今天的这段对话，在讨论奥运会，
在奥运会上你认为我们队会赢得多少奖牌？举办奥运会对世界有什么影响
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: I see mike farmer has make it into the Olympic team. He beat the national record by 0.1 of a second.
我看到迈克·法默进入了奥运代表队。他以0.1秒的优势打破了全国纪录。
B: that’s great. He’s the best runner I’ve seen this season. I’m sure he’ll win a medal at the Olympics.
太棒了。他是我这个赛季见过的最好的跑步者。我相信他会在奥运会上赢得奖牌。
A: I think you’re right. I think we have a very good athletics team. They should do well in the Olympics. How many medals do you think we’ll win?
我认为你是对的。我认为我们有一支非常优秀的田径队。他们应该在奥运会上表现出色。你认为我们会赢得多少奖牌？
B: I really don’t know. I don’t think we’ll win many gold medals, but I think we should win several silver and bronze ones.
我真的不知道。我不认为我们会赢得很多金牌，但我认为我们应该赢得几个银牌和铜牌。
A: what do you think our chance are in the events.
你认为我们在这些事件中的机会有多大。
B: in the last Olympics, we did very well in swimming, cycling and ball sports. I think we’ll do well in those same events.
在上一届奥运会上，我们在游泳、自行车和球项目上做得很好。我认为我们在这些项目上也会做得好。
A: we might get a gold medal in the sailing too. Our team put in a lot of practice.
我们也可能在帆船比赛中获得金牌。我们队进行了大量的练习。
B: I think we can expect to get between 30 to 40 medals in total.
我认为我们总共可以获得30到40枚奖牌。
A: you are very optimistic!
你很乐观！
Intermediate
A: aren’t you interested in watching the Olympics? There have been some excellent performances by athletes from all over the world.
你对看奥运会不感兴趣吗？来自世界各地的运动员都有一些出色的表现。
B: I just don’t find it very interesting.
我只是觉得不太有趣。
A: I think it’s wonderful to see people from all over the world taking part in such a great event.
我觉得很高兴看到来自世界各地的人们参加这样一个伟大的活动。
B: I think that for a lot of people, it’s just a way to try and show their country is better than other countries.
我认为，对很多人来说，这只是一种试图证明他们的国家比其他国家更好的方式。
A: I think the Olympics help to promote world peace.
我认为奥运会有助于促进世界和平。
B: I’m not sure about that. We still have many wars in the world. I think that the idea behind the Olympics is a good one, but the reality is that during the Olympics countries compete. There’s no real spirit of cooperation and people are usually not very friendly to each other.
我不确定。我们在世界上还有很多战争。我认为奥运会背后的想法是好的，但现实是，在奥运会期间，各国都在竞争。没有真正的合作精神，人们之间通常也不太友好。
A: you are so pessimistic! The Olympics is a great opportunity for athletes to demonstrate their speed, skill, agility and strength. Most people hope to see someone form their country win, but I think that they are just happy to see good performances by any athlete.
你太悲观了！奥运会是运动员展示速度、技巧、灵活性和力量的绝佳机会。大多数人希望看到自己国家的某个人获胜，但我认为他们很高兴看到任何运动员的出色表现。
B: well. I think that the most amazing performances are by athletes who participate in the Paralympics.
嗯。我认为最令人惊叹的表演是参加残奥会的运动员。
A: now there we are in agreement!
现在我们达成了一致！
