭幕式上奥运会会旗被降下.
The first Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924 in Chamonix (sham-oh-NEE), France.
第一届冬季奥林匹克运动会于1924年在法国Chamonix(sham-oh-NEE)举行.
More than 250 athletes from 16 nations competed, including 11 women.
来自16个国家的250多名运动员参赛,其中包括11名女性.
The Winter Games in 1924 included speed skating, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and ice hockey.
1924年冬季运动会包括速度花样滑冰,越野滑雪,滑雪跳台,冰球等.
The Winter Olympics were a big success.
冬奥会取得巨大成功.
One of the female skaters competing in 1924 was Norway’s twelve-year-old Sonja Henie (SOHN-yuh HEN-ee).
1924年参加女子花样滑冰比赛的有挪威12岁的索尼亚·赫尼(SOHN-yuh HEN-ee).
She fell during her race and finished last.
她在赛事中摔倒,最后完赛.
But falling and failing at age twelve did not stop Henie.
但十二岁时跌倒和失败并没有阻止赫尼.
She became one of the greatest athletes of the early Winter Olympics and one of the most famous athletes of all time.
她成为了冬季奥运会早期最伟大的运动员之一,也是有史以来最有名的运动员之一.
Henie won gold medals at the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Games.
赫尼在1928年,1932年和1936年冬季运动会中分别获得金牌.
She went on to star in spectacular ice shows and in films.
她继续在壮观的冰上表演和电影中出演.
At the 1928 Summer Games in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, women were officially allowed to compete for the first time.
在荷兰阿姆斯特丹举行的1928年夏季运动会中,正式允许女子首次参赛.
Following the Amsterdam Games, the number of sports in which women could compete kept growing.
在阿姆斯特丹运动会之后,妇女可以参加比赛的体育运动数量不断增加。
The first Olympic torch was lit in 1928.
1928年首次点燃了奥林匹克火炬.
In 1936, the tradition of running the torch relay began.
1936年,"火炬接力"的运行传统开始.
To honor the origin of the Games, the torch is lit in Olympia using magnified sunlight.
为了纪念运动会的起源,奥林匹亚用被放大的阳光点燃了火炬.
Runners carry the torch from Olympia to the new host city.
跑者将火炬从奥林匹亚运至新东道城市.
The runners pass the torch as it moves through countries and across oceans.
跑者在穿越国家和海洋时通过火炬。
At the opening ceremonies, the final runner passes the relay torch to a special guest.
在开幕式上,最终跑者将接力火炬传递给一位特邀嘉宾.
This guest is often a former Olympic champion.
这名嘉宾经常是前奥运会冠军.
The guest uses the relay torch to light the Olympic flame, which burns for the duration of the Games.
嘉宾使用接力火炬点出奥运会的火焰,在运动会期间会燃烧.
American boxing legend Muhammad Ali lights an Olympic torch as part of the relay before the 2002 Olympics.
作为2002年奥运会前接力的一部分,美国拳击传奇穆罕默德·阿里点出一盏奥运会火炬.
Ali won a gold medal in the 1960 Games in Rome, Italy.
阿里在意大利罗马举行的1960年运动会中获得一等金牌.
In the 1960s, the Games began to be broadcast on television, and advertisers began placing their logos on Olympic equipment.
20世纪60年代,奥运会开始在电视上播出,广告商开始将自己的标志放入奥运会设备上.
The IOC still raises large sums of money for the Games by allowing companies to use the Olympic logo on their products, such as cereals and candy bars.
国际奥委会仍然为奥运会筹集了大笔资金,允许公司在自己的产品上使用奥林匹克标志,如谷物和糖果条.
The IOC also decides which sports will be allowed in the Olympics.
国际奥委会也决定奥运会允许哪些体育运动.
The total number of Olympic events keeps growing as more sports become popular.
随着更多的体育普及,奥运会的总数不断增长.
For example, snowboarding has been included since the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan.
例如自1998年日本长野冬奥会起就包括了滑雪.
For the 2008 Games, the IOC cut women’s boxing and added open-water swimming and women’s steeplechase.
在2008年运动会中,国际奥委会削减了女子拳击,并增加了露天游泳和女子陡峭的跳板.
After the 1992 Games, IOC officials decided to start holding the Summer Games and Winter Games in different years, two years apart.
1992年运动会后,国际奥委会官员决定开始在不同年份举办夏季运动会和冬季运动会,相隔两年.
The 1994 Winter Games held in Lillehammer, Norway, were followed by the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
1994年冬季运动会于挪威里勒汉默举行,之后又于1996年在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行夏季运动会.
IOC officials slowly relaxed the rules that kept professional athletes out of the Games.
国际奥委会官员慢慢地放宽了不让专业运动员参加奥运会的规则.
This change came about in part because many countries train their Olympic athletes as if they were professionals.
之所以出现这一变化,部分原因是许多国家训练其奥林匹克运动员,好像他们是专业人员。
Everyone hopes the Olympics will always be peaceful.
每个人都希望奥运会永远是和平的.
But war and politics have sometimes interfered.
但战争和政治有时会受到干扰.
Three Olympics were canceled because of World Wars I and II.
三届奥运会因一战和二战被取消.
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the ruling Nazis wanted to prove that white Germans were a superior race of people.
在1936年柏林奥运会上,执政的纳粹想证明白德意志人是优越的种族.
They spent millions of dollars promoting their racist ideas and their athletes.
他们花费了数百万美元宣传他们的种族主义思想和运动员.
But their plans were upset by the amazing gold-medal performance of runner Jesse Owens, an African American.
但他们的计划被一名非裔美国人跑垒运动员杰西·欧文斯出奇地出演的"金庸"出众的表现所困扰.
In 1972, terrorists kidnapped nine athletes from Israel’s Olympic team.
