时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:奥运英语


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  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
adjustable-speed unotor
algorithm for production system
american standard association
asheweig r.
automatic printing machine
autoplunger
axeblade
b-cups
Bible-thump
brevinine
bridge pier
built up strut
cabrerite
captioner
carbonyl disulfide
chain type hay loader
chihuahuas
close-ratios
combined radial and axial flow turbine
conduct resin
cultual
Day of Reconciliation
dayl
disk harrows
disordered field
dragless aerial
dry-press brick
enicospilus ashbyi
exculpatory circumstances
Experimental Aircraft Association
extraneous stimulus
fallen on hard times
Farley, James A(loysius)
filiety
focus out
foreign trade enterprise
frank capras
general radio communication
girlie girls
give one's right arm
God bless your soul !
guided missile simulation
hexagon bit
innovation strategy
Khvanchkara
kukuruku
limited-plan
Lomami River
lymph stream
meacles in pork
meningitic striae
mestizos
meteorologic observation vessel
microrecord
microscopic agglutination
Mimata
mirled
multiprogramming dispatching
myelinated fibers
nanocephaly
nominal aphasia
noncurrent force
noumeaite (garnierite)
o-iodohippurate
oligopoly models
overlapping curve
pan glass
partnership accounting
piloselloides
planning grid
playgrounds
Porteňo, R.
positive-displacement flow meter
power input to a machine
pqrs
pyospermia
Rajinae
read/write slot
reflecting board
rejoicing
Rosvik
Rupicola peruviana
Rånbyn
safeboxes
salkelds
second mean line
sequential organization
sheeding
shutoff valve
spoto
stream lubrication
subsequent call
tannin test
thru hole
thyroarytehoid
tone and ringing generator
top gallant mast
total reflection factor
Univasc
urushic acid
zillman
zinc-schefferite