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The Modern Olympics The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France. They were held, appropriately enough, in Athens in 1896, but that meeting and the ones that followed at Paris (1900) and at St. Louis (1904) were hampered by poor organization and the absence of worldwide representation. The first successful meet was held at London in 1908; since then the games have been held in cities throughout the world (see Sites of the Modern Olympic Games , table). World War I prevented the Olympic meeting of 1916, and World War II the 1940 and 1944 meetings. The number of entrants, competing nations, and events have increased steadily. To the traditional events of track and field athletics , which include the decathlon and heptathlon, have been added a host of games and sports—archery, badminton, baseball and softball, basketball, boxing, canoeing and kayaking, cycling, diving, equestrian contests, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo and taekwondo, the modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, swimming, table tennis, team (field) handball, tennis, trampoline, the triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting, and wrestling. Olympic events for women made their first appearance in 1912. A separate series of winter Olympic meets, inaugurated (1924) at Chamonix, France, now includes ice hockey, curling, bobsledding, luge, skeleton, and skiing, snowboarding, and skating events. Since 1994 the winter games have been held in even-numbered years in which the summer games are not contested. Until late in the 20th cent. the modern Olympics were open only to amateurs, but the governing bodies of several sports now permit professionals to compete as well. As a visible focus of world energies, the Olympics have been prey to many factors that thwarted their ideals of world cooperation and athletic excellence. As in ancient Greece, nationalistic fervor has fostered intense rivalries that at times threatened the survival of the games. Although officially only individuals win Olympic medals, nations routinely assign political significance to the feats of their citizens and teams. Between 1952 and 1988 rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, rooted in mutual political antagonism, resulted in each boycotting games hosted by the other (Moscow, 1980; Los Angeles, 1984). Politics has influenced the Olympic games in other ways, from the propaganda of the Nazis in Berlin (1936) to pressures leading to the exclusion of white-ruled Rhodesia from the Munich games (1972). At Munich, nine Israeli athletes were kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian terrorists. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which sets and enforces Olympic policy, has struggled with the licensing and commercialization of the games, the need to schedule events to accommodate American television networks (whose broadcasting fees help underwrite the games), and the monitoring of athletes who seek illegal competitive advantages, often through the use of performance-enhancing drugs. The IOC itself has also been the subject of controversy. In 1998 a scandal erupted with revelations that bribery and favoritism had played a role in the awarding of the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City, Utah, and in the selection of some earlier venues. As a result, the IOC instituted a number of reforms including, in 1999, initiating age and term limits for members and barring them from visiting cities bidding to be Olympic sites.

as a Chinese ,i am so proud that olympic games can be held in beijing and i am looking forward the coming days when it happens .olympic games can be held in beijing,which shows that China has gained the great progress thorugh both Chinese government and chinese people 's hard working .To be capable to hold the olympic games is the acknowledgement to beijing, chinese government ,and chinese people claimed by olympic games committee.i do believe the olympic games of 2008 will be successful.olympic games in beijing can promote the comunication between china and western countries ,change the attitude to china that western countries once held ,and make the whole world know china well .it will make the people from all over the world see the china's development

