背诵为王 第 二 册 第 10 课
时间：2018-11-27 作者：英语课 分类：背诵为王第二册
10 The Marathon
Twenty-six miles， 385 yards is rather odd distance for a footrace．Most other running races are measured in lengths of evennumbers． The marathon，however，has an ancient history， goingback to the early Greek Olympics．The Greeks started the Olympics in 776 B．C． to honour the godZeus． Every four years， they brought together athletes fromall the Greek cities． A nationwide truce 1 was called for thefive days of competition held in Olympia．The first day wasdevoted to ceremonies， banquets，and sacrifices．Early eventsincluded running，boxing，wrestling，pentathlon，and various horseand chariot races．After 490 B．C．， a special long-distance race， the marathon，was added to commemorate 2 the legendary 3 feat 4 of a Greeksoldier． It was said that he ran from the Plain of Marathon toAthens， a distance of 22 miles， 1470 yards， to bring the newsof the Greek victory over the Persian army． Upon exclaiming，“Rejoice! We have won!” he collapsed 6 and died．
marathon 马拉松
athlete 运动员
nationwide ? 全国的
truce 休战
devote ? 奉献
ceremony ? 典礼
banquet ? 宴会
sacrifice 祭祀
wrestling ? 摔跤
pentathlon ? 五项全能
chariot race 战车比赛
commemorate 纪念
legendary feat 传奇性的壮举
exclaim 大喊
rejoice 欣喜，高兴
collapse 5 ? 倒塌，崩溃，虚脱
马拉松
26英里285码对于跑步项目来说是个奇怪的距离。其他跑步项目大多是以偶数计算长度的。然而，马拉松有着悠久的历史，可以追溯到早期希腊奥林匹克运动会。
希腊人于公元前776年开始举办奥林匹克运动会以纪念宙斯。希腊各城市的运动员每四年聚集一次，在奥林匹亚举行竞赛，在这竞赛的五天内全国休战。第一天有典礼、宴会和祭祀。早期的项目包括跑步、拳击、摔跤、五项全能及各种马术和战车比赛。
公元前490年以后，奥林匹克运动会中又加设了一项特殊的长跑项目——马拉松，以纪念一位希腊士兵传奇性的壮举。据说他从马拉松平原跑到雅典，一共跑了22英里，1
470码，为了带回希腊战胜波斯军队的胜利消息，在高喊出“欢呼吧！我们胜利了！”后，他倒在地上死了。
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
- This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
- We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
- Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
- He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。