英语听力精选进阶版 6131

Capturing¹ Olympic Ideas with Words 用语言来捕捉奥林匹克精神

Beijing unveiled the slogan for the 2008 Olympics as far back as 2005. "One World, One Dream" was finally selected from more than 210,000 entries from around the world.

Beijing's original bid to host the 2008 games had a different slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics". The organisers felt the new slogan shifted² the focus nicely from the city of Beijing itself to the spirit of the Olympics – unity³, friendship amongst⁴ nations and progress.

It was also felt that the "One World, One Dream" slogan captured⁵ the traditional Chinese values of peace and harmony.

The Olympics hasn't always had a slogan attached to each host country. In fact it wasn't until 1988 at the Seoul Olympics in South Korea that the first slogan appeared. "Harmony and Progress" was chosen and it seems to have been a popular theme over the years.

In 1992, the Barcelona Olympics adopted the slogan "Friends Forever", reflecting the idea of friendship between the participating nations.

The Atlanta Olympics in 1996 claimed their Olympics was "The Celebration of a Century", celebrating the fact that the first modern Olympic games was held one hundred years, a century, before that in 1896.

As that first Olympics took place in Athens in Greece, it seemed only fitting⁶ that the 2004 Olympics in Greece had the slogan "Welcome Home". The Olympics had returned to its birthplace.

It is thought the Olympics started to adopt slogans to help their communication campaigns and to make each Olympics unique in its aims.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge praised the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games, saying the idea behind the games is to promote peace and understanding through sport. He believes the "One World, One Dream" slogan reflects that idea perfectly⁷.

GLOSSARY 词汇表

unveiled 揭开，宣布

entries 条目

bid 申请

host 举办

shifted the focus 转移了焦点

spirit 精神

unity 团结

captured 捕捉

peace 和平

harmony 和谐

adopted 采用了，使用了

reflecting 反映

fitting 适合的，恰当的

birthplace 发源地，出生地

communications campaigns 为沟通交流所做的活动

unique 独一无二的

International Olympic Committee 国际奥委会

Beijing Organising Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games 北京2008年奥运会组委会

1 capturing   

俘获( capture的现在分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Since when is capturing a felon considered interference? 从何时起抓住重案犯被认为是妨碍组员行动？
• Capturing the enemy-held towns is the pivot of our plans. 夺取敌人控制的城镇，是我们计画的轴心。

2 shifted   

v.改变( shift的过去式和过去分词 )；去掉；摆脱掉；换挡

参考例句：

• He shifted his position from the horizontal. 他从水平姿势变换成其他姿势。
• He nervously shifted his weight from foot to foot. 他很紧张，重心在双脚之间来回换。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

4 amongst   

prep.在…之中，在...之间(=among)

参考例句：

• He was sitting amongst a group of children,telling them a story.他正坐在一群孩子中间讲故事。
• You must settle the matter amongst yourselves.你们必须彼此商量，自行解决这些问题。

5 captured   

俘获( capture的过去式和过去分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers. 盟军俘虏了300多名敌方士兵。
• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。

6 fitting   

n.[pl.]设备，家具，配件，试穿；adj.适合的

参考例句：

• I'm going to a fitting tomorrow.明天我要去试穿新衣。
• The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。

7 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。