What Are the Summer Olympics? 夏季奧林匹克運動會 | 拾書所

What Are the Summer Olympics? 夏季奧林匹克運動會

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Which of these facts are true?
The very first Olympic Games took place more than 2,700 years ago
An Olympic swimmer went on to play Tarzan in the movies
An American gymnast competed on a sprained ankle—and won a gold medal


Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands. The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from fourteen countries. Today, nearly three thousand years after the first Games, the Summer Olympics attract one hundred thousand top athletes from over two hundred countries. Billions of fans around the world cheer on their national teams to bring back the gold.


在西元前775年,古希臘的所有運動員會聚集起來比各種不同的運動項目,每四年舉辦一次,而獲勝的運動員能光榮返鄉。這中間奧運曾一度沒落,就在1896年又重新舉辦賽事,第一屆現代奧運在希臘雅典舉辦,超過十四個國家及兩百多名運動員參賽。而現在,距第一屆比賽已過3000年歷史,每到夏季奧運便吸引來自200多個國家的一萬多名運動好手聚集比賽,上億的粉絲為自己的國家歡呼。

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