【原文】Pausanias,who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago,has come on a magical journey on M arch 18th,2007 to find out about the presentday Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P:My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call"Ancient Greece" and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I' ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?L：Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know? P：How often do you hold your Games? L：Every four years. There are two main sets of Gamesthe Winter and the Summer Olympics,and both are held every four years on a regular basis.The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitiors. They may come from anywhere in the world. P：Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses? L：Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That' s why they' re called the Winter Olympics. It' s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races,together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P：I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L：Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Women are not only allowed,but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics,team sports and P：Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?L：For each Olympics,a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well. P：That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games? L：As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It's a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There's as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that? P：Oh yes! You must be very proud. L：Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course andP：Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L：No,we don't. It's still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That's the motto of the Olympics, you know"Swifter, Higher and Stronger. " P：Well,that's good news.How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.  【翻譯】 帕薩尼亞斯是大約2，000年前的一位希臘作家，在2007年3月18日他作了一次魔幻旅行，來了解關(guān)于當(dāng)今奧林匹克運(yùn)動會的情況。他現(xiàn)在正在采訪一位2008奧林匹克運(yùn)動會的志愿者李燕。帕：我叫帕薩尼亞斯。我生活在你們所說的“古希臘”，我過去曾經(jīng)寫過關(guān)于很多年前的奧運(yùn)會。我來到你們這個(gè)時(shí)代，是想了解有關(guān)當(dāng)代奧運(yùn)會的情況，因?yàn)槲抑?004年奧運(yùn)會是在我的家鄉(xiāng)舉行的。我能問你幾個(gè)關(guān)于現(xiàn)代奧運(yùn)會的問題嗎？李：天哪！你真的來自那么久以前嗎?但是當(dāng)然你可以問任何你喜歡的問題。你想了解什么呢？帕：你們的奧運(yùn)會多久舉行一次？李：每四年。奧運(yùn)會有兩種冬季奧運(yùn)會和夏季奧運(yùn)會，這兩種奧運(yùn)會都是有一定規(guī)律每四年舉行一次。冬季奧運(yùn)會通常是在夏季奧運(yùn)會的前兩年舉行。只有達(dá)到了他們比賽標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的運(yùn)動員可以參賽。他們可以來自世界的任何地方。帕：冬季奧運(yùn)會？賽跑運(yùn)功員們怎么喜歡在冬天比賽？又怎么可能賽馬呢？李：噢，不！沒有賽跑和賽馬。相反，有像滑雪和溜冰這類需要冰雪的比賽項(xiàng)目。那就是為什么它們叫做冬季奧運(yùn)會。在夏季奧運(yùn)會中才有賽跑和游泳、劃船和所有團(tuán)隊(duì)運(yùn)動。帕：我明白了。先前你說被邀請的運(yùn)動員來自全世界。你是指希臘的世界？我們希臘各城市之間過去曾經(jīng)為了贏得勝利的榮譽(yù)而彼此競爭。別的國家不能參加，奴隸和婦女也不能參加。李：如今任何國家都能參賽，如果他們的運(yùn)動員足夠好?？偣灿?50個(gè)運(yùn)動項(xiàng)目，并且每個(gè)項(xiàng)目都有它自己的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。婦女不但允許參加，而且她們還在體操、田徑、團(tuán)隊(duì)運(yùn)動和中起著非常重要的作用。帕：請等一下！所有那些項(xiàng)目，所有那些國家，甚至婦女也都參加！所有這些參賽的人都住在哪里？李：每次奧運(yùn)會舉行地都會建立一個(gè)特殊的村莊供參賽者居住，一個(gè)主要的接待大樓，幾個(gè)供比賽用的體育館還有室內(nèi)體育館。帕：聽起來要花很多錢吧。有人想承辦奧運(yùn)會嗎？李：事實(shí)上，人人都想承辦。這是極大的責(zé)任而且被選上也是很大的榮譽(yù)。國與國之間爭取奧運(yùn)會的承辦權(quán)的競爭就像爭奪奧運(yùn)獎牌一樣。2008年的奧運(yùn)會將在中國舉行。你知道嗎？帕：是的！你一定和驕傲吧。李：當(dāng)然。在那之后，2012年奧運(yùn)會將在倫敦舉行。他們已經(jīng)開始為此計(jì)劃了。一個(gè)新的為運(yùn)動員的村莊和和所有體育場館將在倫敦東部建立。當(dāng)然新的獎牌將被設(shè)計(jì)帕：你剛才說獎牌嗎？那么就連橄欖枝花環(huán)也被取代了！天哪！你也為獎金而競爭嗎？李：不，我們不是為了錢。而是能夠跑得更快、跳得更高、擲的更遠(yuǎn)。那就是奧運(yùn)會的格言，你知道“更快、更高、更強(qiáng)?！迸粒耗钦媸菞l好新聞。多有趣??！謝謝，占用了你的時(shí)間。