< align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#ffa500 size=4>Olympic Fun Facts 奥运会小趣闻</FONT></STRONG>
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<TD> The first recorded ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC with only one event - the stade. A stade was a unit of measurement (about 200 meters) that also became the name of a footrace of the length. Since the track for the stade was a stade in length, the location of the race became the stadium.<BR> 有记载的第一届奥运会于公元前776年举行，那时候只有一个项目：赛跑（stade）。stade原本是一个计量单位（约200米），称作“斯塔德”，这个词后来成为该距离赛跑项目的名称。自从赛跑的跑道长度定为一斯塔德后，赛跑的场地就称为stadium。</TD>
<TD><IMG src="https://mlls.englishvod.net/jasinda/media/text/20051109103317234/editor/20051116104104125.jpg"></IMG></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>Host Greece won the most medals (47) at the first Olympic Summer Games in 1896.<BR>在1896年第一届夏季奥运会上，主办国希腊赢得最多奖牌（47枚）。<BR><BR>Tug-of-war was an Olympic event from 1900-1920.<BR>从1900年至1920年，拔河比赛曾被列为奥运会比赛项目。<BR><BR>In 1908 the standard length of the marathon was extended from 26 miles to 26 miles and 385 yards so that the British royal family could have a better view of its start and finish.<BR>1908年，马拉松的标准长度从26英里（约41834米）延长到了26英里385码（约42186米），这样，英国皇室就能更清楚地看到比赛的起点和终点了。<BR><BR>Athletes at the Athens Games will produce as much as 2 million pounds of dirty laundry. A family or four would need 264 years to go through that much laundry!<BR>雅典奥运会的运动员将有两百万磅（约907吨）的脏衣物要洗。一个四口之家要花264年才能累积这么多的脏衣物！ |
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