背诵为王 第 二 册 第 10 课(在线收听) |
10 The Marathon Twenty-six miles, 385 yards is rather odd distance for a footrace.Most other running races are measured in lengths of evennumbers. The marathon,however,has an ancient history, goingback to the early Greek Olympics.The Greeks started the Olympics in 776 B.C. to honour the godZeus. Every four years, they brought together athletes fromall the Greek cities. A nationwide truce was called for thefive days of competition held in Olympia.The first day wasdevoted to ceremonies, banquets,and sacrifices.Early eventsincluded running,boxing,wrestling,pentathlon,and various horseand chariot races.After 490 B.C., a special long-distance race, the marathon,was added to commemorate the legendary feat of a Greeksoldier. It was said that he ran from the Plain of Marathon toAthens, a distance of 22 miles, 1470 yards, to bring the newsof the Greek victory over the Persian army. Upon exclaiming,“Rejoice! We have won!” he collapsed and died. marathon 马拉松 |
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