in ancient greece there were four major athletic 要自己翻的

in ancient greece there were four major athletic 要自己翻的
In ancient Greece,there were four major athletic meetings and the Olympian meeting played the most important part in the lives of the people. As time passed,the Olympian meeting gradually lost its local character and became first a national event and then international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go but some official records date from 776 BC. The Games took place every four years on the plain by Mount Olympus. Thousands of people came from all parts of the Greek world to watch the games. The winner of the foot race had the great honour of giving his name to the year of his history. After a long history of almost 1,200 years,the Games were stopped for religious(宗教的) reasons. It was then decided in 1896 to start the Olympic Games again. The meeting was held in Athens and 311 athletes from 13 countries took part in it but the idea of such an international meeting attracted the world's attention. After the 1908 London Olympics,many nations sent their best athletes. Although the Games have been time and again threatened by some unfavourable political events,the Games have taken place every four years. Nowadays,the Games are held in different countries in turn. As the biggest international gathering of any kind in the world,athletes from different countries play games together and this provides them with good chances to learn to live together. The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family. The Olympic Games will be hosted in Beijing in 2008,it is believed that the Games will be a wonder of the world.

在古希腊,有四个主要的运动会并且奥运会在人们的生活中扮演着最重要的角色.随着时间的流逝,奥运会逐渐失去了它的地方特色变成了第一个民族赛事和国家的赛事.没有一个人准确地知道奥运会可以具体的追溯到什么时候但是有官方记录已经可以追溯到公元前776年.这个比赛每四年举行一次在奥林匹克山边缘的平原上.成千上万来自希腊各个地方的人来观看这个比赛.