The History of the Olympic Games 奥运历史Word文件下载.docx
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TheancientOlympicGamescontinuedfornearly1,200yearsuntiltheRomanEmperor,TheodosiusI,abolishedtheGamesbecauseoftheirpaganinfluences.
About1,500yearslater,in1894,theFrenchman,BaronPierredeCoubertin,helpedtore-establishtheGames.HealsocreatedthestructureofthemodemOlympicMovement.
NowadaystheaimoftheOlympicMovementistopromotepeace,friendshipandunderstandingbetweendifferentnationsthroughsport.
ThefirstmodemOlympicGameswereheldinGreecein1896.Justover200men,representing14countries,competedinatotalof43events.Winnersreceivedasilvermedal,acertificateandacrownofoliveleaves.Runners-upweregivenbronzemedalsandacrownoflaurel,whilethosewhofinishedthirdwenthomeempty-handed.
TheOlympicGamesareheldeveryfouryearswithonecountrybeingresponsiblefortheorganizationoftheevent.Thereisoftenfiercecompetitiontobethehostcity.In2008,BeijinghoststheGamesandin2012theywillbeheldinLondon.
Vocabulary:
Thesiteofabattle:
theplacewhereabattlehappened
Legend:
averyoldstorythatmaybebasedonfacts
Exhaustion:
thestateofbeingsotiredthatyouhavenoenergyleft
Abolished:
stopped
Paganinfluences:
beingaffectedbybeliefsthatarenotconnectedwithanyofthemainreligionsoftheworld
Movement:
agroupofpeoplewhosharethesameideasoropinions
Aim:
anaimissomethingthatapersonorgroupofpeoplewanttoachieve
Throughsport:
ifyoudosomethingthroughanotherthing,youusethatthingtoachieveanother.Here,dieOlympicMovementisusingsporttopromotepeacebetweennations
Runners-up:
here,thepeoplewhocomesecondinaraceorgame.Usuallyarunner-upisapersonorteamwhodonotfinishfirstbutdowinaprize
Acrown:
acircularornamentforthehead,usuallymadeofgoldandjewelswhichkingsandqueenswearatofficialceremonies
Wenthomeempty-handed:
didnotreceiveanything.ThisphraseisusedheretoshowthedifferencebetweentheearlyGamesandthenewGameswherepeoplewhofinishinthirdplacereceiveabronzemedal
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