【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 or the first time in more than a century, nearly 11,000 athletes from 201 countries peted, breaking the then record of participating ：有關(guān)古代奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的最早文字記載可追溯至公元前776年。古代奧運(yùn)會(huì)每4年舉辦一次，在8月6日與9月19日之間的一個(gè)紀(jì)念宙斯的宗教節(jié)日期間舉行。第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運(yùn)會(huì)于1896年在希臘雅典舉辦。奧運(yùn)會(huì)的標(biāo)志由五個(gè)大小相同的套環(huán)組成，代表著五大洲的聯(lián)合和來(lái)自世界各地運(yùn)動(dòng)員的大聚會(huì)。奧運(yùn)會(huì)真正騰飛、成為一項(xiàng)國(guó)際體育盛會(huì)是在1924年之后，即第8屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)在巴黎舉辦之后。這一年，來(lái)自44個(gè)國(guó)家約3,000名運(yùn)動(dòng)員同場(chǎng)競(jìng)技，并且第一次在奧運(yùn)會(huì)上增加了閉幕式這一儀式。同年，冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)首次亮相，比賽項(xiàng)目包括花樣滑冰、冰球、雪橇和冬季兩項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。80年后，2004年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)在相隔一個(gè)多世紀(jì)后再次在雅典舉辦，來(lái)自201個(gè)國(guó)家的近11,000名運(yùn)動(dòng)員展開(kāi)競(jìng)技，創(chuàng)下參賽國(guó)數(shù)量之最。原文： 太極拳（Tai Chi）是一種武術(shù)（martial arts）項(xiàng)目，也是一種健身運(yùn)動(dòng)，在中國(guó)有著悠久的歷史。太極拳動(dòng)作緩慢而柔和，適合任何年齡、性別、體型的人練習(xí)。太極拳既可防身，又能強(qiáng)身健體，因而深受中國(guó)人的喜愛(ài)。太極拳在發(fā)展的過(guò)程中，借鑒并吸收了中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)哲學(xué)、醫(yī)術(shù)、武術(shù)的合理內(nèi)容（element），成為特色鮮明的一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。作為中國(guó)特有的一種運(yùn)動(dòng)形式，太極拳也越來(lái)越受到眾多外國(guó)朋友的喜愛(ài)。翻譯：Tai Chi is a kind of martial arts, and a fitness exercise as has a long history in slow and gentle movements, Tai Chi is suitable for people of any age, sex, or body type to can be used to provide selfdefense as well as build the , it has bee very popular among Chinese its development, Tai Chi borrowed and absorbed desirable elements from traditional Chinese philosophy, medicine, and martial arts, and it has developed into a sport with unique a unique sport in China, Tai Chi is also gaining increasing popularity among many foreign 6 原文： Gap year(間隔年)refers to a period of time—not necessarily a year — in which students take time off and do something other than schooling, such as travel or year out is most monly taken after high school and before going to this time, a student might travel, engage in volunteer work or undertake(承擔(dān))a working holiday new trend is to participate in international education programs that bine language study, home stays, cultural exchange, munity service, and independent practice of taking a year out developed in the United Kingdom in the has grown very popular among students in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, however, the practice of taking a year off remains the exception（例外).But in recent years, taking a year out has bee slightly more mon for 40,000 American students participated in 2013 in gap year programs, an increase of almost 20% since such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology have formal policies allowing students to defer(期)：延間隔年指的是學(xué)生休假不去上學(xué)而去旅游或工作等的一段時(shí)間，但不一定是一年。間隔年通常選在高中畢業(yè)和進(jìn)入大學(xué)之前的一段時(shí)間。在這段時(shí)間里，學(xué)生可以旅游、參加志愿者工作或者在國(guó)外邊打工邊度假。一種新潮流是參加集語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)、住家、文化交流、社區(qū)服務(wù)和自主學(xué)習(xí)于一體的國(guó)際教育活動(dòng)。間隔年的做法于20世紀(jì)60年代興起于英國(guó)。它在英國(guó)、澳大利亞、新西蘭和加拿大已經(jīng)變得非常流行。但是在美國(guó)，間隔年的做法仍然只是個(gè)別現(xiàn)象。不過(guò)近年來(lái)，間隔年對(duì)美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)變得稍微普遍起來(lái)。2013年有大約四萬(wàn)美國(guó)學(xué)生參加了間隔年活動(dòng)，比2006年增加了近20%。普林斯頓大學(xué)、哈佛大學(xué)、麻省理工學(xué)院等大學(xué)都有明文規(guī)定允許學(xué)生延遲入學(xué)。原文：改革開(kāi)放以來(lái)，中國(guó)的教育事業(yè)得到了快速發(fā)展，取得了引人矚目的成就。中國(guó)政府把教育擺在優(yōu)先發(fā)展的地位，堅(jiān)持科教興國(guó)（revitalize the country），全面提倡素質(zhì)教育(qualityoriented education)。同時(shí)，積極推進(jìn)教育公平，保障人人有受教育的機(jī)會(huì)。