奥运知识—奥运项目介绍:田径运动

ABOUT Athletics¹ (Olympic sport since 1896)
田径概述（1896年成为奥运会正式比赛项目）

 

　　Athletics is, in many ways, the embodiment of the Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius", meaning faster, higher, stronger.
　　田径运动是一种结合了速度与耐力，力量与技巧的综合性体育运动。“更高、更快、更强”的奥林匹克运动精神在很多方面都能够通过田径运动得到集中体现。

　　Athletics (or track and field) is about running faster, jumping higher and throwing further than your competitors. The ancient Games at Olympia began simply with foot races, only occasionally complicated by dressing² the runners in infantry³ armour⁴ or making them carry soldiers’ shields. Today, athletics remains⁵ one of the most popular Olympic sports. From the 100m dash to the 42.195km marathon, from the hammer throw to the high jump, it contains many of the Olympic Games’ blue-ribbon events and many of the highest-profile competitors.
　　田径比赛要求运动员们比对手跑得更快、跳得更高、掷得更远。田径是一项古老的运动，古代奥运会就是始于奥林匹亚地区的徒步赛跑，偶尔也会要求选手们身着步兵盔甲或手持盾牌进行赛跑。田径运动发展到今天，仍是奥运会上最受欢迎的比赛项目之一。无论是百米短跑还是全程42.195公里的马拉松，无论是链球比赛还是跳高，田径比赛包含了众多奥运会的经典项目和为数众多的大牌明星。

1 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

2 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

3 infantry   

n.[总称]步兵(部队)

参考例句：

• The infantry were equipped with flame throwers.步兵都装备有喷火器。
• We have less infantry than the enemy.我们的步兵比敌人少。

4 armour   

（=armor）n.盔甲；装甲部队

参考例句：

• His body was encased in shining armour.他全身披着明晃晃的甲胄。
• Bulletproof cars sheathed in armour.防弹车护有装甲。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。