奥林匹克活动简史二 Part 2 The Ancient Olympic Games现代奥运会
Dialogue Script 1对话原文1
Jason: Annie, it is said you are an Olympic expert. Can you tell me anything about the ancient Olympics?
Annie: Of course. What do you want to know?
Jason: It’s origin, fundament, development and abolishment, etc. I am writing an article on it.
Annie: It’s original place is Olympia, in Athens. It is a "Holy Land" of sports. The founder of it was a Greek, Yiphitus. It was he who declared to hold the Olympic Games every four years. The first Ancient Olympic Games were held in 776BC.
Jason: Were all the participants native Greek?
Annie: Yes, there were only Greek at the beginning. With the development of the Olympics, people came to participate in the Games from the land and sea of other places. And the sports events were much fewer than now, the time did not last as long as it does now, either.
Jason: Did anybody use stimulants then?
Annie: Yes, somebody did, but not as bad as now. It was a pity that the ancient Olympic Games began to decline after the Roman Empire dominated the ancient Greece. It was abolished in 394 AD. Due to two earthquakes and some battles, Olympia was destroyed completely, and the ancient Olympic Games, which has lasted over a thousand years, disintegrated.
Jason: This was the sorrow of human beings. Annie, you are really an expert. I’ve got it. Thank you very much.
Annie: My pleasure.
解说:
1. It’s origin, fundament, development and abolishment.
古典奥运会的发源、建立、生长、及废除。
2.BC是公元前，是Before Christ的缩写， AD是公元，是Anno Domini的缩写。
3.Stimulants愉快剂 use stimulants利用愉快剂。
4.Olympic Games是一个双数形式，所以在它背面的动词、系动词形式都要同等。
Dialogue Script 2对话原文2
Joe: The 2004 summer Olympics will be held in Athens, Greece. And you know?
Megan: Of course. Athens is a great place, and...
Joe:And the first modern Olympic Games were held there in 1896.
Megan: The ancient Olympic Games also date from there.
Joe: Yes, the first Game happened in 776 BC in Olympia.
Megan: But it has been enriched largely since 1896, when the first modern Games were held in Athens.
Joe: Absolutely. Especially women, you know, no women were allowed to take part in the Games at that time.
Megan: They even had no right to see!
Joe: But in modern Olympics, women play a significant part in it.
Megan: In the ancient times, non-Greek was not allowed to take part in the games.
Joe: but the modern Olympics are international games, and all the countries in the world have right to join it.
Megan: Yes, now the Athens Olympic Committee is IT preparations for the 2004 Games. I hope it will be a great success.
Joe: I hope so, too.
解说：
1.date，动词,默示从何时开始。The ancient Olympic Games also date from there.古典奥运会也是从那开始的。
The Athens Olympic Games date from August 13th to August 29th.雅典奥运会8月13号开始, 8月29号结束.
2.take part in加入某项活动，好比: Women can take part in the Olympic Games nowadays.现在女性可以加入奥运会角逐了。
3. play +描述词+ part in…在某项活动中起到了什么样的感化。Women play a significant part in the modern Olympic Games.妇女在现代奥运会中发挥了重要的感化。还可以把part换成role。Women play a significant role in the modern Olympic Games.
4.一些关于古典奥运会的佳构短句：
The first Games were held in Olympia to celebrate Zeus’victory against his father.
第一次奥运会在奥林匹亚举行是为了留念宙斯在交锋中降服了他的父亲。（这是关于奥运会发源的传说之一）
No war was allowed until the Games were over.
奥运会结束之前，战役是不理睬发作的。
Women, discovered in the ancient Games, would be thrown off a nearby cliff, whether they were spectators or competitors.
在古典奥运会上发明有妇女，无论他们是不雅观众活动员，都将被推下悬崖摔去世。
After the festival, winning athletes wore Olympic wreath of wild olive leaves and went back to their hometown.
嘉会结束今后，得胜的活动员戴上由野生橄榄叶编成的花环。(意味着希腊人所能赢得的最高声誉，荣回故里）
The ancient Olympic Games were a symbol of peace and friendship at the beginning.
古奥运一同头便是一个宁静宁友谊的意味。
The dove and the olive branch become the symbols of peace.
鸽子和橄榄枝成为宁静的意味。

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