奥运知识—奥林匹克运动简史二(1)

Part 2 The Ancient Olympic Games 古代奥运会

Dialogue Script 1 对话原文1

　　Jason: Annie, it is said you are an Olympic expert. Can you tell me anything about the ancient Olympics?
　　Annie: Of course. What do you want to know?
　　Jason: It’s origin, fundament, development and abolishment, etc. I am writing an article on it.
　　Annie: It’s original place is Olympia, in Athens. It is a "Holy Land" of sports. The founder¹ of it was a Greek, Yiphitus. It was he who declared to hold the Olympic Games every four years. The first Ancient Olympic Games were held in 776BC.
　　Jason: Were all the participants native Greek?
　　Annie: Yes, there were only Greek at the beginning. With the development of the Olympics, people came to participate in the Games from the land and sea of other places. And the sports events were much fewer than now, the time did not last as long as it does now, either.
　　Jason: Did anybody use stimulants² then?
　　Annie: Yes, somebody did, but not as bad as now. It was a pity that the ancient Olympic Games began to decline after the Roman Empire dominated the ancient Greece. It was abolished in 394 AD. Due to two earthquakes and some battles, Olympia was destroyed completely, and the ancient Olympic Games, which has lasted over a thousand years, disintegrated³.
　　Jason: This was the sorrow of human beings. Annie, you are really an expert. I’ve got it. Thank you very much.
　　Annie: My pleasure.

讲解:

1. It’s origin, fundament, development and abolishment.
古典奥运会的起源、建立、发展、及废除。

2.BC是公元前，是Before Christ的缩写， AD是公元，是Anno Domini的缩写。

3.Stimulants 兴奋剂 use stimulants使用兴奋剂。

4.Olympic Games是一个复数形式，所以在它后面的动词、系动词形式都要一致。

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

2 stimulants   

n.兴奋剂( stimulant的名词复数 )；含兴奋剂的饮料；刺激物；激励物

参考例句：

• Coffee and tea are mild stimulants. 咖啡和茶是轻度兴奋剂。
• At lower concentrations they may even be stimulants of cell division. 在浓度较低时，它们甚至能促进细胞分裂。 来自辞典例句

3 disintegrated   

v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. 飞机坠入大海时解体了。
• The box was so old;it just disintegrated when I picked it up. 那箱子太破旧了，我刚一提就散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》