
The Symbols of the Olympic Games.doc
5页The Symbols of the Olympic Games奥运会的标志The Rings奥运五环The Olympic Rings are five interlocking rings that stand for the five original continents, (Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe) and the athletes from around the world.奥运五环是五个相连的圆环,它们分别代表了最初的五个大洲(非洲,美洲,亚洲,澳洲和欧洲)以及来自世界各地的运动员The colours of the rings are blue, yellow, black, green, and red respectively. They were chosen because at least one of these colours is found on the flag of every nation.五环的颜色分别是蓝,黄,黑,绿和红色之所以选择这些颜色是因为至少每个国家都能在这面旗帜上找到属于自己的颜色。
The Flag会旗On the Olympic flag, the rings appear on a white background.在奥运会的会旗上,奥运五环被放在一个白色的背景上At the Olympic Games, the flag is brought into the stadium during the opening ceremony. After its arrival, the flag is hoisted up the flagpole. It must fly in the stadium during the whole of the Games. When the flag is lowered at the closing ceremony, it signals the end of the Games.会旗在开幕仪式上被带进体育场入场后,它被悬挂到旗杆顶端在整个奥运会期间,它会一直在体育场上空飘扬当闭幕式上人们降下会旗时,就标志着奥运会的结束Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会(奥运会)International Olympic Committee (IOC) 国际奥林匹克委员会(奥委会)Olympic Charter 奥林匹克宪章Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (father of the modern Olympic Games) 皮埃尔· 德· 顾拜旦(现代奥林匹克之父)Summer Olympics 夏季奥运会Winter Olympics 冬季奥运会Paralympic Games 残疾人奥林匹克运动会(残奥会)Youth Olympic Games 青年奥林匹克运动会Special Olympics 特殊奥林匹克运动会(特奥会)Olympic rings 奥林匹克五环(奥运会会徽)Olympic Hymn/Olympic Anthem 奥林匹克圣歌(奥运会会歌)Faster, Higher, Stronger 更高,更快,更强(奥运会格言)Olympic Oath 奥林匹克誓词Olympic Flame 奥林匹克圣火torch 火炬torch relay 火炬接力 /火炬传递mascot 吉祥物medal 奖牌gold medal 金牌silver medal 银牌bronze medal 铜牌host city 主办城市athlete 运动员referee 裁判volunteer 志愿者opening ceremony 开幕式closing ceremony 闭幕式medal presentation 颁奖仪式stadium 体育场Olympic Village 奥运村Olympic record 奥运会纪录hold the record 保持纪录break a/the record 打破纪录stimulant 兴奋剂。
