时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:奥运英语


英语课




  奥林匹克圣歌(Olympic Anthem)1896年在雅典第1届奥运会的开幕式上,国王乔治一世宣布奥运会开幕以后,合唱队唱起了一首庄严而动听的歌曲《奥林匹克圣歌》。这是一首古希腊歌曲,由希腊人萨马拉(Spirou Samara)作曲,帕拉马斯(Kostis Palamas)作词,但当时并未确定其为奥运会会歌。此后的历届奥运会均由东道主确定会歌,未形成统一的会歌形式。如1936年柏林奥运会的会歌是施特劳斯特意为这届奥运会所作的《奥林匹克之歌》;1948年奥运会则选用奎尔特作曲、基普林作词的《不为自己而为主》作为会歌。20世纪50年代以后有人建议重新创作新曲,作为永久性的会歌,但几经尝试都不能令人满意。

  于是,国际奥委会在1958年于东京举行的第55次全会上最后确定还是用《奥林匹克圣歌》作为奥林匹克会歌。其乐谱存放于国际奥委会总部。从此以后,在每届奥运会的开、闭幕式上都能听到这首悠扬的古希腊乐曲。

英文大意


Immortal 1 spirit of antiquity 2
Father of the true, beautiful and good
Descend, appear, shed over us the light
Upon this ground and under this sky


Which has first witnessed they unperishable fame
Give life and animation 3 to those noble games!
Throw wreaths of fadeless flowers to the victors
In the race and in strife 4!


Create in a roseate hue 5 and form a vast tample
To which all nations throng 6 to adore thee
Oh immortal spirit of antiquity


中文大意


古代不朽之神,美丽、伟大而正直的圣洁之父
祈求降临尘世以彰显自己,让受人瞩目的英雄在这大地苍穹之中
作为你荣耀的见证,


请照亮跑步、角力与投掷项目这些全力以赴的崇高竞赛
把用橄榄枝编成的花冠颁赠给优胜者,塑造出钢铁般的躯干


溪谷、山岳、海洋与你相映生辉,犹如以色彩斑斓的岩石建成的神殿
这巨大的神殿,世界各地的人们都来膜拜。啊!永远不朽的古代之神



1 immortal
adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的
  • The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
  • The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽!
2 antiquity
n.古老;高龄;古物,古迹
  • The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.博物馆藏有中国古代的遗物。
  • There are many legends about the heroes of antiquity.有许多关于古代英雄的传说。
3 animation
n.活泼,兴奋,卡通片/动画片的制作
  • They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
  • The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。
4 strife
n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争
  • We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
  • Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
5 hue
n.色度;色调;样子
  • The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.金刚石在阳光下放出五颜六色的光芒。
  • The same hue will look different in different light.同一颜色在不同的光线下看起来会有所不同。
6 throng
n.人群,群众;v.拥挤,群集
  • A patient throng was waiting in silence.一大群耐心的人在静静地等着。
  • The crowds thronged into the mall.人群涌进大厅。
学英语单词
accustomate
amphibian families
Back Up Roll
baker' s yeast
bassia scoparias
bedwell
bill head
blunder about
Blysmus compressus
body stain
bounded to the above
break the fast
butyl phosphate
caelops frithi
calm glassy
Chinese traditional agriculture
chromium-bronze
combinatorial cell
commotion in price
concentered
continual development
Corvo, Pta.del
cubic yards
deck carriage
Dorn-Sugarman butter
Dow Jones Industrial Average Options
drinkall
Dudeney
EBUTOL
electrode cut wire
epidermoidal
Erigeron kunshanensis
Eritrichium thymifolium
flecknoe
Glen Mor
graphic geometry
haggishly
Hogrebe
iliffe
incomparableness
infraction
initial velocity of reaction
ischiatic notch
Israeli law
Kan.
lead prediction
lighting bulb
low-protein diet
lumber quality
Macedelepinary half-shade
macro-analysis
Meiiler-Fisher
mesenteric panniculitis
message stick
military feeding
minefield gap
modular invariance
multiprocessor computer complex
Nichol chart
non-bragg directions
nondecreasing sequence
once and away
onne
organic chemical industry
Panovo
pc133
pebereau
Pemidan
pm speaker
pollen spectra
prefocus lamp base
prehnitic acid
prism plane
production shop
PTLD
pud
ramp step wave
record oriented input
repressionist
retro-ocular space
Scabene
seawater ballast
self-activated switch
slab shears
soft pork
spotlessness
swine man
t-stat
tempratures
test stand operation
thumb wrestle
tobamovirus pepper mild mottle virus
Tobra
touggourt (tuggurt)
uncrosses
universal link
Utricularia foveolata
visual violet
warp separator
wax casting
white transmission
Whitstable