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Athens Celebration Funny, isn’t it? An athlete aspires to be the best his or her country has to offer, and ends up representing the best humanity has to offer. That’s the strength I find in the Ol
MODULE 5 HOPES AND FANTASIES\n [au:]模块5 希望和梦想 [00:05.15]UNIT 13 The Beijing 2008 Olympics\n [au:]第13单元 北京2008奥运 [00:11.51]Dialogue\n [au:]对话 [00:13.39]Look and listen. Then read and act in groups.\n [au:]看和听。然后
Medany Aims to be 1st Egyptian Woman to Medal at Olympics As Egypt struggles to get back on its feet after 16 rocky months of revolution and military rule, the country's young Olympians are hoping to do the seemingly impossible under the circumstance
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Tomorrow, President Trump will present the Medal of Honor posthumously to First Lieutenant Garlin Conner. In January of 1945, Conner dashed ahead of the American lines and slipped into a drainage ditch to call in artillery st
[00:01.15]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:05.24]Lesson 22 [00:10.10]Exercise 1.2 [00:12.53]Most people would be happy to [00:14.21]win one Olympic medal. [00:16.19]Imagine winning medals at four Olympic Games! [00:19.62]Chinese athlete Wang Yifu achi
[00:00.88]Unit 6 The Spirit of Sports [00:05.02]Expansion 6 [00:10.54]Exercise 2 [00:13.01]Tony is with me today in our studio. [00:16.56]He is a retired national gymnast. [00:19.61]He had been a successful gymnast [00:21.52]and had won a lot of meda
Tonight, an Olympic Gold Medal for the Womens Shot Put was presented to Valerie Adams in Auckland. She arrived back in New Zealand from overseas this morning. At the time of the shot put event in London, Valerie was placed second. However, a week lat
Nicholas Willis has won a bronze medal in the men's 1500-meter race at the Beijing Olympics. He is one of many athletes who lives in the United States but was born in another country. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the middle distance runner from N
By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 14 February 2006 American long track speedskater Joey Cheek won the men's Olympic 500-meters gold medal Monday night in Turin. And VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports h
By Scott Stearns White House 08 April 2008 President Bush has presented America's highest military award to the parents of a Navy special operations sailor killed in Iraq two years ago. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Petty
Ronda Rousey always wanted to compete at the Olympics, but she was surprised when she made the U.S. judo team in time for the 2004 Games in Athens. She was just 17 at the time. As VOA's Steve Schy reports, she's 21-years-old now, more experienced an
By Kane Farabaugh Chicago, IL 21 September 2009 Congress established the Medal of Honor, the highest honor awarded for bravery in the U.S. armed forces, in 1862. Since then, presidents have awarded 3,448 Medals of Honor. Only 95 recipients are still
US Congressional Gold Medal Program Has Long History Aung San Suu Kyi is the latest recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation's highest civilian award. Congress bestows the honor on an individual for a distinguished contribution or a life
US Marathoner Aims for Another Olympic Medal Meb Keflezighi has had a very successful athletics career since moving to the United States with his family at age 12. His two biggest highlights are a silver medal in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olymp
U.S. President Barack Obama has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 16 people who have made a difference in the nation and the world. They come from diverse backgrounds, but have one trait in common. Pr
Winning a gold medal is often considered the standard of excellence at the Olympics. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from China, sometimes placing second is a huge victory. Sara Isakovic, 13 Aug 2008 Often buried behind the headlines of world rec
SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- In the absence of Michael Phelps, it could be golden days for Hungarian star swimmer Laszlo Cseh to dominate the Shenzhen Universiade pool. Without Micheal, the race is different, the 26-year old Cseh said after h
A rarity among biathletes, Myriam Bdard competed as a figure skater until she was twelve years old. When women's biathlon was introduced to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Games, Bdard earned a bronze medal at 15km. In Lillehammer, she took a gold me
Jiangsu has claimed its first women's volleyball gold medal at the Chinese National Games in Tianjin. National-title favorite Jiangsu beat Shanghai 3-0 on Monday. Olympic champions Hui Ruoqi, Zhang Changning and Gong Xiangyu led their teammates to th
Meet Ludivine. Shes a two-and-a-half year old bloodhound from Elkmont, Alabama, who just won seventh place in the towns half-marathon. 认识下吕蒂文吧。她是来自阿拉巴马州埃尔克蒙特镇的一只两岁半大的侦探犬,不久前在