A：I see that there are Olympic mascots in your car.

我看見(jiàn)您車(chē)?yán)镉性S多奧運(yùn)會(huì)的吉祥物。

B：Yes. I am very interested in the Olympic Games, and I'm especially excited about 2008 Beijing Olympics.

是的。我對(duì)奧運(yùn)會(huì)非常的感興趣，特別是對(duì)2008年的北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)。

A：Me, too. I want to be a volunteer for 2008 Beijing Olympics.

我也是。而且我還想成為2008年北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)的志愿者。

B：That's cool. Care for a little quiz on that?

那很不錯(cuò)啊。介意做一個(gè)有關(guān)奧運(yùn)會(huì)的小測(cè)試嗎?

A：No problem. I'm an 'Olympic expert'.

沒(méi)問(wèn)題啊。我是“奧運(yùn)專(zhuān)家”。

B：Wow, you've talked the talk. Now it's time to walk the walk. Here we go. First, can you tell me something about the ancient Olympics?

哇，那你一定要說(shuō)到做到。開(kāi)始了啊。首先，你能告訴我一些關(guān)于古代奧運(yùn)會(huì)的事情嗎?

A：The ancient Olympics originated in ancient Greece.

古代奧運(yùn)起源于希臘。

B：Good. Why do people name it Olympics?

不錯(cuò)。為什么人們叫它奧林匹克?

A：They name it after the place where it was first held.

人們是以它第一次舉辦的地點(diǎn)來(lái)給它命名的。

B：Who started the modern Olympics?

誰(shuí)發(fā)起了現(xiàn)代奧運(yùn)會(huì)?

A：This question is a piece of cake. A Frenchman named Baron de Coubertin.

這個(gè)問(wèn)題簡(jiǎn)直就是小菜一碟。是一個(gè)叫拜倫·顧拜旦的法國(guó)人。

B：What did people call him?

那人們都叫他什么?

A：Of course he was called 'the father of the Olympics'.

人們當(dāng)然都叫他“奧林匹克之 父”。

B：What did he do for restoring the Olympics?

那么他為奧運(yùn)會(huì)的恢復(fù)做出了什么樣的貢 獻(xiàn)?

A：He once made a speech on the ‘Renaissance of the Olympics'.

他曾經(jīng)發(fā)表過(guò)一個(gè)“ 復(fù)興奧林匹克”的演講。

B：Well, that's for all. Excellent!

測(cè)試完了。非常棒!

A：I've told you I'm an expert.

我說(shuō)過(guò)我是專(zhuān)家。