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The Marathon
Twenty-six miles,385 yards is rather odd distance for a foot race.Most other running races are measured in lengths of even numbers.The marathon,however,has an ancient history,going back to the early Greek Olympics.
The Greeks started the Olympics in 776 B.C.to honour the god Zeus.Every four years,they brought together athletes from all the Greek cities.A nationwide truce was called for the five days of competition held in Olympia.The first day was devoted to ceremonies,banquets,and sacrifices.Early events included running,boxing,wrestling,pentathlon,and various horse and chariot races.
After 490 B.C.a special long-distance race,the marathon,was added to commemorate the legendary feat of a Greek soldier.It was said that he ran from the Plain of Marathon to Athens,a distance of 22 miles,1470 yards,to bring the news of the Greek victory over the Persian army.Upon exclaiming,"Rejoice!We have won!"he collapsed and died.
marathon 馬拉松
athlete 運(yùn)動(dòng)員
nationwide 全國(guó)的
truce 休戰(zhàn)
devote 奉獻(xiàn)
ceremony 典禮
banquet 宴會(huì)
sacrifice 祭祀
wrestling 摔跤
pentathlon 五項(xiàng)全能
chariot race 戰(zhàn)車比賽
commemorate 紀(jì)念
legendary feat 傳奇性的壯舉
exclaim 大喊
rejoice 欣喜，高興
collapse 倒塌，崩潰，虛脫
馬拉松
26英里285碼對(duì)于跑步項(xiàng)目來說是個(gè)奇怪的距離。其他跑步項(xiàng)目大多是以偶數(shù)計(jì)算長(zhǎng)度的。然而，馬拉松有著悠久的歷史，可以追溯到早期希臘奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)。
希臘人于公元前776年開始舉辦奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)以紀(jì)念宙斯。希臘各城市的運(yùn)動(dòng)員每四年聚集一次，在奧林匹亞舉行競(jìng)賽，在這競(jìng)賽的五天內(nèi)全國(guó)休戰(zhàn)。第一天有典禮、宴會(huì)和祭祀。早期的項(xiàng)目包括跑步、拳擊、摔跤、五項(xiàng)全能及各種馬術(shù)和戰(zhàn)車比賽。
公元前490年以后，奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)中又加設(shè)了一項(xiàng)特殊的長(zhǎng)跑項(xiàng)目——馬拉松，以紀(jì)念一位希臘士兵傳奇性的壯舉。據(jù)說他從馬拉松平原跑到雅典，一共跑了22英里，1470碼，為了帶回希臘戰(zhàn)勝波斯軍隊(duì)的勝利消息，在高喊出“歡呼吧!我們勝利了!”后，他倒在地上死了。
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