中國(guó)的教育成就反映在兩個(gè)不同的層面：一個(gè)是全面普及了九年義務(wù)教育（nineyear pulsory education），另一個(gè)是實(shí)現(xiàn)了高等教育大眾化（mass higher education）。教育的發(fā)展為中國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展和社會(huì)進(jìn)步作出了重大貢獻(xiàn)。近年來(lái)，為適應(yīng)社會(huì)、經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的需要，中國(guó)政府不斷加快培養(yǎng)各領(lǐng)域的急需人才。翻譯： Since its economic reform and openingup to the world, China39。s education has gone through rapid development and made remarkable Chinese government gives top priority to the development of education, persists in revitalizing the country by science and education, and fully advocates qualityoriented , it actively promotes equality in education to guarantee everyone access to 39。s achievements in education can be reflected in two different layers: One is the popularization of the nineyear pulsory education。the other is the realization of mass higher development of education has made significant contributions to China39。s economic development and social recent years, to satisfy the needs of social and economic development, the Chinese government has sped up the training of qualified personnel urgently needed in various 7 原文：The belief in the freedom of the individual is probably the most basic and most strongly held of all American most important thing to understand Americans is probably their devotion（深愛(ài))to “individualism”.They have been trained since very early in their lives to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations in life and their own view themselves as highly individualistic in their thoughts and resist being thought of as representatives of any homogeneous(由同類組成的) they do join groups, they believe they are special, just a little different from other members of the same associated with the value they place on individualism is the importance Americans assign assume people “need some time to themselves” or “some time alone” to think about things or recover their spent psychological have great difficulty understanding foreigners who always want to be with another person and who dislike being ：在所有美國(guó)人的信念中，最基本、最強(qiáng)烈的信念可能就是崇尚個(gè)人自由。要理解美國(guó)人，最重要的也許就是了解他們對(duì)“個(gè)人主義”的熱愛(ài)。生活中他們很早就開(kāi)始受到教育，把自己看成獨(dú)立的個(gè)體，對(duì)人生中自己的處境以及自己的前途命運(yùn)負(fù)責(zé)。美國(guó)人認(rèn)為自己的思想和行為高度個(gè)性化。他們不愿被視為任何同質(zhì)群體的代表。如果確實(shí)加入了群體，他們也認(rèn)為自己有特別之處，與同一個(gè)群體中的其他成員有著些許的差別。與美國(guó)人對(duì)個(gè)人主義賦予的價(jià)值緊密相關(guān)的是他們對(duì)個(gè)人隱私的重視。美國(guó)人認(rèn)為，人“需要有自己的時(shí)間”或者“有時(shí)間獨(dú)處”，用來(lái)思考事情，或者恢復(fù)他們所消耗的心理能量。美國(guó)人很難理解那些總想與人結(jié)伴、不愛(ài)獨(dú)處的外國(guó)人。原文：為人誠(chéng)信，以和為貴是中華民族的傳統(tǒng)美德?！昂汀钡乃枷塍w現(xiàn)在很多方面。在處理人與人的關(guān)系上，中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)思想主張“和為貴”以及“家和萬(wàn)事興”，從而創(chuàng)造一個(gè)和諧的社會(huì)環(huán)境。在人與自然的關(guān)系上，人類應(yīng)當(dāng)學(xué)會(huì)認(rèn)識(shí)自然，尊重自然，保護(hù)自然。人與人、人與社會(huì)、人與自然都需要“和諧”。如今，和諧發(fā)展依然是我們的治國(guó)之本和管理人才之道。隨著我國(guó)社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)和文化的發(fā)展，“和”的思想更加深入人心。中國(guó)正在向構(gòu)建社會(huì)主義和諧社會(huì)的目標(biāo)邁進(jìn)。翻譯： Integrity and harmony are traditional Chinese virtues.“Harmony” is demonstrated in various regard to interpersonal relations, traditional Chinese thoughts hold that “Harmony is most precious” and “A family that lives in harmony will prosper”.A harmonious social environment can be created based on these for relations between human beings and nature, people should learn to understand, respect and protect is essential to interpersonal relations, relations between human beings and society, as well as between human beings and , harmonious development is still the way of running the country and managing talented the development of China39。s society, economy and culture, the idea of “harmony” goes even deeper into people39。s is on its way toward the goal of building a harmonious socialist 8 原文：As the world39。s only truly