时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月


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AS IT IS 2016-03-03 IOC Approves Refugee 1 Olympic Team 国际奥委会宣布组建难民奥林匹克运动队


This is What’s Trending Today…


For the first time, a team of refugees 2 will compete at the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee approved a plan this week for a team of up to 10 Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA).


The news of the Refugee Olympic Athletes became a trending topic on social media Thursday. Facebook users 3 called the plan a “wonderful gesture” and “the greatest news I’ve heard in awhile.”


More than 40 high-performance athletes, who happen to be refugees, have been identified as possible Olympic athletes.


CNN reported Thursday that one of them is a 17-year-old swimmer named Yusra Mardini. She fled Syria on a boat headed for Greece from Turkey. The boat started filling with water. Mardini and her sister got in the water and helped pull the boat and its 20 people on board to safety.


Mardini now lives in Germany. She has received funding from the International Olympic Committee for her training.  


The Refugee Olympic team will participate in the Olympic opening ceremony in Rio on August 5. The team will march out just before athletes from Brazil.


International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said at an IOC meeting that, "By welcoming this team of refugee athletes to Rio, we want to send a message of hope for all refugees of the world.”


The United Nations says that more than 60 million people around the world are refugees.


Words in This Story


athlete - n. a person who is trained in or good at sports, games, or exercises that require physical skill and strength


wonderful - adj. extremely good


gesture - n. something said or done to show a particular feeling or attitude



n.难民,流亡者
  • The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
  • The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。
n.避难者,难民( refugee的名词复数 )
  • The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
  • They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民,不是经济移民。
用户,使用者( user的名词复数 )
  • The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
  • Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。
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