Tennis has a long history at the Olympic Games. Tennis appeared at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 but was dropped from the programme after the Paris 1924 Games. Every four years, the Olympic Tennis tournament attracts the world's top stars. At Beijing in 2008, for instance, Rafael Nadal won the men's Singles, while the Williams sisters triumphed in the women's Doubles. Today “Science in the Olympic Games' will show the science and technology of Tennis.
網球在奧運會比賽中已經有悠久的歷史。這一項目首先出現于1896年第一屆現代奧運會而在巴黎1924年巴黎奧運會又被迫退出。每隔四年,奧運會網球比賽吸引著全世界的頂尖球星。比如在2008年北京奧運會中,,拉斐爾·納達爾摘得男單桂冠,而威廉姆斯姐妹獲得女雙冠軍。今天“科學奧運“將帶您走進網球尋訪其中科學和技術的應用。
詞語解釋:
1. attract v. 吸引
2. triumph v. 勝利