18 Marathon
More than 2000 years ago at Marathon, the Greeks won a victory．
Marathon was a small town．It was about 40 kilo m e t r e s from Athens-the capital or the country. P h e I dip p ides was the man who took messages from one place to another. He had to tell the people there about the great victory．
P h e I dip p ides ran to Athens with the news．He ran as fast as he could so that the people in Athens could learn the good news soon．The run was long．But he kept running·
He reached Athens at last and told the people there the good news.
But P h e I dip p ides was so tired after the run that he fell on the ground and died．
In 1896 the first of the Olympic Games were held in Athens．Today the marathon is the game that is liked by both the old and the young in many cities all over
the world．
马拉松
大约在20000年以前， 居住在马拉松的希腊人获得了胜利。
马拉松是一个小城市。 距离首都雅典大约有40公里。一个名叫P h e I dip p ides的人从一个地方到另一个地方传送消息。他必须告诉那里的人们有关这一伟大胜利的消息。
P h e i dip p ides带着消息跑到了雅典。他飞快地跑，好让雅典的人尽快知道这条好消息。路程很长，但他一直在跑着。
最终他到达了雅典，并把好消息告诉那里的人。
但 P h e I dip p ides跑到之后太累了,摔倒在地上死了.
1896年,第一届奥林匹克运动会在雅典举行。 今天，马拉松是全世界许多城市中老少都喜欢的一项运动。
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词汇:
marathon 马拉松 Athens 雅典
message 消息 victory 胜利
tired 疲劳的 Olympic 奥林匹克
I．听全文录台，选择正确答案
1 ．Marathon was a small town kilometers from Athens.
A. 30 B. 35 C ．40 D. 45
2 ．A man called P h e I d I pp I de s ．
A. reached Athens and told the people there the good news
B. died on the way to Athens
C. failed on the half way
D. and his brother reached Athens at the same time
3 ．The first Olympic Games was hold in Athens in ．
A. 1689 B．1869 C．1698 D.1896
II．听录音，补全下列段落
More than 1 years ago at Marathon, the Greeks 2 a victory.
Marathon was a small 3 ．It was about 4 kilo m e t r e s from Athens一the 5 of the country．P h e I d I p p ides was the man who took 6 from one place to another．He had to tell the people there about the great victory．
P h e I d I p p ides ran to Athens with the 7 ．He ran as 8 as he could so that the people in Athens could learn the good news 9 ．The run was 10 ．But he kept running.
答案：
I．1．C 2. A 3．D
II．1．2000 2. won 3．town 4.40 5，capital
6. messages 7.news 8.fast 9.soon 10.long