Summer Olympics Events

Summer Olympic Events Written by Terry Miller Shannon Focus Question What are the summer Olympics?

夏季奥运会比赛项目 作者：特里·米勒·香农 核心问题 什么是夏季奥运会？

The Summer Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics are held every four years. They are held in different cities around the world.

夏季奥林匹克运动会。 夏季奥运会每四年举办一次。 举办地分布在全球不同的城市。

Athletes at the Games compete to win medals for their countries. They participate in hundreds of events. Let's look at some events.

参赛的运动员们为自己的国家争夺奖牌。 他们要参加数百个比赛项目， 我们一起来看看其中一些吧。

Water sports. One water sport is swimming. Some swimming races are short, and swimmers swim only two lengths of the pool. Other races are longer.

水上运动： 其中一项是游泳， 有些游泳赛程很短， 选手们只需要游两个泳池的长度， 其他赛程则更长一些。

Some swimming races use only one kind of stroke. In one race, swimmers can choose the type of stroke they want to use.

有些游泳比赛只能使用一种泳姿。 还有一项比赛里，选手可以自由选择想要使用的泳姿。

Diving is another water sport. In diving events, divers jump from high above the water. They twist, flip, and turn while in the air. They get points for how well they dive.

跳水是另一项水上运动， 跳水比赛中，选手要从水面上方的高处跳下。 他们在空中做转体、空翻等动作， 根据动作完成的质量获得相应分数。