Dialogue Script 4 对话原文 4

Monica: Joe, do you know what the Olympic Spirit is?
Joe: Yes, it is "mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair play. "
Monica: And when did China's professional athletes come into being?
Joe: At present, there has not been a wording for professional athletes in China. This is because the Chinese modern athletic sports started rather late and the sports clubs are far from mature as the European and American countries.
Monica: Then do you know when China got its first gold medal at the Olympics?
Joe: I think it was at the 23rd Olympic Games that Chinese shooting competitor Xu Haifeng got the first gold medal for China.

讲解:

1.中国在第23届洛山机奥运会上由射击运动员许害峰夺得了第一枚金牌，打破了中国奥运金牌零的记录。
2.the Olympic Spirit奥运精神，是相互了解，友谊，团结和公平竞争： mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair play.

Dialogue Script 5 对话原文 5

Anne: At the Seoul Olympic Games, the Chinese team encountered a series of defeat.
Mark: Are you talking about the so-called "fleeing from the Mai city after defeat"?
Anne: Yeah. At the Olympic Games, the Chinese Competitors only won 5 gold medals. 11silver medals and 12 bronze medals, compared with 15gold medals, 8 silver medals and 9 bronze medals at the last Games, that's a big defeat.
Mark: We can see that the Chinese team has taken the lesson. And once again got good scores at the 25th Olympic Games.

讲解:

1. 俗语：“fleeing from the Mai city after defeat” 败走麦城，用来形容失败。

2. 金银铜牌的说法。gold medals, silver medals bronze medals

Dialogue Script 6 对话原文 6

Anne: Hey, did you watch the 2000 Olympic Games?
David: Of course, I have. The opening ceremony was outstanding.
Anne: Yes, I've got it. The flame even rose from the water, just against the saying that "fire and water are incompatible". Moreover, Foreman, who lit the Olympic Flame, had several identities, An Australian, a track and field athlete, and a woman. David: At the Olympics, the North and South Koreas marched for the first time into the opening ceremony area hand-in-hand, which is one more example to prove how the Olympic movement contributes to the building of a better and more united world. Anne: What's more, the brotherhood of the century made the audience stand up and applaud loudly.
David: Australian wanted to satisfy the whole world, it seemed they had reached the goal.

讲解:

1.第27届悉尼奥运会正好赶在2000年，是一个世纪之交的盛会。而且2000年悉尼奥运会有很多特色，让人难以忘记。比如说开幕式上圣火竟然是从水中升起的，谁说水火不相容？“fire and water are incompatible”就是水火不相容。

2. 在2000年悉尼奥运会上，朝韩两国第一次手拉手步入开幕式会场，再一次证明了奥运会为建立一个更美好、更团结的世界所做的贡献。萨马兰奇曾经说2000年悉尼奥运会是迄今为止举办得最好的奥运会。