【轻松英文阅读】奥林匹克的那些事儿

Speaking of Olympic trivia, the Sochi Olympics are already breaking many records. Probably the most surprising is the cost of the games. According to some estimates, this will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever, summer or winter. In fact, at 51

Michael Phelps Wins 6 Gold Medals in Swimming in Athens

By Parke Brewer The eight days of Olympic swimming competition ended Saturday night at the Athens Summer Games. And the big star was American Michael Phelps. On Sunday he met with members of the media

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While on an expedition in western China twenty years ago, some explorers discovered the mummies of a tall, red-haired people. Though estimated to be nearly 4,000 years old, the corpses were quite well

【趣谈英语】奥林匹克金牌不是纯金-Olympic Gold Medals Are Made Of Silver

Pre-Listening Vocabulary host country: the nation that holds the event IOC: International Olympic Committee composition: what something is made of gold-plated: containing a layer of gold on the surface monetary value: the amount something is worth Go

新西兰英语 669 NZ Paralympians

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

Skating: Chinese Pair Win First Medals at World Championship

Broadcast: Mar 27,2003 The first medals of the 2003 World Figure Skating Championships were awarded Wednesday night here in the nation's capital. Chinese skaters Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo successfully

2007年VOA标准英语-Gay Pulls Off Double Sprint Title at World Athl

By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 30 August 2007 American sprinter Tyson Gay has won his second gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. As VOA's David Byrd reports, Gay added the 200-meters title to his 100-meters gold medal. Tyson

Four Chinese swimmers win medals at FINA World Cup

MOSCOW, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The second day of the FINA Swimming World Cup wrapped up here on Wednesday, with four Chinese swimmers won medals in competitions. In women's 200m butterfly, China's Gong Jie won the gold medal in 2:04.32, while South Kore

高中英语人教版高二下课文10

[00:02.00]考古学 [00:04.00]Speak 1 Work with your partner and practise the following dialogue. [00:07.68]说 1 和一个伙伴一起练习下在的对话。 [00:11.36]Student A talks about a topic he or she is interested in, [00:14.25]学生A谈论他

2007年VOA标准英语-Kenya Enjoys Golden Night at World Athletics

By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 28 August 2007 Kenyan athletes have won four medals, including two golds, on the fourth day of the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. As VOA's David Byrd reports, the Kenyans won gold in both men's and women's r

Chinese badminton players Cai and Fu win gold medals in men's doubles

LONDON, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese badminton players Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng beat their rivals 2-0 Sunday afternoon, and clinched gold medals in men's doubles in the Wembley Arena. These are the first gold medal won by Chinese in that event. This mean

新西兰英语 50 Olympic Successes for NZ

Saturday was a golden day for New Zealand at the Beijing Olympics. New Zealanders won two gold medals, a silver and two bronze medals. The first medal was won by the rowing twins, Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. This is their second Olympics go

2007年VOA标准英语-US Reaps Golden Harvest at World Athletics

By David Byrd Osaka, Japan 01 September 2007 The United States has won the gold medals in the men's and women's relay while an American took the pole vault title at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan. VOA's David Byrd was trackside and

学个词Learn a Word 第532期 Sweep

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

每日一词【532】sweep：扫地

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

快来围观：里约奥运会奖牌

Rio 2016 organisers have revealed the medals that will be competed for at this summer's Olympics. 2016年里约奥运的组委会公布了今夏奥运赛场将竞逐的奖牌。 A total of 2,488 medals, each weighing 500g, have been produced - with 8

Jamaica breaks men's 4x100m relay world record for gold medal

LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds to win the gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay Saturday at the London Olympic Games. Jamaica broke their old record of 37.04, which they set in 2011, to defend the title the

French cyclists win gold, silver at U-23 road worlds

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- French cyclist Arnaud Demare won gold on the fouth day of the UCI U-23 Road World Championships Friday. Another Frenchman Adrien Petit grabbed the silver medal. Demare and Petit had solid performance in the last sprin

Joy in Cuba for gold medals at London Olympics

HAVANA, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban people are very happy with joy after hearing the first two gold medals from two athletes on Friday in London Olympics. On Friday, Shooter Leuris Pupo grabbed Cuba's first gold medal of the London Olympics with a v

Mexico has best Olympics in over 40 years

LONDON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican delegation for London 2012 Olympic Games had its best performance in over 40 years in the summer games, winning seven medals, including one golden, three silver and three bronze. It is the second best Olympics