


下載本文檔
版權說明:本文檔由用戶提供并上傳,收益歸屬內容提供方,若內容存在侵權,請進行舉報或認領
文檔簡介
1、.體育英語之馬拉松的歷史 The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefieJd at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in
2、;490 B.C.,bringing news of a Greek victory over the Persians. Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message “Niki!“victory,then collapsed and died, there by setti
3、ng a precedent for dramatic conclusions to the marathon.現代雅典馬拉松是為了紀念公元490年一位名叫費迪皮迪茲的士兵從希臘馬拉松鎮的戰場帶著希臘人擊敗了波斯人的消息一直跑到了雅典。傳說費迪皮迪茲說完“成功兩個字之后倒地而亡,從此為馬拉松戲劇性的結尾創始了先例。When the modern Olympic Games were inaugurated in 1896 in
4、 Greece, the legend of Pheidippides was revived by a 24.85-mile 40 000 meters run from Marathon Bridge to Olympic stadium in Athens. Traditionally as the final event
5、 in the Olympics, the first organized marathon on April 10, 1896 was especially important to all Greeks.Greece was hosting the first modern Olympic Games. The Greeks had
6、yet to win a medal, and had one final chance to bring glory to their nation. Twenty-five runners assembled on Marathon Bridge. The starter mumbled a few words a
7、nd fired the gun, and the race was on. The excitement of the crowd waiting at the finish line at the newly constructed replica of Athens ancient stadium was
8、0;beyond description. Spiridon Louis, a Greek postal worker crossed the finish line a full seven minutes ahead of the pack. He used 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 50
9、seconds for the 40 kilometer distance average pace of 7:11 minutes per mile. When it was all over, nine runners finished the run, and 8 of them Greeks. The
10、;host nation was ecstatic, and the marathon was born.現代的奧運會于1896在希臘舉行開幕時,從馬拉松橋到雅典奧林匹克體育館的24.85英里的賽跑,又使費迪皮迪茲的傳說得以復活。傳統上,奧林匹克比賽中最后一項為哪一項馬拉松,而它對于1896年4月10日第一次舉行馬拉松比賽的希臘人尤為重要。希臘人主持的是第一屆奧林匹克運動會,而且希臘人還必須獲得1塊獎牌,才有最后一次為國家贏得榮譽的時機。25名跑賽者聚集在馬拉松橋上。發令員咕噥了幾句話后就鳴槍示意比賽開場。在按原樣
11、新建的雅典體育館的終點線等待的人群興高采烈,簡直無法用語言形容。一位郵政工人斯比里東路易斯比其他選手提早整整七分鐘到達終點。他用了2小時58分50秒跑完了 40公里的間隔 平均每英里用了7分11秒。當全部比賽完畢時,共有9名選手跑完了全程,其中8名是希臘人。主辦國欣喜假設狂,由此馬拉松比賽誕生了。The United States was one of 9 nations at the 1896 Athens Olympics, thanks t
12、o sponsorship of athletes by the Boston Athletic Association. Middle distance runner Arthur Blake was the only American to enter the first marathon. Planning for North Americas
13、0;first marathon began on the boat back to the United States. The first annual Boston Athletic Association marathon was conducted on April 19,1897,the date chosen to comm
14、emorate the famous ride of Paul Revere in 1775.在1896年雅典奧林匹克比賽上,由于波士頓田徑協會是運動會的贊助者,美國成為參賽的9個國家之一。中間隔 跑選手阿瑟布萊克是進入首次馬拉松比賽唯一的美國人。北美第一次馬拉松比賽的方案是在返回美國的船上開場醞釀的。第一屆波士頓田徑協會馬拉松賽于1897年4月19日舉行。選擇這個日期是為了紀念1775年保羅瑞威爾騎馬報信的著名舉動。At the 1908 Olympic Games in&
15、#160;London, the marathon distance was changed to 26 miles to cover the ground from Windsor Castle to White City stadium, with 385 yards added on so the race could
16、160;finish in front of the royal familys viewing box.This was the origin of the marathon tradition of shouting “God save the Queen!. After 16 years of extremely heated discussion, this 26.2-mile distance was established at the
溫馨提示
- 1. 本站所有資源如無特殊說明,都需要本地電腦安裝OFFICE2007和PDF閱讀器。圖紙軟件為CAD,CAXA,PROE,UG,SolidWorks等.壓縮文件請下載最新的WinRAR軟件解壓。
- 2. 本站的文檔不包含任何第三方提供的附件圖紙等,如果需要附件,請聯系上傳者。文件的所有權益歸上傳用戶所有。
- 3. 本站RAR壓縮包中若帶圖紙,網頁內容里面會有圖紙預覽,若沒有圖紙預覽就沒有圖紙。
- 4. 未經權益所有人同意不得將文件中的內容挪作商業或盈利用途。
- 5. 人人文庫網僅提供信息存儲空間,僅對用戶上傳內容的表現方式做保護處理,對用戶上傳分享的文檔內容本身不做任何修改或編輯,并不能對任何下載內容負責。
- 6. 下載文件中如有侵權或不適當內容,請與我們聯系,我們立即糾正。
- 7. 本站不保證下載資源的準確性、安全性和完整性, 同時也不承擔用戶因使用這些下載資源對自己和他人造成任何形式的傷害或損失。
評論
0/150
提交評論