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AS IT IS 2016-08-13 Fiji Celebrates First Olympic Medal, and It Is Gold 斐济拿到有史以来首枚奖牌!还是一枚金牌!

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The tiny South Pacific island nation of Fiji won its first Olympic medal. And it is gold.

Fiji has a population of about 900,000.

The Fijian team won the gold medal in the new Olympic sport of rugby sevens in Rio de Janeiro.

Fiji’s rugby team was the pre-Olympic favorite. The team won the last two world rugby sevens competitions. Fiji finished ahead of larger countries like South Africa, Australia and Argentina.

The game was played at 10 a.m. Friday in Fiji and most businesses closed to allow their employees² to watch the match.

The national rugby stadium³ in Suva was filled with 15,000 people who watched the match on a large screen.

When the final second ticked off the clock in the 43-7 victory⁴ over Great Britain, people danced in the street.

Fiji’s prime⁵ minister announced a public holiday for August 22. That is when the team will return from Rio.

One Fijian man posted a video to YouTube of himself and his young son singing the national anthem⁶. They joined in with the rugby players on television.

A journalist noted⁷ that Fiji is the fifth country with a population under 1 million to win a gold medal.

The Fijian players like captain Osea Kolinisau and Leone Nakarawa proved too strong for Great Britain. Nakarawa is over 2 meters tall and weighs about 122 kilograms⁸. Fiji was ahead 29-0 at halftime.

The coach of the Fijian team is Ben Ryan. Ryan is English, but many people now want to make him an honorary Fijian citizen.

Words in This Story

captain – n. an athlete who is chosen to be the leader of a team

medal – n. a piece of metal often in the form of a coin with designs and words in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement

1 trending   

v.伸向( trend的现在分词 )；趋向；倾向；使趋向

参考例句：

• Since the 1920's, consumers are trending toward higher quality dessert apples. 二十世纪二十年代以来消费者都爱好高质量的生食苹果。 来自辞典例句
• Share prices have been trending down. 股票价格一直趋向下降。 来自辞典例句

2 employees   

n.雇工，雇员( employee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She is always polite and considerate towards her employees. 她对待雇员总是客客气气，关心体谅。
• The company has a strict dress code—all male employees are expected to wear suits. 公司有严格的着装规定—所有男职员都要穿西服。

3 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

4 victory   

n.胜利，成功

参考例句：

• Victory will never come if we only wait for it.如果我们光是等待，胜利永远不会到来。
• It can't be questioned that we will win the final victory.我们将最终取得胜利，这是确定无疑的。

5 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

6 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

7 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

8 kilograms   

n.千克( kilogram的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 2 kilograms of rice 2公斤大米
• Every tonne of coal contains,on average,30 kilograms of nitrogen. 每吨煤平均含30公斤氮。 来自《简明英汉词典》