1. People's Republic of China continued their winning streak in swimming with Wang Shun taking gold today in the men's 200m individual medley at Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
中华人民共和国继续他们在游泳项目上的连胜,汪顺今天在东京游泳中心获得男子200米个人混合泳金牌。
2. In a nail-biting finish, the Chinese athlete dashed in the final lap and touched the wall first at 1:55.00 breaking an Asian record.
在紧张的结束环节,中国运动员在最后一圈冲了进来,并以1分55秒的成绩第一个到达终点,打破了亚洲纪录。
3. The battle for second and third place was also a thrilling duel.
二、三名的争夺也是一场惊心动魄的对决。
4. Unfortunately host nation Japan failed to make podium with SETO in fourth place and HAGINO Kosuke finishing at sixth place.
遗憾的是东道主日本未能登上领奖台,Seto排名第四,Hagino排名第六。
Vocabulary
Streak: 连线、条纹
Individual: 单人的
Medley:混合
Dash in:冲进去
Lap: 圈
Thrilling:惊险的、扣人心弦的
Duel: 决斗
Unfortunately: 遗憾地
Podium: 领奖台
看体育新闻,又知道了一些词的新用意。有收获
希望主播把自己说的都打出来
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1360215zimu 回复 @1360215zimu:
People's Republic of China前面为何没有 the?
录程留学 回复 @听友301184843: 正式的全称应该是有The的。但是这篇新闻报道没有加上The也许是笔误?这个问题我实在很难作答。Good catch!