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@ 30424 Olympic Medals
A: 你還記得上屆奧運會美國拿了多少塊金牌？
nˇı ha´i j`ıde sha`ngjie` j¯ınpa´i?
a`oyu`nhu`ı Meˇiguo´
na´
le duo¯ shao kua`i
Do you remember how many gold medals the U.S. got in the last Olympics?
B: 35塊。
sa¯ nsh´ıwuˇ
35
kua`i.
A: 我記得中國拿了32塊，排在第二，是不是啊？
woˇ
j`ıde Zho¯ ngguo´
na´
le sa¯ nsh´ıe`r kua`i, pa´i za`i d`ıe`r, sh`ı bu
sh`ı a¯ ?
I remember that China got 32. They came in second, didn’t they?
B: 沒錯。不過銀牌和銅牌比俄羅斯少。
me´icuo`. bu`guo`
y´ınpa´i he´
to´ngpa´i bˇı E´ luo´s¯ı shaˇo.
That’s right. But they got less silver and bronze medals than Russia did.
A: 大家都說跳水是中國隊的強項。那他們一共拿了多少塊金牌呀？
da`jia¯
do¯ u shuo¯
tia`oshuˇı sh`ı Zho¯ ngguo´
du`ı de qia´ngxia`ng.
na`
ta¯ men y´ıgo`ng na´
le duo¯ shao kua`i j¯ınpa´i ya¯ ?
Everyone says that diving is the Chinese team’s strength. So, how many gold medals did they get altogether?
B: 好像是6塊吧。
haˇoxia`ng sh`ı liu` kua`i ba.
I think it was six.
A: 上屆的奧運會中國隊在田徑上也取得了很好的成績。一名中國選手還打破了歐美入一直壟斷的奧運男子110米欄的記錄，實現了零的突破。
sha`ngjie`
de a`oyu`nhu`ı Zho¯ ngguo´
du`ı za`i tia´nj`ıng sha`ng yeˇ
quˇde´
le heˇn haˇo de che´ngj`ı. y¯ı m´ıng Zho¯ ngguo´
xuaˇnshoˇu
ha´i daˇpo`
le O¯ umeˇi re´n y¯ızh´ı loˇngdua`n de a`oyu`n na´nzˇı y¯ıbaˇi-
y¯ısh´ı mˇı la´n de j`ılu`, sh´ıxia`n le l´ıng de tu¯ po`.
In the last Olympics, the Chinese team also had a lot of success in track and field. One of the Chinese competitors even broke the record long dominated by the Europeans and Americans in the men’s 110 meter hurdles, achieving a real breakthrough.
B: 我知道，那是劉翔。奧運會結束以後，劉翔又在一些國際比賽中拿了很多冠軍。現在他可是很多中國入的偶像呢。
woˇ
zh¯ıda`o, na`
sh`ı Liu´
Xia´ng.
a`oyu`nhu`ı jie´shu`
yˇıho`u, Liu´
Xia´ng yo`u za`i y¯ıxie¯
guo´j`ı bˇısa`i zho¯ ng na´
le heˇn duo¯
gua`n-
ju¯ n. xia`nza`i ta¯
keˇ
sh`ı heˇn duo¯
zho¯ ngguo´re´n de oˇuxia`ng ne.
I know; that was Liu Xiang. After the Olympic Games were over, in other international competitions Liu Xiang again went on to win quite a few victories. He is now the idol of a lot of Chinese people.
A: 對了，是不是有一個運動員拿了6塊金牌？
du`ıle, sh`ı bu sh`ı yoˇu y¯ı ge yu`ndo`ngyua´n na´ le liu` kua`i j¯ınpa´i?
By the way, wasn’t there one athlete who got 6 gold medals?
B: 是啊，他是美國的游泳運動員。
sh`ı a¯ , ta¯
sh`ı Meˇiguo´
de yo´uyoˇng yu`ndo`ngyua´n.
Yeah, he was an American swimmer.
---Key Vocabulary---
奧運會
A` oyu`nhu`ı Olympic Games
金牌 j¯ınpa´i gold medal
排 pa´i to place
銀牌 y´ınpa´i silver medal
銅牌 to´ngpa´i bronze medal
跳水 tia`oshuˇı diving
強項 qia´ngxia`ng strength
田徑 tia´nj`ıng track and field
選手 xuaˇnshoˇu athlete
打破 daˇpo` to break
壟斷 loˇngdua`n to monopolize
110米欄 y¯ıbaˇiy¯ısh´ı mˇı la´n 110 meter hurdles
記錄 j`ılu` record
突破 tu¯ po` breakthrough
偶像 oˇuxia`ng idol
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
奧運系列
A` oyu`n x`ılie`
Olympics series
世界盃 sh`ıjie`be¯ i World Cup
世博會 sh`ıbo´hu`ı World Fair
固定 gu`d`ıng fixed
舉辦 juˇba`n to hold
形象 x´ıngxia`ng image
稱之為 che¯ ngzh¯ıwe´i call it…
排隊 pa´idu`ı queue, stand in a line
項目 xia`ngmu` item, event
廣泛地被 guaˇngfa´n de shˇıyo`ng be`i be used widely
使用
常用的搭 cha´ngyo`ng da¯ pe`i de commonly used collo- cation
配
表現 biaˇoxia`n show; display
金融 j¯ınro´ng finance
崇拜 cho´ngba`i to adore
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