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Sports are full of wonderful moments, but perhaps 1 is as exciting as the finish of the marathon. It is the longest, hardest 2 of all. The name “marathon” comes from a village in 3 . A famous battle was
4 there in the year 490 BC. When the Greeks had beaten the Persians （波斯人）, a soldier 5 all the way 6 Marathon to Athens, more than 40 kilometres to 7 people the good 8 . When the modern Olympic Games 9 in 1896, the organizers knew this 10 . The marathon has been a race 11 that time.
In the ancient world, the Olympic Games were held 12 four years of 1,000 years. They were an important part of life. In the 13 Games we try to copy their 14 . The finest sportsmen in the world are collected in one place 15 at least the finest “amateurs（业余爱好者）” are. An amateur is someone who does not earn 16 money from sport. It is often difficult to say who is an amateur and who is not. It is 17 that Olympic athletes do not earn large amounts of money tike professional （职业的） sportsmen. But Olympic athletes are often students or teachers of a 18 They have to 19 a lot of time training. Their governments pay for their training travel and pocket money, 20 they want them to win. Some people think this changes the Olympics. They feel that the Games are now a political marathon.
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