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今天为大家介绍冬季两项：
冬季两项
The word "biathlon" comes from the Greek word for "two contests", and is seen as the joining of two sports; skiing and shooting today.
“Biathlon”这个词源于希腊语，它的意思是两项比赛。现在，“Biathlon”指的是射击和越野滑雪相结合的冬季两项。
Biathlon has its roots in the snow-covered forests of Scandinavia, where people would hunt on skis with rifles slung over their shoulders. In the 18th century, Norwegian skiing regiments began organising military skiing contests, which served as a precursor to the biathlon in modern times.
冬季两项运动起源于斯堪的纳维亚大雪覆盖的森林地区。在那里，人们滑着雪板、扛着步枪在野外狩猎。18世纪，挪威边防军滑雪巡逻队开始组织军事滑雪竞赛，这就是冬季两项的前身。
Prior to the biathlon debut at the 1960 Winter Olympics, an antiquated form of the sport was featured at the 1924, 1928, 1936, and 1948 Winter Olympics: the military patrol. The event consisted of athletes competing in cross-country skiing, ski mountaineering and rifle shooting. Medals were awarded for the event in 1924, but it was a demonstration event for the other three Winter Games.
1960年冬奥会首次将冬季两项列为正式比赛项目，在这之前，它以军事巡逻——这种古老的形式出现在1924年、1928年、1936年和1948年冬奥会上。在比赛中，运动员需参加越野滑雪、登山滑雪和步枪射击三项比赛。其中，1924年冬奥会冬季两项成为奖牌项目，在另外三届冬奥会比赛中是表演项目。
At the 1960 Squaw Valley Games, biathlon made its debut with the men's 20 km individual event. Women's biathlon made its first appearance on the Olympic programme in Albertville in 1992. Over the years, new events have been added to the biathlon competition at the Games. The most recent addition is the mixed relay, which was introduced at Sochi 2014.
在1960年斯阔谷冬奥会上，冬季两项首次以男子20公里个人赛的形式出现。在1992年阿尔贝维尔冬奥会上，女子冬季两项首次出现。经过多年的发展，冬季两项增添了一些新的比赛项目——最新增加的项目是2014年索契冬奥会的混合接力赛。
Germany and Norway have dominated the Biathlon competition at the Winter Olympics, collecting 52 medals (19 golds) and 41medals (16 golds) respectively.
德国和挪威在冬奥会冬季两项比赛中占据统治地位，他们分别获得过52枚奖牌(19枚金牌)和41枚奖牌(16枚金牌)。
There are 33 medals available in biathlon, with 11 events in total - five each for men and women, plus one mixed team event.
冬季两项共设11个比赛项目、33枚奖牌。其中男子竞赛项目和女子竞赛项目各5个，此外还包括一个混合团体项目。
重点词汇
1、sling 吊起、挂起、挎起
例：
She slung her coat over her chair.
她把外衣搭在了椅背上。
Her bag was slung over her shoulder.
她将包挎在肩上。
2、demonstration 演示，展示；游行，示威；证实；表达，表露
例：
We were given a brief demonstration of the computer's functions.
有人为我们简单演示了这种计算机的各种功能。
I began the class with a demonstration that illustrated two very important facts about language.
我用一段演示开始今天的课，这段演示阐述了语言非常重要的两个方面。
