1.关于北京奥运会的英语
2.古代奥运会与现代奥运会的区别(英文)
3.求一篇英语关于奥运五环的文章
4.关于奥运的小知识，双语的（英语加中文翻译）
The emblem of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red respectively) on a white field. This was originally designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1913 edition of Revue Olympique:
The emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914 ...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition.
In his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings came to Pierre de Coubertin when he was in charge of the USA, an association founded by the union of a two French sports associations and until 1925, responsible for representing the International Olympic Committee in France: The emblem of the union was two interlaced rings (like the vesica piscis typical interlaced marriage rings) and originally the idea of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung because for him the ring meant continuity and the human being.[2]
The 1914 Congress had to be suspended due to the outbreak of World War I, but the emblem (and flag) were later adopted. They would first officially debut at the VIIth Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.
The emblem's popularity and widespread use began during the lead-up to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Carl Diem, president of the Organizing Committee of the 1936 Summer Olympics, wanted to hold a torchbearers' ceremony in the stadium at Delphi, site of the famous oracle, where the Pythian Games were also held. For this reason he ordered construction of a milestone with the Olympic rings carved in the sides, and that a torchbearer should carry the flame along with an escort of three others from there to Berlin. The ceremony was celebrated but the stone was never removed. Later, two British authors Lynn and Gray Poole when visiting Delphi in the late 1950s saw the stone and reported in their "History of the Ancient Games" that the Olympic rings design came from ancient Greece. This has become known as "Carl Diem's Stone".[3] This created a myth that the symbol had an ancient Greek origin. The rings would subsequently be featured prominently in Nazi images in 1936 as part of an effort to glorify the Third Reich.
The current view of the International Olympic Committee is that the emblem "reinforces the idea" that the Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all countries of the world to join.[4] As can be read in the Olympic Charter, the Olympic symbol represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. However, no continent is represented by any specific ring. Though colourful explanations about the symbolism of the coloured rings exist, the only connection between the rings and the continents is that the number five refers to the number of continents. In this scheme, the Americas are viewed as a single continent, and Antarctica is omitted.
五环旗的诞生
1914年6月，国际奥委会在巴黎召开第十六届全会。全会闭幕的日子——6月23日，正好是顾拜旦在巴黎索邦第一次召集奥林匹克会议建议振兴古代奥运会的20周年纪念日。在奥林匹克运动诞生20年的喜庆之际，国际奥委会顾拜旦男爵向与会的委员们献上了自己的杰作——国际奥委会会旗，它由洁白的底色和蓝、黄、黑、绿、红的五色圆环组成的五环旗.
后来又将5 个不同颜色的圆环解释奥运五环,也称为奥林匹克环，从左至右为天蓝、黄、黑、绿、红五色。这个标志是第一届现代奥运会上，由顾拜旦提议设计的，起初的设计理念是它能够概括会员国国旗的颜色，但以后对这五种颜色又有其他的解释。19年国际奥委会出版的《奥林匹克评论》（第四十期）强调，五环的含义是“象征五大洲的团结，全世界的运动员以公正、坦率的比赛和友好的精神，在奥运会上相见”。 为五大洲的象征.
