By Parke Brewer Women's fencing became an Olympic sport in 1924 and after 80 long years the United States finally has its first medals in the event. Both came in women's saber, which was added to the

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(152) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--雅典奥运

38They built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. 2They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one piece, and they overlaid the

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ROOTS OF CHINESE CULTURE Jinsha Village near Chengdu, in southwest Sichuan province, became famous all over China in 2001. Construction workers from a local company were building roads there. On February 8, they found ivory and jade in the mud. Soon

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27Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. 2Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. 3Make all it

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7It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. 2He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. 3It

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The London Paralympics competition is now finished and the closing ceremony is tomorrow morning New Zealand time. New Zealand sent 24 athletes to the games and received 17 medals. Four swimmers won medals: Sophie Pascoe from Christchurch won three go

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Welcome to Talking Sport! Today we meet a male gymnast from the UK. Louis Smith is already an Olympian. Louis won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics for his performance on the pommel horse. He is hoping to win another medal at this year's Olympic

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CALGARY, Canada, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa established herself as the fastest woman on skates Sunday when she set a new world record in the 500 meters at the Essent ISU World Cup speed skating event in Alberta. In a field that fe

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LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli outclassed a field of experienced rivals to win the men's 10km marathon swimming at the London Olympics on Friday, making himself the first swimmer to win medals both in pool and in open w

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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

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Passage One 26. A. They were possibly caused by man. B. They were mostly caused by volcanoes. C. They were certainly caused by nature. D. We know nothing about their causes. 27. A. Afraid. B. Excited. C. Curious. D. Indifferent. 28. A. Copper and iro

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4He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. 3B

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今天我们要学的词是sweep。 Sweep, 大家都知道,是扫地的意思,不过,sweep还有另外一个意思,指赢得比赛的全部胜利。 Jamaica became the first nation in Olympic history to sweep the gold, silver and bronze medal

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Swimming world championships debutant Ning Zetao has claimed the title at the men's 100m freestyle, clocking in at 47.84 seconds. Ning says his result is beyond his expectations. I feel honored to compete with swimmers from other countries for China.

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Chile wins tennis gold in Bolivarian beach games LIMA, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chilean women's beach tennis team Monday defeated Venezuela to win the doubles gold medal at the first Bolivarian Beach Games Lima 2012, held in the Peruvian capital city. Fran

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Lesson 37 All About A Penny 第37课 关于便士 When I was a little boy, pennies, and halfpennies, and farthings were made of pure copper. But copper is too soft a metal to stand the rubbing which coins get. So these old pennies soon became so smoo

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LONDON, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- No one can challenge my dominance in the 1,500m freestyle, said China's Olympic champion Sun Yang after setting a new world record to win the men's longest event at London Olympics on Saturday. The 1,500m freestyle is my st

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L: it was wonderful, but I was so tired. J: did you go to the top of the Eiffel Tower? L: yes, that was the first thing we did. We went all the way to the top. There were visitors from all over the world taking photos there. J: what else did you see?

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LONDON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Maria Sharapova has said that she had dreamt of competing in the Olympic Games since she was a child and is looking forward to making her debut at London 2012. She will play in the women's singles at the All England Club w

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Todd: Hey, Ian, have you ever met anyone famous? 托德:嗨,伊恩,你见过名人吗? Ian: Anyone famous? Ah, yes, I have. I met the Duke of Edinburgh. 伊恩:名人?嗯,我见过。我见过爱丁堡公爵。 Todd: Mm, who's that? 托德

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