时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(八月)


英语课
Including the start of the Olympic football tournament two days before the Opening Ceremonies, the Beijing Olympics have reached the halfway 1 point of scheduled competition. VOA's Jim Stevenson has this preview of the action Friday, which is highlighted with 18 event finals.
 






Volunteers test track in rain at National Stadium, also known as the 'Bird's Nest' in Beijing, 14 Aug 2008



The midway point of the Olympics marks the gradual shift from swimming to track and field, the two marquee series of events of the games. China's National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest because of its intertwined steel exterior 2, is the venue 3 for the first two athletics 4 finals of the 29th Olympiad.

Gold medals will be awarded for the longest distance in men's shot put and the fastest time in the women's 10,000-meter final.

Swimming continues inside the nearby Water Cube, where four more events will produce Olympic champions. American Ian Crocker has his own explanation for the tidal wave of records set at these Olympics.

"It is unique versus 5 track and field because there is more resistance in the water. And so you are trying to overcome a little bit more in swimming. And therefore there is more room for improvement. And that is why I think the world records keep improving year after year," says Crocker.

The women go for speed in the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter breaststroke. The men will swim the 200-meter backstroke, a race that features Americans Ryan Lochte and Aaron Piersol. Both men share the world record in the event (1:54.32).
 






Michael Phelps poses with his gold medal after the men's 200m freestyle swimming final in Beijing, 12 Aug 2008




The men's 200-meter individual medley 6 will be highlighted by world-record holder 7 Michael Phelps. The American will be trying to win his sixth gold medal in Beijing.

Badminton awards its first title of the games in women's doubles. Arrows fill the air in the men's individual archery final while the swords slash 8 and jab in the men's team epee final. The coveted 9 women's individual all-around gymnastics title will come at the National Indoor Stadium.

Judo 10 culminates 11 with its heaviest weight categories as the women compete in the over-78 kilogram division and the men go for gold in the over-100 kilogram class. The most accurate aim will be needed to win the men's 50-meter rifle in the prone 12 position.

Beijing University of Aeronautics 13 and Astronautics is the location for weightlifting finals in the women's 76-kilogram and men's 85-kilogram weight divisions. The men's team sprint 14 finals open track cycling. Canoe and Kayak finals are also scheduled.
 






USA forward Lebron James (R) shoots over Angola's center Joaqim Gomes during men's preliminary basketball game in Beijing, 12 Aug 2008




Tournament play continues in basketball, baseball and softball.

The U.S. women are 2-0 so far in softball. With the event being dropped after Beijing, U.S. infielder Crystal Bustos says the tournament will hopefully show that softball should remain an Olympic sport.

"Our sport is not necessarily popular in some parts of the world," said Bustos. "It is definitely a worldwide sport, but there are some parts of the world that is not as popular and there is some confusion as to exactly what softball is. And I think if we go over there to Beijing and we put on the best show you have ever seen of Olympic softball, that people are going to understand this needs to stay in the Olympics."

In volleyball, the U.S. women have a 2-1 record in Pool-A. Nicole Davis says her team knows which nations will likely be the most challenging.

"Brazil, Russia, Italy, China, I think we are all at a very, very high level now, pretty even," said Davis.

Other tournament action includes beach volleyball, boxing, field hockey, football, sailing, table tennis, handball, tennis and water polo.



adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
adj.外部的,外在的;表面的
  • The seed has a hard exterior covering.这种子外壳很硬。
  • We are painting the exterior wall of the house.我们正在给房子的外墙涂漆。
n.犯罪地点,审判地,管辖地,发生地点,集合地点
  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。
n.运动,体育,田径运动
  • When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
  • Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中,我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。
prep.以…为对手,对;与…相比之下
  • The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
  • The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。
n.混合
  • Today's sports meeting doesn't seem to include medley relay swimming.现在的运动会好象还没有混合接力泳这个比赛项目。
  • China won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley.中国赢得了男子200米个人混合泳比赛。
n.持有者,占有者;(台,架等)支持物
  • The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
  • That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
vi.大幅度削减;vt.猛砍,尖锐抨击,大幅减少;n.猛砍,斜线,长切口,衣衩
  • The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
  • Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。
adj.令人垂涎的;垂涎的,梦寐以求的v.贪求,觊觎(covet的过去分词);垂涎;贪图
  • He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
  • Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.柔道
  • The judo is a kind of fighting sport.柔道是一种对抗性体育活动。
  • Which is more important in judo, strength or techniques?柔道运动中,力量和技术哪个更重要?
v.达到极点( culminate的第三人称单数 )
  • Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decay. 各种文明都要历经诞生,鼎盛和衰落。 来自《用法词典》
  • The tower culminates in a 40-foot spire. 这塔的顶端是一个40英尺高的塔尖。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
adj.(to)易于…的,很可能…的;俯卧的
  • Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
  • He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
n.航空术,航空学
  • National Aeronautics and Space undertakings have made great progress.国家的航空航天事业有了很大的发展。
  • He devoted every spare moment to aeronautics.他把他所有多余的时间用在航空学上。
n.短距离赛跑;vi. 奋力而跑,冲刺;vt.全速跑过
  • He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
  • The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。
学英语单词
achmores
acpuired
additional expenses-strikes
agonothetes
ajmalin
amperometric method
andriatry
anesthesia paralysis
antall
application in the planting hole
ardilas
Attert
Balladonia
be on relief
belandre
bluff bit
change password
chase ports
chemically precipitate metal powder
Claudius cells
cocks of the walk
code bases
combine dimensions
continuous casting steel machine
Dealer's Deposits Fund
delete lines command
dermatofibroma
dinitro-fluoroaniline
don bacteria
Dowell
dunker
Eurya metcalfiana
family naticidaes
fatti
feudal-absolutist state
field-weakening region
flow lines
forest assistant
gas and steam combined cycle
go snacks
Google Docs
Haripād
hasten to sb's assistance
hearth number
hull girder vibration
HVDC coupling station
incomparabilities
interrupt analysis
isopathic immunization
Kanasing
kayal
Kyōto-shi
liberty spike
lift scheme
light pole
lightninglike
lunkhead
macoradical
market-maker, marketmaker
morali
Mughayrā'
mutineer
mycosphaerella imperatae
nelan
nil ductility transition
niobian
noncentrosymmetric structure
nonpresence
o?litic limestion
off-colo(u)r product
overall approximation
partial deck
patheticly
pectography
phago-
pico-katals
Placido's disk
polarchy
polyundecylamide fibre
possessioning
projective operator
puzzle ... head
reprivatise
resonance structures
saprobic animal
scalariform marking
simple oxygen system
skin pathology
stator ring
stereocartograf
stick at itiveness
surrenderee
sways
the coming of
trampoosing
type of decay
underground facility arrangement
upward dislocation
vasomotor rhinitis
warty tuberculosis
western
yiz