The marathon(马拉松赛跑) is a popular Olympic event. It is a very1race(42.2 kilometers), and good2finish it in about two hours. Marathon is the name of a place in Greece. There is an old3about an important battle(战斗)at Marathon 2500 years4. The Greeks won the battle and their leader was very excited and proud. He shouted, "We must5a message to Athens (雅典) at once. It's a long way to Athens.6can take our message home to our people?"Pheidippides said, "I can!I want to do it. I can run7than all the other men!"Pheidippides ran as fast as he could to Athens. He shouted the8news to the Athenians(雅典人), "We won!We won the battle!" Then he9to the ground. He was too tired and died a short time later. He was the10Marathon runner.