奥运五环的来历
说起五环的来历，曾经有过这样一个有趣的故事。 1936年第11届柏林奥运会第一次举行火炬传递活动，火炬的传递路线自奥林匹亚开始，从希腊北部出境，沿多瑙河穿过奥地利，最后进入德国。为了烘托这一具有象征意义的活动，奥运会组委会卡尔·迪姆及其同事几乎完全按照古奥运会的情景来布置沿途经过的古希腊遗址。火炬到达德尔菲帕那萨斯山的古代运动场时要举行一个特别仪式，这时，迪姆突发奇想，在一个高约3英尺的长方形石头的四面设计并刻上了现代奥林匹克运动的五环标志，放在了古运动场的起跑线一端。仪式结束后，火炬继续北上，而这块作为道具的石头却被留在了古运动场。
由于极少有人知道这块刻有五环标志石头（后被称做“迪姆之石”）的真实身份，此后的很长一段时间，它被当做了“有3000年历史的古代奥运会遗迹”。这个以讹传讹的错误直到20世纪60年代才被德尔菲的希腊官员指出。12年5月，这个文物被送到德尔菲的另一个地方——古罗马广场入口处。
事实上，现代奥林匹克运动的五环标志出自现代奥运会创始人顾拜旦之手。顾拜旦认为奥林匹克运动应该有自己的标志，这个念头在他的脑海里盘桓已久。1913年，他终于构思设计了五环标志和以白色为底印有五环的奥林匹克旗，打算在国际奥委会成立20周年之际推出这个标志。
19 年6 月，国际奥委会正式宣布了会旗和五环的含义：根据《奥林匹克宪章》，奥林匹克旗帜和5 个圆环的含义是：象征五大洲的团结以及全世界运动员以公正、坦率的比赛和友好的精神在奥运会上相见。
关于北京奥运会的英语
奥运会会旗和奥运会圣火的含义
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现代奥运会创始人顾拜旦于1913－1914年间设计了奥运会的会旗。它由5个奥林匹克环从左至右套接而成，可以是单色，也可以是蓝、黄、黑、绿、红5种颜色。最初的解释是五种颜色代表各国国旗的颜色，后来又将5个不同颜色的圆环解释为五大洲的象征。1920年，奥林匹克旗第一次飘扬在安特卫普夏季奥运会体育场。这届奥运会后，历届奥运会开幕式上由上届举办城市转交此旗，由举办城市保存，比赛期间主运动场仅悬挂代用品。
Baron de Coubertin designed the Olympic Flag in 1913-14. It has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red) on a white background. The ring's colours were based on the knowledge that at least one of these colours is on every flag of each participating country. The five interlocking rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the world at the Olympic Game.
The Olympic Flag was used for the first time in the 7th Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. It is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Game. At the end of the Games, the Olympic Flag is presented to the next host city by the Games host city.
古代奥运会与现代奥运会的区别(英文)
一、 关于第一次奥运会：
1． When was the first Olympic Games held? 第一次奥运会是何时举行的？
B.C.776 公元前776
2、.Where was it held? 第一次奥运会在哪里举行？
Olympia, Greece 希腊/奥林匹亚城
二、 关于古代奥运会
1、.which city is the religious center in the ancient Greek world?
A. .Olympia B. Spain C. the Black Sea D. Egypt
哪个城市是古希腊世界的宗教中心？A.奥林匹亚城 B. 西班牙 C.黑海 D.埃及
A. .Olympia 奥林匹亚城
2、Who could not compete in the ancient Olympics? 什么人不可以参加古代奥运会？
A. men B. boy C. women
C. women 妇女
3、At that time, what prizes did Olympic victors get? 古代奥运会上获胜的选手能得到何种奖励？
A. a crown made from olive lees B. money C. a medal
A.一个由橄榄树叶做成的桂冠 B.钱 C.奖牌
A. a crown made from olive lees。 一个由橄榄树叶做成的桂冠
三、关于奥运圣火：
1、Where did people get the Olympic flame for the first Olympic games?
第一次奥运会人们从哪里集奥运圣火？
Olympia奥林匹亚城
2、What was used to light the torch at that time? 那时侯用什么点燃火炬？
The sun’s rays. 阳光
3、What does the torch relay stand for? 火炬传递意味着什么？
Spirit, knowledge and life知识，生命和精神
4、When did the Olympic Torch Relay begin? 奥运火炬传递从什么时候开始？
A．1942 B.1952 C.1962
1952
5、How many days will the torch relay last at the 28th Olympic Games?
第28界奥运会火炬传递将持续多少天？
78 days 78天
6、How many torchbearers will take part? 多少火炬手将参与这次传递？
3600
7、When will the Athens Olympic torch relay begin ?
2008奥运火炬的传递在什么时间举行？
Mar.25,2008. 2008.3.25
8、Where will the torch relay begin ? 火炬接力起点在哪？
Olympia奥林匹亚
Where will it end? 终点在哪？
Beijing 北京
四、关于奥运五环：
1、what do the five interlocked rings stand for? 奥运的五环标志是什么含义?
Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe./the five continents.
非洲，美洲，亚洲，大洋州和欧洲/五大洲
2、What are the colours of the five interlocked rings? 五环的颜色是什么？
Blue, black, red, yellow and green 兰色，黑色，红色，**和绿色
五、关于奥运理念：
1、The Olympic motto is "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." Please put it into Chinese.
把奥林匹克格言”更快、更高、更强”翻成中文。
2、What is the most important thing in the Olympic Games? 奥林匹克运动会的信条是什么？
“not to win but to take part” 重要的不是取胜，而是参加
3、What is the Olympic Spirit? 什么是奥运精神？
The Olympic Spirit is the spirit of mutual understanding, friendship, solidarity and fair play.
奥运精神是: 理解, 友爱, 团结和公平.
六、关于现代第一届奥运会：
1、Who is the founder of the modern Olympic Games? 现代奥运的发起者是谁？
Coubertin 顾拜旦
2、When was the first modern Olympic Games held? 第一届现代奥运会是什么时候举行的？
1896
3、Where was the first modern Olympic Game held? 第一届现代奥运会在哪举行？
Athens.雅典
七、关于现代奥运会：
1、What do the winners receive at the modern Olympic games ?
现代奥运会获胜者会受到何种奖赏？
Gold, silver and bronze medals 金牌, 银牌和铜牌
2、How often are the Olympic games held? 奥林匹克比赛多少年举行一次？
Every four years 4年
3、How many Olympic Games he been held?
28 Games 奥运会已举行了多少届? 28届
4、What hens in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games?
开幕式和闭幕式有什么节目？
Music,singing, dancing and fireworks. 音乐，歌曲，舞蹈，焰火。
5、What’s the significance? 有何意义？
To discover the culture of the country hosting the Games. 发觉和表现举办国家的文化。
八、关于国际奥委会：
1、What does IOC stand for? IOC代表什么？
IOC: the International Olympic Committee (June 23, 1894,Paris)
国际奥委会，于1894年6月23日在巴黎成立。
2、Where is it located? 座落在哪里？
In Lausanne(洛桑), Switzerland 瑞士的洛桑。
3、Who is the first Chinese member of IOC? 国际奥委会的第一位中国成员是谁？
Wang Zhengting 王正廷
4、How many Chinese he been elected as IOC members?
共有多少位中国人被选为国际奥委会成员？
Before 1949,the Liberation of China, three Chinese were elected as IOC members. Kong Xiangxi(1939)was a famous one. 在1949年解放以前有三位，其中孔详熙是最有名的一位。
After the 10s, four Chinese from the sport world were elected as IOC members. He Zhenliang is the most famous. 70年代以后，体坛有四位中国人被选为其成员，何振梁是最有名的一位。
九、关于马拉松：
1、What time can the marathon date back to? 马拉松可以追溯到何时？
It can date back to the 5th century B.C.能追溯到公元前5世纪。
2、What was Marathon then? 那时马拉松是什么？
It was a small town about 26 miles from the city of Athens in Greece.
是希腊的一个小镇，距雅典城26英里。
3、Where did the marathon come from? 马拉松运动的起源是什么？
It came from the story in the 5th century B.C. how a herald named Phidippides ran the 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory and died on the spot.
它起源于公元前5世纪雅典长跑运动员费迪皮迪兹的故事，他以传令官的身份从马拉松到雅典跑了26英里宣告希腊在战争中的胜利，最后却牺牲生命。
4、What’s the distance the modern Olympic marathon covered? 现代奥林匹克马拉松全程有多长？
Approximately 26 miles 大约26英里。
5、How long does it take for athletes to finish? 运动员要花多长时间跑完全程？
It usually takes over 2 hours for athletes to finish. 通常要花2个多小时。
十、中国与奥运会：
1、When did China begin to take part in the Olympic Games? 中国何时起开始参加奥运会？
China took part in the Olympic Games in 1928. 于1928年。
2、Where did China begin to take part in the Olympic Games? 中国在何地开始参加奥运会？
In Holland.在荷兰。
3、In what sports do we Chinese do best? 中国人最擅长哪些运动项目？
Badminton,(羽毛球) Diving,(跳水) Table tennis(乒乓球) Weightlifting(举重)
4、Who was China’s first medallist? 谁是中国第一个金牌获得者？
Xu Haifeng 徐海峰
5、Who won the most gold medals at the Olympic games in Chinese history?