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The Blue Goo makes me recall the beautiful time during the Paralympic CeremonyI had heard that the sky of Athens and the Agean Sea are so blue and so many stories described that. However, the Olympic Games absorbed me with the ancient country.In 2002 I started my training and I dreamed that one day my name would be printed on the Olympic athletes’ list . When the airplane to Athens took off with our national team my dream also took off. Everybody was so excited, however, we forgot that the trip was going to be so long and that there was a five hour time difference. We arrived in Athens eleven hours later. I heard a new kind of language and learned the word "Yasas" which means “Hello” in Greek. I met so many new people and they were so enthusiastic. The airplane landed and I felt that my dream had begun. Our national interpreter let me walk with a Greek girl who was a volunteer for the games. Though I couldn’t see, I could feel everything around me. After a short time, the bus stopped and we got off. Then we entered a door and our belongings were checked. My teammate told me: “This is the Olympic village”. "Olympic village" I thought that this was a dream come true. My guide runner accompanied me to a big building. An official gave me an athlete’s ID card and told me, "This is our competition permit and you need to show it everywhere you go during the Olympics." I was so proud of my ID card, I hung it around my neck. At last, my name was on an Olympic Games ID card and my dream had come true. I got my room key and I was staying in unit 12, next to the American team. The room was very basic and had two beds, one desk and one veranda. There were eight people staying on every floor sharing one public bathroom. The next thing that we did made me feel very emotional and it was the first time that I had felt so proud of my country because I was allowed to hang our national flag in our veranda. The veranda was so high and our flag could be seen by everybody. I was so excited.The opening ceremony took place on September 17th and everybody attended, and so did I. The China team wore white pants, red jackets and carried red flags. There were 287 people and they looked so smart. Everybody knew that the ceremony ended at the Olympic main stadium. We were joining a historic time. We were so excited that we were shouting and jumping up and down. We were standing in line and proudly holding the national flag in our hand. The host was checking the countries and when he asked "Where is China?", 287 China national flag were held up and we answered very loudly "Here". My heart was pumping so hard. We had been waiting for the host to lead us to the main ceremony. I thought I heard someone say: “The People's Republic of China”, and I was correct because I then heard the host in main stadium repeat "China”. Then the whole Greek audience stood up clapping and shouting very loudly “China, China." Again my heart was pumping so hard. Hong Kong, Macao and Chinese Taipei entered the stadium and we stood up and shouted out their names. The Greek team were the first and last to enter the stadium. Everybody was shouting "Hellas, Hellas..." (which means “Greece” in Greek). Although I couldn’t see the Olympic flame burning and rising, I could feel it meant peace, fairplay, higher, faster and stronger. We stood up when they played the Greek national anthem. I didn't understand the lyrics but I thought the melody was so beautiful. At that moment, I felt so happy, lucky and so proud to be there. The first Olympic Games took place one hundred and eight years earlier and they had now returned. I sat there feeling the full meaning of the Games. I was sitting at this special ceremony with very special feelings because I was celebrating this special time with people from all over the world. I felt that the world had