297 –2020年东京奥运会 The 2020 Tokyo Olympics

1. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will take place between July 23, 2021 and August 8, 2021.

2020年东京奥运会将于2021年7月23日至2021年8月8日举行。

2. This will be the second time that the Olympics will take place in Tokyo. Tokyo had also been selected to host the 1940 Olympic Games which were later cancelled due to World War II.

这将是奥运会第二次在东京举行。东京还曾被选为1940年奥运会的主办城市，但后来因第二次世界大战而取消。

3. Tokyo 2020 aims to be the “greenest ever” Olympics, powered by renewable energy and using recycled medals. LED lights are used at all venues. Medals will be made from precious metals recovered from 6.2 million discarded mobile phones. Podiums are made from recycled plastic recovered from the ocean.

2020年东京奥运会的目标是成为“有史以来最环保”的奥运会，以可再生能源为动力，奖牌是可回收的。所有场馆都使用LED灯。奖牌将由从620万部废弃手机中回收的贵金属制成。颁奖台由从海洋中回收的再生塑料制成。

4. Tokyo entered a state of emergency on Monday, July 12. Thus, the number of spectators this year will be 0!

东京于7月12日星期一进入紧急状态。因此，今年的观众数量将是0!

5. The Tokyo 2020 Games will award 339 medals across 33 sports at 42 venues in Japan.

2020年东京奥运会将在日本的42个场馆颁发33个项目的339枚奖牌。

6. More than 80% of the 11,500 athletes staying in the athletes’ village are expected to be vaccinated.

在奥运村住宿的11500名运动员中，超过80%的人预计将接种疫苗。

Vocabulary

Host：主持、举办

Renewable：可再生的

Venue: 聚会地点

Medal：奖牌

Podium：颁奖台

Recover：恢复

Spectator：观众

Athlete: 运动员