与奥运会有关的常用英语术语及句子

2008年奥运会将在北京举行。很多大学生都想对奥运会有一个更全面的了解，尤其是怎样用英语来表达与奥运有关的词语或句子。

首先，我们先来了解一些常用的词语：

奥运会            Olympic Games

奥运会选拔赛      Olympic trials

国际奥委会        International Olympic Committee

奥运会会歌        Olympic Anthem

奥运火炬          Olympic Torch

奥运会代表团      Olympic delegation

奥运村            Olympic village

组委会            organization committee

开幕式            opening ceremony

闭幕式            closing ceremony

吉祥物            mascot

颁奖台            podium

其次，我们通过一些句子来增强对奥运会的了解。

The Olympic symbol, the five interlocking rings, represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the world at the Olympic Games.奥林匹克的标志是五个相连的圆环，它代表着五大洲的团结和全世界运动员在奥运会上相聚一堂。

The official languages of the IOC are French and English.国际奥委会的官方语言是法语和英语。

The Olympic flame is a symbol reminiscent of the ancient Olympic Games.奥运圣火是人们缅怀古代奥运会的象征。

The Olympic Games consist of the Games of the Olympiad and the Olympic Winter Games. Both take place every four years.奥运会包括夏季奥运会和冬季奥运会，它们都是每四年举行一次。

The International Olympic Committee decided that every host city has to stage both the Olympic and Paralympics Games.国际奥委会规定每个主办城市必须同时主办奥运会和残疾人奥运会。

The Olympic Games shall be proclaimed open by the Head of State of the host country.奥运会由东道国国家元首宣布开幕。

The delegation parade in alphabetical order according to the language of the host country, except for GREece, which leads the parade, and for the host country which brings up the rear.代表团按东道国语言文字的字母顺序入场。希腊和东道国例外，希腊代表团第一个入场，东道国代表团最后一个入场。

“The game of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing.” Samaranch makes the announcement.萨马兰奇宣布：“2008年第29届奥运会主办权由北京获得。”