Wu Dajing has finally done it for China - the short track speed skater won China's first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in the men's 500-meter. Wu broke the world record twice as he became the first Chinese athlete to enjoy the to

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 2018CRI中国国际广播电台

Pre-Listening Vocabulary host country: the nation that holds the event IOC: International Olympic Committee composition: what something is made of gold-plated: containing a layer of gold on the surface monetary value: the amount something is worth Go

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At age 41, American swimmer Dara Torres has won her third silver medal at the Beijing Olympics. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the oldest member of this year's U.S. Olympic swimming team. US swimmer Dara Torres waves from podium after receiving her

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

LONDON, Jul. 29 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Janet Bermoy Sunday won a silver medal, the first London Olympic medal for Cuba, in the 52-kilogram division of judo. Bermoy was defeated by DPR Korean judoka Ae An Kum, who won the gold medal in the competition. Thi

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Winning a gold medal is often considered the standard of excellence at the Olympics. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from China, sometimes placing second is a huge victory. Sara Isakovic, 13 Aug 2008 Often buried behind the headlines of world rec

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China gets Paralympics' first gold, topping medal table LONDON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Similar as the London Olympics, China took the Paralympic Games' first title and topped the medal table with six gold, six silver and three bronze medals on Thursday,

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