[ti:通過閱讀學詞彙--六級]
[ar:滬江英語CET]
[al:第一期]
[00:00.00]先來聽聽新單詞   New Words
[00:01.97] character n. 1.性格,品質,品德 2.特性,特色 3.人物,角色 4.符號,漢字
[00:03.03] abolish vt. 徹底廢除,廢止
[00:04.07]spectator  n.觀眾,旁觀者
[00:05.41]gymnastics  n. 1.體操 2.訓練 3.技巧,絕技
[00:06.53]wrestle  vt. 1.摔跤 2.使勁搬運 vi. 1.摔跤 2.使勁搬運 3.努力解決
[00:07.74] olive n. 橄欖,橄欖樹
[00:08.64]authority  n. 1.權力,管轄權2.官方,當局 3.當權者,行政管理機構 4.權威,專家
[00:09.46]suspend  vt. 1.暫停,中止 2.懸掛,吊
[00:10.53] n. 1.連續,接續 2.一連串,一系列 3.接替,繼任
[00:12.18]acccommodate  vt. 1.容納 2.向...提供住處 3.使適應,順應
[00:13.08]symbolize  vt. 1.象徵,標誌 2.用符號代表
[00:14.30]conception  n. 1.思想,觀念,概念 2.構想,設想 3.懷孕
[00:16.80] Unit Twelve  - The Olympic Games
[00:19.69]  In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had
[00:23.91]strong ----- 1 -----. The Olympian athletic festival held every
[00:28.90] four years in honour of Zeus, king of the Olympic Gods, eventually lost
[00:33.65]its local (特色), became first a national event and then, after the rules
[00:38.18]against foreign competitors had been (廢止)ed, international. No one
[00:42.27]knows exactly how far back the Olympic games go, but some official
[00:46.24]records date from 776 B.C..
[00:50.40]  The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus.
[00:54.18]Many thousands of (觀眾)spectators gathered from all parts of Greece. The
[00:58.56]exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boy's
[01:02.45](體操), boxing, (摔跤), horse racing and field events, though there
[01:07.42]were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games.
[01:10.77]  -------  2 句子填空 -------
[01:14.28]    -------  2 句子填空 -------.
[01:18.21]Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly
[01:22.32]rewarded by their state authorities.
[01:24.55]  After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the Games
[01:29.71]were suspended by the Romans in ---3 來添個數字-- A.D.. They continued for such a
[01:35.29]long time because people believed in the philosophy behind the Olympics:
[01:39.75]the idea that a healthy body produced a  healthy mind, and that he spirit
[01:43.83]of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that
[01:48.37]caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another such international
[01:53.75]athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896.
[01:58.00]  Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in turn. The
[02:01.97]host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming
[02:06.30]pools and living (容納), but competing countries pay their own
[02:10.44]athletes' expenses.
[02:11.74]  ---- 4 填寫個句子 --- , lighted
[02:15.73]on Mount OLympus by the sun's rays. It is carried by a --- 5.填個單詞--- of
[02:19.87]runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the
[02:23.83]ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the
[02:28.12]closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern
[02:32.31](概念) the five interlocking rings (象徵) the uniting of all five
[02:37.09]continents participating in the Games.
[02:40.01]兩天一期,堅持練習,決戰六級! --- homlee編輯