Lingling: When did the ancient Olympic Games begin, Yangyang?
玲玲：古代奧運會是什么時候開始的，陽陽？
Yangyang: They began in 776 BC, about 3000 years ago. I learned about them in the PE class.
陽陽：它開始于公元前776年，大約3000年以前。我在體育課上學習了關于古代奧運會的知識。
Lingling: Really? I thought they had a history of only about 100 years.
玲玲：真的嗎？我以為它只有大約100年的歷史。
Yangyang: Well, those are the modern Olympic Games. They are different from the ancient ones.
陽陽：嗯，那是現代奧運會。它與古代奧運會不同。
Lingling: What are the differences?
玲玲：有什么不同？
Yangyang: Well, in the ancient Olympics, there were no women. Only men could take part.
陽陽：嗯，在古代奧運會上，沒有女人。只有男人可以參加。
Lingling: That wasn’t fair! Which country held the first Olympics?
玲玲：那不公平！哪個國家舉辦的第一屆奧運會？
Yangyang: Greece. The Games were held in Olympia, a city in Greece.
陽陽：希臘。奧運會在希臘的一個城市奧林匹亞舉辦的。
Unit 5 Lesson 16 Listen and say英語課文翻譯
Yangyang: The ancient Olympic Games stopped in Greece a long time ago. There were no games for about 1500 years.
陽陽：希臘的古代奧運會在很久以前就停辦了。大約1500年沒有比賽了。
Lingling: What a shame! When did people hold the first modern Olympics?
玲玲：真遺憾！人們什么時候舉辦的第1屆現代奧運會？
Yangyang: They held them in 1896 in Athens, the capital city of Greece.
陽陽：他們于1896年在希臘的首都城市雅典舉辦的。
Lingling: Could both men and women take part in the Games?
玲玲：男人和女人都可以參加奧運會嗎？
Yangyang: Sure they could. Also, there were more events.
陽陽：他們當然都可以。而且有了更多的賽事。
Lingling: Now, people from different nations can meet and get to know each other better.
玲玲：現在，來自不同國家的人可以見面，并能夠更好地了解彼此。
Yangyang: Do you know the motto of the modern Olympics?
陽陽：你知道現代奧運會的口號嗎？
Lingling: Yes, I do. It is “Higher, Faster, Stronger”．
玲玲：是的，我知道。是“更高、更快、更強”。
Unit 5 Lesson 17 Listen and say英語課文翻譯
Sara: Beijing hosted the 29th Olympic Games. They were a great success. How many medals did the Chinese athletes win?
薩拉：北京舉辦了第29屆奧運會。他們取得了巨大的成功。中國運動員獲得了多少塊獎牌？
Yangyang: They won 51 gold medals, 21 silver medals, and 28 bronze medals. China was number one in the gold medal table.
陽陽：他們獲得了51塊金牌、21塊銀牌和28塊銅牌。中國是金牌榜上的第一名。
Sara: Wow, that’s great! It was such a big sports festival.
薩拉：哇，太棒了！那真是一場體育盛會。
Yangyang: At that time we had many visitors and athletes from all over the world in Beijing.
陽陽：那時在我們北京有許多來自世界各地的游客和運動員。
Sara: You must be very proud of your country and your city.
薩拉：你一定為你的祖國和你的城市感到非常自豪吧。
Yangyang: Yes. I love my country and I love Beijing.
陽陽：是的。我愛我的祖國，我愛北京。
