高考英语作文高分必备 实践篇 083

 

 　　The olympic games
The Olympic games are held every four years. The winter Olympics are usually held two years before the summer Olympics. The old Olympic games began around the year 776 B.C. in Greece. After about the year 393 A.D., the Olympic games stopped. The first Olympic games in modern times took place in 1896. 311 competitors took part in the games. In 1992, more than 8000 competitors from over 150 different counties¹ went to Barcelona for the 25th Olympics. There were 250 different sports in the games. In Barcelona, the Chinese team got 16 golden metals of which 12 were won by women.
奥林匹克运动会
奥林匹克运动会每四年举行一次，冬季奥运会一般在夏季奥运会的前两年举行。以前的奥运会在公元前776年的希腊举行，差不多在公元393年的时候，奥运会停止了。最初的现代奥运会在1896年举行，311位竞争对手选出一部分去参赛。1992年，150个不同的国家的8000多位竞争对手到巴塞罗那参加第25届奥运会，一共有250个不同的运动项目。在巴塞罗那，中国队得到了16块金牌其中12个是女运动员。

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郡，县( county的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The deposits spread for 100 kilometers across four counties. 这些矿藏绵延一百公里，跨越四个县。
• The Jinggang Mountains stand where the boundaries of four counties meet. 井冈山位于四县之交。