谁在中国的奥运史上赢得了最多的金牌？
Deng yaping and Fu Mingxia. 邓亚平和伏明霞
6、Name five sports that will be included in the 28th Olympic games? 说出至少五种奥运会比赛项目
baseball; basketball; boxing; table tennis; diving, swimming, swimming and water polo
棒球，篮球，拳击, 乒乓球, 跳水、游泳, 水球,
7、What is the Beijing Olympic slogan? 北京申办奥运会的口号是什么
New Beijing, New Olympic. 新北京，新奥运
十一、关于北京奥运会标记：
1、What is the official emblem of Beijing 2008? 2008年北京奥运会的官方会徽是什么样的？
"Chinese Seal-Dancing Beijing"
2、 What does it stand for? 它象征着什么？
It stands for the name of the host city and represents a particularly significant Chinese style.
象征主办城市北京和重要的中国特色。
3、Name one of the four meanings of this emblem.
说出其四层含义之一
- Chinese culture,
- the color of red China
- Beijing welcomes friends from all over the world
- to challenge the extreme and achieve the perfect and promote the Olympic motto of "Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger).
这一设计有以下四层含义：
-----中国文化
-----红色中国
----- 北京欢迎来自世界的朋友
---- 挑战极限，挑战自我，“更快，更高，更强”。
4、会徽由奥运五环色构成，形似一个打太极拳的人形。图案如行云流水，和谐生动，充满运动感，象征世界人民团结、协作、交流、发展，携手共创新世纪；表达奥林匹克更快、更高、更强的体育精神。
Emblem
The emblem resembles a person doing "taiji" (Tai Ch'I), symbolizing gracefulness, harmony, vitality and mobility as well as unity, cooperation, exchange and development.
十二、关于第29届奥运会：
1、When will be the Opening date and Closing date for the 29th Olympic Games?
第29届奥运会什么时候开始到什么时候结束？
Aug.8,2008- Aug.21,2008 2008，8，8-----2008，8，21
2、Which Country will hold the 29th Olympic Games? 由哪个国家主办第29届奥运会？
China 中华人民共和国
3、How many competition venues will there be in Beijing for the 29th Olympic Games?
第29届奥运会将有多少比赛场地？
37
4、2008年北京奥运会主题口号正式揭晓，中文口号为：同一个世界 同一个梦想；英文口号为：One World One Dream。
5、北京奥运会的三大理念: 绿色奥运（the Green Olympics）、科技奥运（the Scientific Games）、人文奥运（People's Olympics）
求一篇英语关于奥运五环的文章
1、ancient Olympic Games began about the year 776BC in Greece.Some of thegames were:running,jumping and wrestling.Woman were not allowed to take part in the games.Then the Olympic Games stopped at about the year 393AD.
2、In 1896,the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens,Greece.Since then many countries he successfully held the Olympics,such as France,Gremany,Canada,the USA,Spain and Australia.After more than a century the Games returned to its home again in 2004.
3、The motto of the Olympic Games is"Faster,Higher,Stronger."It means that sportsman should try to run faster,jump higher and throw further.They do their best to win medals.China has got the chance to hold the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.Let us look forward to the great moment.
