aldosterone关于奥林匹克运动会的英语美文

运

动

会

篇

二

Summer

Olympic

Games

in

London

is

by

far

the

highest

number

of

host

cities. Is also the history's first three cities hosting the Olympic Games for the

first time: 1908 London Olympic Games; second time: the 1948 London Olympic

Games; third time: the 2012 London Olympics.

In

July

2001

they

lost

to

Beijing,

missed

the

2008

Summer

Olympics.

However,

they

soon

recovered

from

the

shadow

of

defeat

came,

confidently

announced to the 2012 Olympic Games bid. In the five candidate cities, they are

considered the largest popular cities.

After

waiting

a

period

of

nearly

suffocated

people,

after

a

13-year- old

ethnic Chinese Singaporean girls to put the outcome of the letter handed over

to Roger. Rogge thanked the host, the people of Singapore, after the application

of national and five candidate cities, to the world loudly announced: the 30th

Summer Olympic Games are in London.

关

于

奥

林

匹

克

运

动

会

篇

三

My Greatest Olympic Prize

我最珍贵的奥林匹克奖

[1]It was the summer of 1936. The Olympic Games were being held in Berlin.

Because Adolf Hitler childishly insisted that his performers were members of a

[2] I wasn't too worried about all this. I'd trained, sweated and disciplined

myself for six years, with the Games in mind. While I was going over on the boat,

all I could think about was taking home one or two of those gold medals. I had

my eyes especially on the running broad jump. A year before, as a sophomore at

the Ohio State, I'd set the world's record of 26 feet 8 1/4 inches. Nearly everyone

expected me to win this event.

[3] I was in for a surprise. When the time came for the broad- jump trials, I

was startled to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps!

He turned out to be a German named Luz Long. I was told that Hitler hoped to

win the jump with him.

[4] I guessed that if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis'

race

(A ryansuperiority)

theory.

After

all,

I

am

a

Negro.

Angry

about

Hitler's ways, I determined to go out there and really show Der Fuhrer and his

master race who was superior and who wasn't.

[5] An angry athlete is an athlete who will make mistakes, as any coach will

tell you. I was no exception. On the first of my three qualifying jumps, I leaped

from several inches beyond the takeoff board for a foul. On the second jump, I

fouled even worse.

out of the trials and make a fool of myself?

[6]

Walking

a

few

yards

from

the

pit,

I

kicked

disgustedly

at

the

dirt.

Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to look into the friendly blue

eyes of the tall German broad jumper. He had easily qualified for the finals on

his first attempt. He offered me a firm handshake.

[7]

well, though with a German twist to it.

to

meet you,

I said.

Then,

trying

to

hide

my

nervousness,

I

added,

must

be

eating

you,

he

said--proud

the

way

foreigners

are

when they've mastered a bit of American slang.

with your eyes closed.

1936

年夏天。奥林匹克运动会在柏林举行。由于阿道夫·希特勒幼稚地坚持他的选

民族主义

情绪空前高涨 。

我对 这一切并不太担心。六年来，我心里想着这次奥运会，一直在坚持刻苦训练，

从严要求自 己。我乘船来时，就一心想带一两块金牌回家。我特别想在急行

跳远

项目上

夺取金牌。一年前，我在俄亥俄州上大学二年级时 ，就创下了

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