The London Olympics are less than one hundred days away. Across the world, many competitors still have to qualify for the sixteen days of competition. Others are entering the final weeks of training.
距离伦敦奥运会已经不足100天。在世界各地，许多参赛选手仍然必须证明其有资格参加这项为期16天赛事。其他人则进入了最后几个星期的训练。
Three hundred thousand people are expected to travel to the British capital for the Summer Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies are on July twenty-seventh.
预计将有30万人前往英国首都伦敦观看这届夏季奥运会。开幕式定于7月27日举行。
Wednesday marked the one-hundred-day point. Sebastian Coe -- the British runner who won two Olympic gold medals -- is chairman of the London 2012 organizing committee.
本周三标志着100天倒数的起点。获得过两块奥运金牌的英国田径运动员塞巴斯蒂安·柯伊担任伦2012年伦敦奥组委主席。
SEBASTIAN COE: "It signifies, first of all, still an extraordinary amount of work still to do, but I think one hundred days, it means something to people. When you're talking about seven years, six years, five years, four years, but actually when you're really talking about days, and we're talking twelve Wednesdays or something, I mean it really is, it's very close."
柯伊：“首先我们还有许多工作有待完成。但是我想，100天对于人们来说，还可以做好些事情。以前我们谈到的是7年，6年，5年，4年。但现在我们谈到的是多少天，我们谈到的是还有12个星期之类的，我的意思是，时间已经非常迫近了。”
The Olympic Games
奥运会
No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go，but some historic records say they began in 776 BC．
没有人确切的知道奥林匹克运动的起始年代，然而一些历史记载显示，它开始于公元前776年。
In ancient Greece sports played a very important part in the life of the people．
在古希腊时期，体育运动是人们生活中不可或缺的一部分。
The Greeks held Olympic Games on the plain by Mount Olympus．
古希腊人在奥林匹亚山前的平原上举办奥运会。
As the time passed，the Olympic Games gradually became an international event.
随着时代的变迁，奥林匹克运动会逐渐成为了一项国际盛事。
After a long history of about 1200 years the Olympic Games were stpped．
一千二百年后，人们停止了举办奥运会这一惯例。
The Games were Started again in 1896 in Athens．
而1896年，人们在雅典又重新开始举办了奥运会。
59 athletes from 10 countries took part in the event．
来自10个国家的59名运动员参加了这次奥运会。
In times of peace the Games take place every four years and are held in different countries in turn．
在和平时期，奥林匹克运动会轮流在不同的国家每四年举办一次。
The host country provides stadiums，swimming pools，food and living rooms．
主办方将为运动员提供体育场，游泳池，食物以及居住的地方。
Usually a famous athlete from the host country passes a torch to the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games．
在奥运会开幕式上，通常由一名来自主办国的著名运动员将奥运火炬传递到体育场。
The well-known Olympic flag is white with five connected rings in the center with colors：blue，yellow，black，green and red．
举世闻名的奥林匹克旗是一面白色旗，在居中的位置上有蓝，黄，黑，绿，红五个相连的圆环。
It represents the uniting of all the five continents．
它象征着五大洲人民的团结。
The Olympic Games have a spirit of understanding，friendship and fair play between the Nations．
奥运会的精神在于国家间的理解，友好以及公平竞争。
Athletes from different countries play games together and this provides them with good Chances to learn to live together．
来自不同国家的运动员同台竞技，这给他们提供了学会共同相处的绝佳机会。
The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the as one big family．
奥运村里的友好气氛让人们认识到世界是一个大家庭。
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