1. the honor of holding the olympic games is entrusted to a city and not a country.
主办奥林匹克运动会的荣誉是授予城市而非国家。
2. in 1912, the ioc decided to allow women to compete in the games.
1912年,国际奥委会决定允许妇女参加奥运会的竞赛。
3. everyone who wishes to participate in the olympics must be an amateur.
任何想参加奥运会的人都必须是业余选手。
4. no one can be kept out of the olympics because of religion, color or political ideas.
任何人都不能因为其宗教信仰、肤色或政治观点而被排除在奥运赛场外。
5. in each event, each country can have only three entries in the summer games, and four entries in the winter games.
在夏季奥运会上,每个国家在每个项目当中只能有3个参赛队员;而在冬季奥运会上则可以有4个。
6. the athletes in a world cup are professionals, while those who play in the olympics must be amateurs.
参加 世界杯的运动员是职业运动员,而参加奥运会的运动员必须是业余运动员。
7. athletic events are divided into two broad categories - track and field.
田径项目被分为两大类———径赛和田赛。
8. the ioc medical commission has approved a test to detect the use of the banned synthetic hormone erythropoietin, or epo.
国际奥委会药物委员会已经通过了一项测试来检测违禁使用合成激素红细胞生成素(简称epo)的情况。
9. man-to-man defense and zone defense are alternatives to a basketball team in a match.
篮球队在比赛中可以选择人盯人防守和区域联防。
10. unlike professional boxers, the amateur boxers have to wear protective devices such as headgear.
与职业 拳击手不同,业余拳击手需要戴上护具,比如头盔。
11. typically the games are awarded several years in advance, allowing the chosen city time to prepare for the games.
通常奥运会举办地会在几年前就已定下,以便举办城市有时间准备。
12. a program of gymnastic competition consists of the horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, vaulting horse, rings and floor exercise events for men and the balance beam, uneven parallel bars, vaulting horse, and floor exercise events for women.
男子体操比赛项目包括单杠、双杠、鞍马、跳马、吊环和自由体操;女子项目包括平衡木、高低杠、跳马和自由体操。
13. the host city treasures the olympic flag after it receives it.
主办城市接过奥运会会旗后都把它珍藏起来。
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