1972年,恐怖分子从以色列奥林匹克队绑架了9名运动员.
Seventeen people were killed in the kidnapping and in the failed rescue attempt.
绑架和营救未遂中有17人被害.
At the 1996 Games, one person was killed and over one hundred people were injured when a bomb exploded at a concert.
在1996年运动会中,一枚炸弹在一场音乐会中爆炸,造成一人死亡,一多人受伤.
Jesse Owens set several world records and became famous as a college track star before competing in the Olympics.
杰西·欧文斯设定了数个世界纪录,在参加奥运会比赛前以大学田径明星出名.
Today’s Olympics The Olympics have changed in many ways since they were revived in 1896.
今天的奥运会 奥运会自1896年复活以来,在很多方面都发生了变化.
The Games have grown into a huge spectacle and have become enormously competitive.
运动会已经发展成一个巨大的场景,并变得具有巨大的竞争力。
Training to be in the best condition is a full-time job.
最好的培训是全职工作。
Most early gold-medal winners would not be able to qualify for a modern Olympics.
大多数早期的金庸奖得主将无法获得现代奥运资格.
For example, in 1924, the winner of the men’s 50-kilometer (31 mi) cross-country ski race finished in 3 hours and 45 minutes.
例如,在1924年,男子50公里(31米)越野滑雪比赛的冠军以3小时45分完成.
In 2006, the winner of the same event finished in just over 2 hours and 6 minutes.
2006年,同名赛事的冠军仅用2个多小时6分就完成了.
In order to compete at the Olympic level today, athletes must train harder than ever before.
为了今天的奥运级比赛,运动员必须比以往更努力地训练.
To be contenders for medals, Olympic athletes must use the latest equipment and find the best trainers and sponsors.
要成为奖牌的争夺者,奥林匹克运动员必须使用最新的设备并找到最好的教练和赞助者.
Athletes often begin their training at an early age.
运动员往往从幼年开始训练.
These athletes devote a great deal of personal time to improving their skills.
这些运动员花了大量的个人时间来提高自己的技能.
Many countries maintain special Olympic training centers to support athletes during their training process.
许多国家都设有专门的奥运会培训中心,在运动员的培训过程中为其提供支持。
Olympic competition is so strong that some athletes cheat.
奥林匹克竞赛激烈到有些运动员作弊.
They think they need even more of an edge than nature and training can provide.
他们认为他们需要的比自然和训练所能提供的更多优势。
In recent years, some Olympic athletes, often with the help of team trainers or doctors, have secretly used drugs to win.
近年来,一些奥运会运动员经常在球队教练或医生的帮助下,秘密地用药物取胜.
The use of banned substances by these athletes has damaged the image and reputation of the Olympics.
这些运动员使用被禁物质损害了奥运会的形象和声誉.
Italy’s Giorgio di Centa won the gold medal in the 50-kilometer (31 mi) cross-country ski race in Turin, Italy, in 2006.
意大利的乔治·迪·马塔于2006年在意大利都灵举行的50公里(31米)越野滑雪比赛中夺得金牌.
Monique Henderson helped her team win a gold medal in the 4x400 meter relay race in the 2008 Summer Games.
莫妮克·亨德森(Monique Henderson)在2008年夏季运动会的4×400米接力比赛中帮助她的球队赢得了一枚金牌.
Since the mid-1970s, Olympic officials have routinely tested athletes for drug use.
自1970年代中期起,奥运会官员定期对运动员进行吸毒测试.
Olympic champions who fail a drug test can be stripped of their medals.
奥运会冠军未通过药检的,可以被剥去奖牌.
For example, Marion Jones, the great American track star, had to return the five medals she had previously won in the 2000 Summer Olympics because she admitted to using steroids.
例如,美国田径巨星马里恩·琼斯因承认使用类固醇而不得不归还她此前在2000年夏季奥运会中夺得的5枚奖牌.
Controversies have also arisen concerning judges of figure-skating and diving competitions.
有关花样滑冰和潜水比赛的评委也出现了争议。
Some judges may have awarded undeserved points to athletes from their own countries or agreed to trade points with other judges.
一些评委可能已经将不应有的积分授予来自本国运动员,或者同意与其他评委交换积分.
Olympic organizers work hard to keep the Games honest and fair for everyone.
奥林匹克组织者努力维护奥运会的诚实和公平。
The Olympics continue to grow bigger and more popular each time they are held.
本届奥运会每次举办时,规模会继续扩大并更受欢迎.
Each Olympics includes the world’s best athletes, a new host country, and often some amazing surprises.
每届奥运会都包括世界上最好的运动员,一个新的主办国,并经常有一些令人惊奇的惊喜.
Every two years, the Olympic Games offer new opportunities for athletes to become known as the best in the world.
每两年一次,奥运会为运动员们提供了被誉为"世界最佳运动员"的新机会.
And few Olympics pass without world records being broken.
而没有打破世界纪录的奥运会也很少通过.
Like the ancient Olympics, the modern Games continue to represent the ideal of sportsmanship and peaceful competition among nations.
与古代奥运会一样,现代运动会继续代表了各国体育精神与和平竞争的理想.
The flawless performance of Canadian figure-skating pair Jamie Sale and David Pelletier was finally awarded gold after a judging scandal was uncovered.
加拿大花样滑冰的一对Jamie Sale和David Pelletier的无瑕疵表现最终被授予金牌,
Janica Kostelic (YON-it-suh KAW-stel-itch) became a national hero in Croatia when she won three gold medals and one silver medal in the 2002 Winter Games.
雅妮卡·克斯特利克(英语:Yon-it-suh KhaW-stel-itch)在2002年冬季运动会中获得3枚金牌和1枚银牌后,成为克罗地亚的民族英雄.