英语听力精选进阶版 7925

It was the first time that the All England Club held an Olympic tournament. Tennis was not part of the Olympic programme in the 1948 London Games, while at the 1908 Games, also held in London, the competition was held at Wimbledon's old site in Worple Road.

The biggest challenge for Wimbledon was to make a quick turnaround in just 20 days between the famous annual Grand Slam¹ event and the Olympic tennis tournament.

In today’s programme you will hear a lot of interesting facts about tennis at Wimbledon.

1 slam   

v.猛力地推、放或扔；砰地关上

参考例句：

• They were surprised by the slam of a car door.关汽车门时发出的声音使他们很吃惊。
• Why should you slam the window?你干吗要使劲关窗户呢？