中文翻译：古代奥运会始于公元前776年在希腊的奥运会。一些是：跑步，跳远和摔跤。女人是不允许参加奥运会的游戏。然后停了一年393ad。1896，第一届现代奥运会在雅典举行，然后许多国家成功地举办了奥运会，如法国，德国，加拿大，美国，西班牙和澳大利亚。
经过一个多世纪的游戏，回到家又在2004。奥运会的格言是“更快、更高、更强”，这意味着每一个运动员都应该努力跑得更快，跳得更高，更进一步，他们会尽最大努力去赢得奖牌。在2008北京奥运会上，中国有机会举办第二十九届奥运会，让我们期待伟大的时刻。
扩展资料：
1994年，在纪念奥运百年活动期间，国际奥委会以英文、法文在内部出版了仅1000本《奥林匹克宣言》小册子，以此公布这份珍贵手稿的存在。2008年01月02日，为纪念顾拜旦诞辰145周年，中、法、英3种文字的《奥林匹克宣言》全球首发庆典在北京举行。
在《奥林匹克宣言》手稿遗失百年后，在中国进入奥运年时，经国际奥委会罗格和版权所有人法国达马侯爵同意，文明杂志社全球首次出版发行了中法英三种文字的《奥林匹克宣言》。
标志奥林匹克运动会有一系列独特而鲜明的象征性标志，如奥林匹克标志、格言、奥运会会旗、会歌、会徽、奖牌、吉祥物等，这些标志有着丰富的文化含义，形象地体现了奥林匹克理想的价值取向和文化内涵。
奥林匹克五环标志，它由5个奥林匹克环套接组成，有蓝、黑、红、黄、绿5种颜色。五环的含义是象征五大洲的团结以及全世界的运动员以公正、坦率的比赛和友好的精神在奥林匹克运动会上相见。
《奥林匹克宪章》规定，奥林匹克标志、奥林匹克会旗、奥林匹克格言和奥林匹克会歌的产权属于国际奥委会专有。国际奥委会可取一切适当措施使奥林匹克标志、旗、格言和会歌在各国和国际上获得法律保护。
奥林匹克会旗于1913年由顾拜旦亲自设计，长3米，宽2米。1914年为庆祝现代奥林匹克运动恢复20周年，在巴黎举行的奥林匹克代表大会上首次升起。1920年安特卫普奥运会正式用。奥林匹克会旗上面是蓝黑红三环，下面是黄绿两环。
奥林匹克格言（亦称奥林匹克口号。奥林匹克运动有一句著名的格言：“更快、更高、更强”。这一格言是顾拜旦的好友、巴黎阿奎埃尔修道院院长迪东（Henri Didon）在他的学生举行的一次户外运动会上，鼓励学生们时说过的一句话，他说：“在这里，你们的口号是：更快、更高、更强。”
参考资料:百度百科—奥林匹克运动会
关于奥运的小知识，双语的（英语加中文翻译）
1.The Olympic Games olympic flag is the management formulates in GuBaidan under. Five links be blue, black, are respectively red, yellow,the green, three links in on, two links in under, are linked together,tight association in same place. Does obeisance the day regarding thiplanation according to the attendance, five links "in the symbolicworld acknowledged the Olympics movement, and prepares to attend theOlympic Games the five continents, but the sixth kind of color white -flag bottom color, Italy refers to all countries all without a singleexception to be able to attend the competition in under the oneselfcountry flag". Afterwards some people explained that, IOC used atfirst blue, black, is red, yellow, the green took five links thecolors were because it could represent participates in the IOC allcountries national flag at that time the color. The 7th session ofOlympic Games got up from 1920, five links five kind of colorssymbolized the five continents: The blue color represents Europe,black Italy refers to Africa, red symbolizes the Americas, the yellowsymbolizes Asia, but the green explains makes Australia. In 13 theIOC published conference proceeding "the Olympics Forum" emphasizedthat, "The conference symbol and the meeting pennant five linksmeaning is symbolizing five continents' unity, world athlete by fair,frank competition and friendly spirit, meets at the Olympic Games."
奥运会五环旗是在顾拜旦主持下制定的。五环分别为蓝、黑、红、黄、绿色，三环在上，两环在下，环环相扣，紧紧联在一起。按照顾拜旦对此的解释，五环“象征世界上承认奥林匹克运动、并准备参加奥林匹克竞赛的五大洲，而第六种颜色白色——旗帜的底色，意指所有国家都毫无例外地能在自己国家的旗帜下参加比赛”。 后来有的人解释说，国际奥委会最初用蓝、黑、红、黄、绿色作为五环的颜色是因为它能代表当时参加国际奥委有国家国旗的颜色。自1920年第7届奥运会起，五环的五种颜色象征五大洲：蓝色代表欧洲，黑色意指非洲，红色象征美洲，**标志着亚洲，而绿色喻作澳洲。 13年国际奥委会会刊《奥林匹克论坛》则强调：“会徽和会旗的五环含义是象征着五大洲的团结，全世界的运动员以公正、坦率的比赛和友好的精神，在奥运会上相见。”
2.The flag features the emblem of the Olympic Games — five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red respectively) on a white field. This was originally designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, but gained widespread popularity due to its promotion by Nazi Germany [1]. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1913 edition of Revue Olympique:
The emblem chosen to illustrate and represent the world Congress of 1914 ...: five intertwined rings in different colours - blue, yellow, black, green, red - are placed on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition.