come together peacefully to play sport and that fighting and war had been forgotten. The Olympic flame would be burning here from tonight until September 27.I now wish I could go back to that time, however, I also wish the time could go quicker so that I could experience this beautiful dream again in my own country. Let's look forward to the 2008 Olympic Games in China when the Olympic flame will be burning in our own country’s sky.The Blue Goo helped me to relive and to remember the great Olympic ceremony. It was a very special time in my life and I have many beautiful memories. The Olympic spirit has helped me to persevere in my own life. It has also motivated and inspired me to success.

奥林匹克运动是在奥林匹克主义指导下，以体育运动和4年1度的奥林匹克庆典——奥运会为主要活动内容，促进人的生理、心理和社会道德全面发展，沟通各国人民之间的相互了解，在全世界普及奥林匹克主义，维护世界和平的国际社会运动。奥林匹克运动包括以奥林匹克主义为核心的思想体系，以国际奥委会、国际单项体育联合会和各国奥委会为骨干的组织体系和以奥运会为周期的活动体系。 1894年6月23日，当顾拜旦与12个国家的79名代表决定成立国际奥委会、开创奥林匹克运动时， 这一壮举曾一度成为人们讽刺的对象。而在百年之后的今天，奥运会已成为普天同庆的节日，奥林匹克运动也吸引了202个国家和地区的积极参与。 1998年，著名的《生活》杂志刊载了历史学家精选的过去千年中最重要的1000个事件和人物，1896年顾拜旦恢复奥运会的壮举也跻身其中，被誉为千年盛事之一。 奥林匹克运动是人类社会的一个罕见的杰作，它将体育运动的多种功能发挥得淋漓尽致，影响力远远超出了体育的范畴，在当代世界的政治、经济、哲学、文化、艺术和新闻媒介等诸多方面产生了1系列不容忽视的影响。奥林匹克运动不仅构成了现代社会所特有的体育文化景观，以其特有的文化魅力愉悦人们的身心，更以其强烈的人文精神催人奋进，生生不已。 奥林匹克运动是时代的产物，工业革命大大扩展了世界各民族之间在经济、政治和文化等方面的联系，各国交往日益密切，迫切需要以各种沟通手段来加强国际间的相互了解。奥林匹克运动正是为适应这种社会需要而出现的，是人类社会发展到一定阶段的必然产物。位于蒙特利尔奥林匹克体育馆前的五环标志奥运五色环标志象征着5大洲团结。奥林匹克运动有1系列独特而鲜明的象征性标志，如奥林匹克标志、格言、奥运会会旗、会歌、会徽、奖牌、吉祥物等。这些标志有着丰富的文化含义，形象地体现了奥林匹克理想的价值取向和文化内涵。 《奥林匹克宪章》规定，奥林匹克标志、奥林匹克旗、奥林匹克格言和奥林匹克会歌的产权属于国际奥委会专有。国际奥委会可采取一切适当措施使奥林匹克标志、旗、格言和会歌在各国和国际上获得法律保护。

奥运体育项目中英文对照 Aquatics（水上运动） Swimming 游泳 freestyle 自由泳 backstroke 仰泳 breaststroke 蛙泳 butterfly 蝶泳 individual medley 个人混合泳 freestyle relay 自由泳接力 medley relay 混合泳接力 Water polo 水球 Diving 跳水 10m platform event 十米跳台 3m springboard event 三米跳板 synchronised diving from 10 m platform 双人十米跳台 synchronised diving from 3 m springboard 双人三米跳板 Synchronised swimming 花样游泳 Archery（射箭） Individual events 个人赛 Team events 团体赛 Athletics（田径） Track 径赛 100 m, 200 m, 400 m 100米，200米，400米 800 m, 1,500 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m 800米，1500米，5,000米，10,000米 110 m hurdles, 400 m hurdles 110米栏，400米栏 3,000 m steeplechase 3000米障碍赛 4 x 100 m relay, 4 x 400 m relay 4×100米接力，4×400米接力 Jumping 跳跃 high jump 跳高 pole vault 撑杆跳高 long jump 跳远 triple jump 三级跳远 Throwing 投掷 shot put 推铅球 discus 掷铁饼 hammer 掷链球 javelin 标枪 Decathlon 男子十项全能 Heptathlon 女子七项全能 Road events 公路赛 marathon 马拉松 walk 竞走 Ball Games（球类运动） Badminton 羽毛球 mens singles 男子单打 womens singles 女子单打 mens doubles 男子双打 womens doubles 女子双打 mixed doubles 混合双打 Baseball 棒球 Basketball 篮球 Football 足球 Handball 手球 Hockey / Field Hockey 曲棍球 Softball 垒球 Table Tennis 乒乓球 Tennis 网球 Volleyball 排球 Beach Volleyball 沙滩排球 Cycling（自行车） Road cycling 公路自行车赛 Track cycling 场地自行车赛 sprint 追逐赛 time trial 计时赛 points race 计分赛 pursuit 争先赛 Mountain bike 山地自行车赛 Equestrian（马术） Jumping 障碍赛 Dressage 盛装舞步 Eventing 三日赛 Fencing（击剑） Foil 花剑 Epee 重剑 Sabre 佩剑 Gymnastics（体操） Artistic Gymnastics 竞技体操 Floor Exercises 自由体操 Pommel Horse 鞍马 Rings 吊环 Vault 跳马 Parallel Bars 双杠 Horizontal Bar 单杠 Uneven Bars 高低杠 Balance Beam 平衡木 Rhythmic Gymnastics 艺术体操 Gymnastics Trampoline 蹦床 Modern Pentathlon（现代五项） Shooting 射击 Fencing 击剑 Swimming 游泳 Riding 马术 Cross-country running 越野跑 Sailing（帆船） Windsurfer men / women - Mistral one design 男子/女子帆板米氏级 Single-handed Dinghy Women - Europe 女子帆船欧洲级 Single-handed Dinghy men - Finn 男子帆船芬兰人级 Single-handed Dinghy open - Laser 激光级 Double-handed Dinghy men / women - 470 男子/女子帆船470级预赛 Double-handed Dinghy open - 49er 49人级 Multihull open - Tornado 龙卷风级 Keelboat men - Star 男子星光级 Keelboat women - Yngling 女子索林级 Shooting（射击） 10 m air rifle 10米气步枪 10 m air pistol 10米气手枪 Mens 10 m running target 男子10米移动靶 Mens 50 m rifle prone position 男子50米步枪卧射 50 m rifle three positions 50米步枪3种姿势 Mens 50 m pistol 男子50米手枪 Womens 25 m pistol 女子25米手枪 Mens 25 m rapid fire pistol 男子25米手枪速射 Trap 多向飞碟 Double trap 双多向飞碟 Skeet 双向飞碟 Triathlon（铁人三项） Swimming 游泳 Cycling 自行车 Running 跑步 Weightlifting（举重） Snatch 抓举 Clean and jerk 挺举 Wrestling（摔跤） greco-roman 古典式摔跤 free style 自由式摔跤 Rowing（赛艇） Boxing（拳击 ） Canoeing（皮划艇 ） Judo（柔道） Taekwondo（跆拳道）