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不可不知的冬奥会历史

2016-01-04张祖平

中学生英语·中考指导版 2015年12期
关键词:索契参赛者奖牌

张祖平

1. The first Winter Olympic Games were held in 1924, in Chamonix, France.

1924年,法国城市夏蒙尼举办了第一届冬奥会。

2. 250 athletes1 coming from 16 nations competed2 in the 16 events of the first Winter Olympics.

16个国家的250名运动员参加了首届冬奥会16个项目的角逐。

3. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi saw a number of 2,800 athletes from 88 countries, competing in 7 sports over 98 events.

2014年俄罗斯索契冬奥会上,来自88个国家的2800位运动员参加了比赛,在7种运动的98个项目上进行了角逐。

4. The United States has hosted the Winter Olympics four times: Lake Placid in 1932 and 1980, Squaw Valley in 1960, and Salt Lake City in 2002.

美国已经举办过四届冬奥会:1932年和1980年的普莱西德湖冬奥会、1960年斯阔谷冬奥会、2002年盐湖城冬奥会。

5. No country in the Southern Hemisphere3 has ever hosted a Winter Olympics.

南半球迄今为止没有国家举办过冬奥会。

6. Twelve countries have sent athletes to every Winter Olympics: Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Six of those countries have won a medal at every games: Austria, Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the US.

12个国家每届冬奥会都派运动员参赛:奥地利、加拿大、芬兰、法国、英国、匈牙利、意大利、挪威、波兰、瑞典、瑞士和美国。上述国家中,有六个国家每届冬奥会都获得奖牌:奥地利、加拿大、芬兰、挪威、瑞典和美国。

7. Norway has won the most gold (118), the most silver (111), the most bronze (100) and the most total medals (329) of any nation at the Winter Olympics.

挪威赢得了最多的金牌(118枚)、最多的银牌(111枚)、最多的铜牌(100枚),总奖牌数也居首位(329枚)。

8. American Eddie Eagan is the only person in history to have won a gold medal at both the Winter and Summer Olympics.

美国的埃迪·伊根是历史上唯一一位在冬奥会和夏奥会上都获得金牌的运动员。

9. Before the start of the 2014 Games in Sochi, the Olympic torch traveled the longest distance in history to some amazing places, including the North Pole, the bottom of Lake Baikal (the worlds deepest lake), the top of Mount Elbrus (Europes highest mountain), and even into outer space.

2014年索契冬奥会开始之前,奥运火炬进行了历史上最长的传递,途径一些神奇的区域,包括:北极、贝加尔湖(世界最深湖)底部、厄尔布鲁士山脉(欧洲最高的山脉)和外太空。

10. They were suspended4 following the 1936 Olympics until 1948 due to World War II.

1936年之后,冬奥会因为第二次世界大战而中断,直到1948年恢复。

11. Only the top three competitors receive a medal. The top eight competitors receive a diploma5 from the IOC.

只有前三名参赛者才能获得奖牌,前八名参赛者可以从国际奥委会获得证书。

12. Women will be allowed to compete in ski-jump for the first time at the Sochi games. It was a male-only competition before that.

索契冬奥会上,女子首次被允许参加滑雪跳高赛,此前,只有男子才能参加。

13. In the Winter Olympics in 1980 at Lake Placid, it was the first time man-made snow had to be used.

1980年的普莱西德湖冬奥会上首次使用了人造雪。

14. The Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics used to be held in the same year. It was last seen in 1992. After this, they alternated6, being two years apart.

夏奥会和冬奥会曾经在同一年中举办,这种情形一直持续到1992年。此后,两者交替举办,中间间隔两年。

15. Sochi is the warmest city to hold the Winter Olympic Games to date.

俄罗斯的索契是迄今为止举办冬奥会最暖和的城市。

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