奥林匹克的英文简介
A Brief History of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games.
The best amateur athletes in the world match skill and endur ance in a series of contests called the Olympic Games. Almos t every nation sends teams of selected athletes to take part . The purposes of the Olympic Games are to foster the ideal o f a "sound mind in a sound body" and to promote friendship am ong nations
The modern Olympic Games are named for athletic contests he ld in ancient Greece for almost 12 centuries. They were bann ed in AD 394 but were revived and made international in 1896. The Winter Games were added in 1924. World War I and World War II forced cancellation of the Olympics in 1916, 1940, an d 1944, but they resumed in 1948 and are held every four year s. After 1992 the Winter and Summer Games were no longer hel d within the same calendar year. Winter Games were schedule d for 1994, after only a two-year interval, and every four y ears thereafter. The Summer Games were scheduled for 1996, and every four years thereafter.
In 2008，the 29
th Olympic Games was held in Beijing
successfully.