首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Sports is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are professionals who are paid for their efforts. Because an
Sports is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are professionals who are paid for their efforts. Because an
admin
2010-08-04
63
问题
Sports is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are professionals who are paid for their efforts. Because an athlete succeeds by achievement only--not by economic background or family connections--sports can be a fast route to wealth, and many athletes play only for money than for love.
This has not always been tree. In the ancient Olympics the winner got only a wreath of olive leaves (橄榄叶花环). Even though the winners became national heroes, the games remained amateur for centuries. Athletes won fame, but no money. As time passed, however, the contests become increasingly less amateur and cities began to hire athletes to represent them. By the fourth century A. D. , the Olympics were mined, and they were soon ended.
In 1896, the Olympic games were revived (使再度兴起) with the same goal of pure amateur competition. The rules bar athletes who have ever received a $ 50 prize or an athletic scholars or who have spent four weeks in a training camp. At least one competitor in the 1896 games met these qualifications. He was Spiridon Loues, a water carrier who won the marathon race. After race, a rich Athenian offered him anything he wanted. A true amateur, Loues accepted only a cart and a horse. Then he gave up running forever. But Loues was an exception and now, as the Chairman of the German Olympic Committee said, "Nobody pays any attention to these roles." Many countries pay their athletes to train year-round, and Olympic athletes are eager to sell their names to companies that make everything from ski equipment to fast food.
Even the games themselves have become a huge business. Countries fight to hold the Olympics not only for honor, but for money. The 1972 games in Munich cost the Germans 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink, hotel rooms, and souvenirs (纪念品), they managed to make a profit. Appropriately, the symbol of victory in the Olympic games is no longer a simple olive wreath--it is a gold medal.
The 172 Munich games managed to make a big profit mainly by ______ services and selling ______ .
选项
答案
hotel medal symbols,TV rights,food,drink,souvenirs
解析
答案依据为最后一段倒数第二句话。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xvA7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Ihearmany’parentscomplainingthattheirteenagechildrenarerebelling.Iwishitwereso.Atyourageyououghttobegrowi
Somelivingcreaturesmay【B1】______theeffectsofcoldbymovingelsewhere(e.g.birds,fish)orby【B2】______movement(e.g.bee
A、Hewillwatchit.B、Hewillwatchitforonlythirtyminutes.C、Hewillnotwatchit.D、Hewillwatchitinaboutthirtyminut
Throughaseriesofexperiments,anAmericanscientisthasobtainedanunderstandingofthesocialstructureofthemostcomplex
Kuwaitisacountrywhichisquitesmall,butwhichisquiterich.Ithasapopulationofalittlemorethanamillion,anditi
A、3people.B、5people.C、6people.D、7people.C
China’sNewMiddleClassXiaJiapingopenedhislivingroomwindowandgazedoutacrossthecityhecallshome."Noneofthi
Itwasoncethoughtthatairpollutionaffectedonlytheareaimmediatelyaroundlargecitieswithfactoriesand/orheavyautom
A、Becauseshehasalotofthingstodofortheceremony.B、Becauseshewantstoexpresshergratitudetotherepresentatives.C
A、Pay’moreattentiontothemusic.B、Atoptalkingsomuch.C、Playthemusicmorequietly.D、Lookatsomethingfortheman.C
随机试题
随机变量X服从[0,3]上的均匀分布,则P{2<X<4}=________.
下列与致病无关的细菌结构是
甲公司与乙公司签订了货物买卖合同,合同约定甲公司向乙公司支付3万元作为定,乙公司于2005年12月1日向甲公司交付货物,甲公司于2005年12月10日前向乙公司支付10万元的货款。合同还约定了一方违约的,应向对方支付5万元的违约金。乙公司拒绝向甲公司交付货
防治光污染不属文明施工管理的范畴。
按人民币计算,某进口设备的离岸价2000万元,到岸价1500万元,运输保险费为30.15万元,运费为10万元,则设备的国外运输保险费率为()
对天真烂漫的孩子来说,跟着父母出游,得到一件漂亮的衣服,一件精美的玩具,一些可口的糖果点心,就能满足他们对幸福的渴望。对刚刚成年的年轻人而言,成绩优秀,学业有成,异性的爱恋,网上的遨游,往往都是他们所憧憬的幸福。而人到中年所追求的,自然就应当是事业的成功和
Thespeechismainlyabouttheorganizationofthecompany.
Whichsportsdoesthewomanlike?
Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtowhatyouhear?
Howlongdoesittaketocovertheworkbookmaterial?
最新回复
(
0
)