英語口語大贏家Topic191:聊奧運 Olympic Stories

阿美坐出租車時，在車裏看見了很多奧運會的吉祥物，一問才知道，原來司機是個奧運迷，這下阿美可找到知音了。

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May: I see that there are Olympic mascotsin your car.

Taxi driver: Yes. I am very interested in the Olympic Games, and I'm especially excited about 2008 Beijing Olympics.

May: Me, too. I want to be a volunteer for 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Taxi driver: That's cool. Care for a little quiz on that?

May: No problem. I'm an "Olympic expert".

Taxi driver: Wow, you've talked the talk. Now it's time to walk the walk. Here we go. First, can you tell me something about the ancient Olympics?

May: The ancient Olympics originated in ancient Greece.

Taxi driver: Good. Why do people name it Olympics

May: They name it after the place where it was first held.

Taxi driver: Who started the modern Olympics?

May: This question is a piece of cake. A Frenchman named Baron de Coubertin.

Taxi driver: What did people call him?

May: Of course he was called "the father of the Olympics".

Taxi driver: What did he do for restoring the Olympics?

May: He once made a speech on the "Renaissance of the Olympics".

Taxi driver: Well, that's for all. Excellent!

May: I've told you I'm an expert.

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阿美：我看見您車裏有許多奧運會的吉祥物。

出租車司機：是的。我對奧運會非常的感興趣，特別是對2008年的北京奧運會。

阿美：我也是。而且我還想成爲2008年北京奧運會的志願者。

出租車：那很不錯啊。介意做一個有關奧運會的小測試嗎？

阿美：沒問題啊。我是"奧運專家"。

出租車司機：哇，那你一定要說到做到。開始了啊。首先，你能告訴我一些關於古代奧運會的事情嗎？

阿美：古代奧運起源於希臘。

出租車司機：不錯。爲什麼人們叫它奧林匹克？

阿美：人們是以它第一次舉辦的地點來給它命名的。

出租車司機：誰發起了現代奧運會？

阿美：這個問題簡直就是小菜一碟。是一個叫拜倫?顧拜旦的法國人。

出租車司機：那人們都叫他什麼？

阿美：人們當然都叫他"奧林匹克之父"。

出租車司機：那麼他爲奧運會的恢復做出了什麼樣的貢獻？

阿美：他曾經發表過一個"復興奧林匹克"的演講。

出租車司機：測試完了。非常棒！

阿美：我說過我是專家。

Recitation 經典背誦
May: I've said I'm an “Olympic expert”. The quiz is a piece of cake for me. The ancient Olympics was originated in ancient Greece. People named it after the place where it was first held, and a Frenchman named Mr. Baron de Coubertin started the modern Olympics. I've mastered this knowledge when I was in junior middle school.

生詞小結
mascot n. 吉祥物

quiz n. 小測試

註釋
You've talked the talk. 你一定要說到做到。

Baron de Coubertin 拜倫.顧拜旦，現代奧運會的創始人。

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