compete, marry, athlete, spirit, host |
Almost everyone knows about the Olympic Games. But not1people know how they started, why they once stopped and when China took part in the Olympics.
People 2 the first Olympic Games in Greece in 776 BC. They held the Olympics 3four years. The first Olympics 4 for only one day and there was only one contest (比赛). It was a short race. Only Greek men could 5 in the race. Women and nonGreeks couldn't 6 the race.
When Rome (罗马) ruled Greece, the Olympics 7.
China took part in the Olympics 8the first time in 1932. 9 China got no gold medal until 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics. The 29th Beijing Olympics were 10 in 2008, and China got the most gold medals ever since the Olympics.