译林牛津版高一英语必修4Unit2TheOlympicGames电子文本、课文注释及翻译.pdfVIP

语篇翻译 （一）课文注释 Unit 2 Reading The Olympic Games Good afternoon, students and teachers. As a member of the International Olympic Committee, I am delighted to ①have been invited to your school to talk to you about the history and significance② of the Olympic Games. Ill share some interesting facts and stories with you, and then well have time for questions. Do you know when the ancient Olympic Games began? It was in the year 776 BC. They were held at Olympia in Greece every four years③, for almost 12 centuries, until AD 394. Some of the sports from the ancient Olympics are still seen today, such as the long jump, wrestling and running. At the ancient Olympics, by tradition ④the athletes were all men and they had to compete wearing no clothes. Single women were allowed to take part in ⑤their own competition⑥, at a separate festival in honour of Hera, the wife of the Greek god Zeus. Today, both male and female athletes from around the world can take part, no matter what nation they come from. The contemporary ⑦Olympics were first held in 1896, in Athens. It was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who brought the Olympics back to life ⑧. He dreamt that the Olympics would make it possible for people of all countries to live side by side⑨ in peace⑩. Now people all over the world are helping to realize this dream ? . Among them are many well-known athletes. Did you know that perhaps the most famous boxer of all time first came to public attention ? during the 1960 Rome Olympics? He won the gold medal for the USA, under his birth name Cassius Clay. Afterwards, this young man went on ? to win the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in 1964 and later changed his name to the one we all know, Muhammad Ali. He returned to the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony? .