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1、Unit5Unit5ThefirstwrittenrecdsoftheancientOlympicGamesdateto776BC.TheancientOlympicswereheldeveryfouryearsbetweenAugust6September19duringareligiousfestivalhoningZeus(宙斯).ThefirstmodernOlympicswereheldinAthensGreecein1896

2、.TheOlympicsymbolconsistsoffiveinterlacedringsofequaldimensionsrepresentingtheunionofthefivecontinentsthemeetingofathletesfromthroughoutthewldattheOlympicGames.TheOlympicstrulytookoffasaninternationalsptingeventafter1924

3、whenthe8thOlympicGameswereheldinParis.Some3000athletesfrom44nationscompetedthatyearfthefirsttimetheGamesfeaturedaclosingceremony.TheWinterOlympicsdebuted(問(wèn)世)thatyearincludingsucheventsasfigureskatingicehockeybobsleddingt

4、hebiathlon.Eightyyearslaterwhenthe2004SummerOlympicsreturnedtoAthensfthefirsttimeinmethanacenturynearly11000athletesfrom201countriescompetedbreakingthethenrecdofparticipatingcountries.有關(guān)古代奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)的最早文字記載可追溯至公元前776年。古代奧運(yùn)會(huì)每

5、4年舉辦一次，在8月6日與9月19日之間的一個(gè)紀(jì)念宙斯的宗教節(jié)日期間舉行。第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運(yùn)會(huì)于1896年在希臘雅典舉辦。奧運(yùn)會(huì)的標(biāo)志由五個(gè)大小相同的套環(huán)組成，代表著五大洲的聯(lián)合和來(lái)自世界各地運(yùn)動(dòng)員的大聚會(huì)。奧運(yùn)會(huì)真正騰飛、成為一項(xiàng)國(guó)際體育盛會(huì)是在1924年之后，即第8屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)在巴黎舉辦之后。這一年，來(lái)自44個(gè)國(guó)家約3000名運(yùn)動(dòng)員同場(chǎng)競(jìng)技，并且第一次在奧運(yùn)會(huì)上增加了閉幕式這一儀式。同年，冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)首次亮相，比賽項(xiàng)目包括花樣滑冰、冰球、雪橇

6、和冬季兩項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。80年后，2004年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)在相隔一個(gè)多世紀(jì)后再次在雅典舉辦，來(lái)自得非常流行。但是在美國(guó)，間隔年的做法仍然只是個(gè)別現(xiàn)象。不過(guò)近年來(lái)，間隔年對(duì)美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)變得稍微普遍起來(lái)。2013年有大約四萬(wàn)美國(guó)學(xué)生參加了間隔年活動(dòng)，比2006年增加了近20%。普林斯頓大學(xué)、哈佛大學(xué)、麻省理工學(xué)院等大學(xué)都有明文規(guī)定允許學(xué)生延遲入學(xué)。UnitUnit7Thebeliefinthefreedomoftheindividualisprobabl

7、ythemostbasicmoststronglyheldofallAmericanbeliefs.ThemostimptantthingtounderstAmericansisprobablytheirdevotion(深愛(ài))to“individualism“.Theyhavebeentrainedsinceveryearlyintheirlivestoconsiderthemselvesasseparateindividualswh

8、oareresponsibleftheirownsituationsinlifetheirowndestiny.Americansviewthemselvesashighlyindividualisticintheirthoughtsactions.Theyresistbeingthoughtofasrepresentativesofanyhomogeneous(由同類組成的)group.Whentheydojoingroupsthey

9、believetheyarespecialjustalittledifferentfromothermembersofthesamegroup.CloselyassociatedwiththevaluetheyplaceonindividualismistheimptanceAmericansassignprivacy.Americansassumepeople“needsometimetothemselves““sometimealo