The Olympic Games is the biggest international sports competition on earth.
Thousands of athletes come together every four years and take part in individual and team sport.A few take home gold, silver or bronze medals.New sports are added(增加)at every game.And billions of people watch the Olympics on television.Separate Winter Games is also held every four years at snowy locations.It is for winter sports such as skiing and ice skating.
Every four years since 1896, the best sportsmen and sportswomen in the world have met together for the Olympic Games.In 1896-the first of the modern Olympics, two hundred athletes(运动员)from fourteen countries try to win medals in forty-three events.In the Games of today, there are more than ten thousand athletes from nearly two hundred countries for nearly three hundred events.There used to be nine sports.Now there are more than twenty-five.
Being at the Olympics is the life's dream for thousands of athletes, and winning an Olympic medal is their highest goal.The Olympic Games has become an important event celebrated by people around the world.The Olympic motto(箴言)is“faster, higher, stronger.”Its Olympic Torch symbolizes(象征)peace, friendship and progress.
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The Olympic Games is the biggest international sports competition on earth.
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The Olympic Games is held once a year in the past.
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Skiing and ice skating are both winter sports.
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Now there are more than twenty-five sports, while in the past there were only eight sports.
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Taking part in the Olympic Games is most athletes'highest goal.