TERMS: THE OLYMPIC GAMES资料文件与下载

Olympics

1.       Birthplace:
the house or area where a person was born, especially a famous person （尤指名人的）出生时的住宅，出生地;
the house or area where a person was born, especially a famous person （尤指名人的）出生时的住宅，出生地

2.       Diverse: very different from each other and of various kinds 不同的；相异的；多种多样的；形形色色的

3.       Mythology:
ancient myths in general; the ancient myths of a particular culture, society, etc. （统称）神话；某文化（或社会等）的神话

4.       Biodiversity:  the existence of a large number of different kinds of animals and plants which make a balanced environment 生物多样性（维持着生态环境平衡的大量各种生物的共存）

5.       Flora:  the plants of a particular area, type of environment or period of time （某地区、环境或时期的）植物群

6.       Biosphere Reserve: [生态] 生物圈保护区

Bankruptcy:  the state of being unable to pay your debts

破产；倒闭

7.       Delegations:代表团

8.       Discipline: (体育比赛中：分项);the practice of training people to obey rules and orders and punishing them if they do not; the controlled behaviour or situation that results from this training 训练；训导；纪律；风纪

9.       runners-up:亚军

10.   gamble：to risk money on a card game, horse race, etc. （牌戏、赛马等中）赌博，打赌

11.   wreath：an arrangement of flowers and/or leaves in the shape of a circle, traditionally hung on doors as a decoration at Christmas 花环（传统上圣诞节时挂在门上）

12.   Alps：阿尔卑斯山脉

13.   Reckon： to think sth or have an opinion about sth 想；认为

14.   Retroactively：追溯地；逆动地

15.   even-numbered偶数

16.   odd-number 奇数

17.   veteran：a person who has been a soldier, sailor, etc. in a war 退伍军人；老兵；老战士；老水兵

18.   disabled：unable to use a part of your body completely or easily because of a physical condition, illness, injury, etc.; unable to learn easily 丧失能力的；有残疾的；无能力的

19.   equivalent：equal in value, amount, meaning, importance, etc. （价值、数量、意义、重要性等）相等的，相同的

20.    intellectual disabilities（智力缺陷）