In his article published in the "Olympic Revue" the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings came to Pierre of Coubertin when he was in charge of the USA ( Unión des Societes Fran?aise de Sports Athletiques): The emblem of the union was two interlaced rings (like the typical interlaced marriage rings) and originally the idea of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung because for him the ring meant continuity and the human being. [2]
“ The Olympic flag [...] has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre : blue, yellow, black, green and red [...] This design is symbolic ; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that ear on all the national flags of the world at the present time. ” (1931) Textes choisis II, p.470.
The 1914 Congress had to be suspended due to the outbreak of World War I, but the flag and emblem were later adopted. They would first officially debut at the VIIth Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.
The emblem's popularity and widespread use began during the lead-up to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Carl Diem, president of the Organizing Committee of the 1936 Summer Olympics, wanted to hold a torchbearers' ceremony in the stadium at Delphi, site of the famous oracle, where the Pythian Games were also held. For this reason he ordered construction of a milestone with the Olympic rings carved in the sides, and that a torchbearer should carry the flame along with an escort of three others from there to Berlin. The ceremony was celebrated but the stone was never removed. Later, two British authors Lynn and Gray Poole when visiting Delphi in the late 1950?s saw the stone and reported in their "History of the Ancient Games" that the Olympic rings design came from ancient Greece. This has become known as "Carl Diem's Stone". [3] [4]. This created a myth that the symbol had an ancient Greek origin. The rings would subsequently be featured prominently in Nazi images and theatrics in 1936 as part of an effort to glorify the Third Reich and claim a noble and ancient lineage.
The current view of the International Olympic Committee is that the flag "reinforces the idea" that the Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all countries of the world to join. [5] Some literature, such as "The World Encyclopedia of Flags" by Alfred Znamierowski, state that each ring represent the five continents. Using this scheme, the Americas are viewed as a single continent, and Antarctica is omitted.
As can be read in the Olympic Charter, the Olympic symbol represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. However, no continent is represented by any specific ring. Though colourful explanations about the symbolism of the coloured rings exist, the only connection between the rings and the continents is that the number five refers to the number of continents.
The Olynpic Games
The Olympic Games, first held in 776BC, has a history of more than one thousand yiars. The Games is held every four years.
Many countries try their best to bid forhosting the Olympic Games. And every country does its best to get more medals in the Games. In 2000, the city of Sidney held the 27th Olympic Games. Over one hundred countries all over the world took part in it. We won 28gold medals that year. China, a major sport country, will hold the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. People from all walks of life are participating in various activities and making good preparations for it.
There are five rings on the Olympic flag, which are considered to symbolize, the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America. The Olympic motto is: "Swifter, higher, stronger." The Games can promote the understanding and friendship among different peoples and different nations.
奥林匹克运动会
公元前776年首次举办的奥运会，已经有一千多年的历史了。奥运会每四年举办一次。
许多国家尽他们最大的努力争办奥运会。每个国家在运动会中都争取拿更多的奖牌。2000年，悉尼举办了第27届奥运会，全世界100多个国家参加了这次盛会。那年我国获得了28枚金牌。中国作为一个体育大国，将于2008年举办第29届奥运会。各条战线的人们正在为奥运会做着各项准备。
奥运会的会旗上有五个环。五环被认为象征着五大洲：欧洲、亚洲、非洲、澳洲和美洲。奥运会的口号是：“更高，更快，更强。”奥运会能够促进各民族以及各个国家之间的理解和友谊
