⑬nation/'neIʃn/n.国家，民族；全体国民

　　⑭contemporary/kən'temprərI/adj.现代的，当代的；同一时代的

　　⑮It was ... who ... 是强调句型，强调 a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin。

　　⑯bring ... back to life 使......恢复生机

　　⑰make it possible ...是"make＋宾语＋宾补"结构。 it 是形式宾语，真正的宾语是 to live side by side in peace。

　　⑱well­known/ˌwel'nəʊn/adj.著名的

　　⑲Among them are many well­known athletes. 是倒装句。

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　　古代奥林匹克运动会中的有些运动项目今天仍能见到，如跳远、摔跤、赛跑。从传统上来讲，古代奥运会的运动员都是男性，而且他们必须裸体竞技。未婚女性可以参加她们自己的竞技比赛，比赛在一个专门纪念赫拉希腊神话中众神之王宙斯的妻子的节日举行。如今，世界各地的男女运动员都能参加竞赛，不管他们来自哪个国家。,现代奥运会于1896年在雅典首次举行。让奥运会得以重生的是法国人皮埃尔·德·顾拜旦。他梦想奥运会能促成所有国家的人民和平相处。如今，世界各地的人们都在帮助实现这个梦想，其中就有很多著名的运动员。

　　Did you know that perhaps the most famous boxer⑳ of all time first came to public attention during the 1960 Rome Olympics? He won the gold medal\s\up1(21(21) for the USA, under his birth name Cassius Clay. Afterwards, this young man went on to win the World Heavyweight\s\up1(22(22) Boxing\s\up1(23(23) Championship\s\up1(24(24) in 1964 and later changed his name to the one we all know, Muhammad Ali. He returned to the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 to light the Olympic flame\s\up1(25(25) at the opening\s\up1(26(26) ceremony.

　　Another sports star I would like to mention\s\up1(27(27) is Michael Jordan. Everyone knows of his success in the NBA, but do you know that he helped the USA basketball team win the gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics? Jordan also returned to the Olympics after many years, but unlike Muhammad Ali, he was still competing for medals. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Jordan won his second Olympic gold medal as a member of the so­called 'Dream Team'．

　　Chinese athletes have also made important contributions to the Olympic Games. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the People's Republic of China returned to the Olympics after 32 years' absence\s\up1(28(28). I am sure the whole of China must have felt proud when Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for his country\s\up1(29(29).Deng Yaping, who won four Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996\s\up1(30(30)， is perhaps the greatest female table tennis player the world has ever seen\s\up1(31(31) .At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang excited\s\up1(32(32) people all over Asia when he became the first Asian to win the gold medal in the men's 110­metre hurdles\s\up1(33(33).

⑳boxer/'bɒksə(r)/n.拳击手，拳击运动员