After winning the silver medal in the mens marathon event at the 2016 Olympic Games, Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa went to the United States. He has lived in exile there for the last two years. Now, he has decided to return home. Feyisa decided to go back

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Health Report - With Physical Activity, No Need to Be an Olympian This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Watching the Olympics probably made some people feel a little guilty about not exercising. The truth is, if physical inactivity were a sp

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Weightlifter Among Female Athlete Majority on US Olympic Team There are eight more female Olympians than male Olympians on the U.S. team this year, the 40th anniversary of a federal law known as Title IX. That law has helped provide equal opportuniti

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(七月)

Carl Lewis blowing the whistle on hunger in Rome to launch the UN's 1 Billion Hungry Project. Carl Lewis dominated the sport of track and field for nearly two decades, earning nine Olympic gold medals in the 1980s and 90s. The athlete still holds the

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(206) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(六)月

BOGOTA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Colombia on Tuesday honored its top athletes, including Olympic gold medal winner Mariana Pajon and soccer star Radamel Falcao Garcia. Pajon, winner of the BMX cycling competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, received

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

A US Olympic champion is thanking a seven-year-old Atlanta girl who found his gold medal in a pile of rubbish weeks after it was stolen. 美国一位奥运冠军要感谢一位7岁的亚特兰大小女孩,因为她在一个垃圾堆里发现了几周

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Parke Brewer Turin 09 February 2006 Five-time Olympian Chris Witty will carry the flag for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday night's opening ceremonies for the Turin Winter Games. Christine Witty Lon

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Roger Hsu Colorado Springs, Colorado 23 October 2007 The U.S. Olympic Training Center -- located in Colorado Springs, Colorado -- trains American athletes for the world games and is also where the U.S. Olympic Committee is headquartered. Producer

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U.S. Olympian Kim Rhode Takes Her Shot At History To Dispel Stigma ELISE HU, HOST: Olympic skeet shooter Kim Rhode has a shot at history this year. With a medal in Rio, she could become the first U.S. Olympic athlete to medal in six consecutive Summe

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

More Than Birdies And Backyards: This Olympian Will School You On Badminton STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: That let's talk about some of the other Olympic sports, not the ones that suck up the attention, like swimming, gymnastics, track and field. There are a

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

Reasons to watch the Olympics can be various. Some look for national pride, some for cliffhangers, and even some for fashion. 观看奥运会的理由有许多种。有些是为了寻求民族自豪感,有些是为了观看扣人心弦的比赛,甚

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