虽然这次的巴西奥运会槽点满天 

依旧阻挡不了我们对奥运会的热情！

想去现场亲自感受一下，

但需要备考托福，

手的备考素材在这里！

 

词汇篇

athlete 运动员

referee 裁判

volunteer 志愿者

ceremony 开幕式

closing ceremony 闭幕式

medal presentation 颁奖仪式

stadium 体育场

Olympic Village 奥运村

Olympic record 奥运会纪录

hold the record 保持纪录

break a/the record 打破纪录

stimulant 兴奋剂

 

话题词汇

田径  track and field

运动  professional sport

业余运动  amateur sport

全能选手  all-round athlete

体育设施  sports facility

令人难忘的比赛  memorable/unforgettablematch

赢得比赛  win a match

打破世界纪录  break the world record

创造世界新纪录  set a new world record

 

口语篇

话题一：最喜欢的奥运项目

 

What’s your favouriteevent in the Olympics? 你最喜欢的奥运项目是什么?

 

A: I’m so looking forward to the Olympics.It’s going to be a great event.

　　我热切地期待着奥林匹克运动会的召开。这将是一大盛事。

　　

B: Me too. I can’t wait for them to start.It’s so exciting.

　　我也是。我都等不及了。太激动人心了。

　　

A: There will be so many things to see.

　　到时候将有许多要看的东西。　　

 

B: I know. What’s your favourite event in theOlympics?

　　我知道。你最喜欢的奥运项目是什么?

　　

A: My favourite event? I don’t know – I likeso many different things!

　　我最喜欢的项目?我不知道——我喜欢的项目太多了!

　　

B: I suppose so. There are so many differentsports and events.

　　我想也是。有这么多的运动项目。

　　

话题二：有奥运会有关的多种比赛项目

 

Zhang Jike beat compatriot Wang Hao 4-1 in anall-Chinese men's singles table tennis final.

张继科在乒乓球男子单打决赛中以4-1的比分击败队友王皓夺冠。

　　

The 24-year-old won 18-16 11-5 11-6 10-1213-11 as Wang suffered a third successive defeat in an Olympic final.

现年24岁的张继科以18-16 11-5 11-6 10-12 13-11的五局比分击败王皓。王皓已经连续三届奥运会获得乒乓球男子单打的亚军。

　　

Zhang dominated as China took their secondtable tennis gold at London 2012 after Li Xiaoxia's win over team-mate DingNing in the women's final.

在李晓霞击败队友丁宁获得女单后，张继科获得中国乒乓球队在伦敦的第二块。

　　

World champions Germany were crowned Olympicwomen's team [w]sprint[/w] gold winners in [w]controversial[/w] circumstancesfollowing the [w]relegation[/w] of China.

在中国队被戏剧性地判为犯规后，世界德国队获得了自行车女子团体争先赛的。

　　

Guo Shuang and Gong Jinjie thought they hadwon gold when they finished in a time of 32.619 seconds compared to Germany's32.798.

中国队的郭爽和宫金杰在以32.619秒的成绩领先德国队的32.798秒冲过终点后，认为自己已经夺冠了。

　　

But officials announced that China had beenrelegated for an overtake [w]infringement[/w], with Kristina Vogel and MiriamWelte awarded gold.

但随后裁判宣布中国队违例，德国选手获得。

　　

Ranomi Kromowidjojo claimed her first goldmedal at London 2012 with victory in the women's 100m freestyle.

荷兰游泳选手拉诺米在女子100米自由泳比赛中获得她本届奥运会上的块。

　　

The Dutch swimmer clocked an Olympic record of53.00 seconds to finish ahead of Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus, whileChina's Tang Yi won bronze.

这位荷兰运动员以53秒整的成绩打破奥运会纪录，白俄罗斯选手获得银牌，中国选手唐奕获得铜牌。

　　

China's NBA star Yi Jianlian suffered a kneeinjury during an 81-61 defeat to Australia in the men's basketball.

在中国男篮61-81输给澳大利亚男篮的比赛中，中国球星易建联膝盖受伤。

 

The Dallas Mavericks player had to be helpedoff the court by team-mates as China slumped to their third defeat.

这位效力于达拉斯小牛队的球员不得不被搀扶着退场，中国男篮已经三连败。

 

（注：托福口语中，大家不需要只准备固定的几个话题，可以根据热点时事进行备考。如果你的托福口语话题新鲜而有趣，那么，你的得分一定不会太低。）

 

阅读篇

1.场馆设施的准备情况如何？　　

Organizers say sports facilities are 98%complete overall with only the velodrome running late. In a recent pressrelease, the IOC said 70% of Rio residents were in favor of hosting themega-event, showing that "local citizens see the Games as a positiveelement in the development of their city and country."Despite theencouraging progress of preparations, the IOC"s coordination commissionwarned that the most testing part of Rio"s Olympic build-up was yet tocome.

里约奥林匹克公司透露，里约热内卢奥林匹克公园设施几乎已经准备好了，目前工程建设工作的98%已经完成，里约市政府已将工作重心转向奥运会期间城市运作上。然而，当地时间4月21日上午，里约热内卢一座新落成的自行车专用道桥面发生垮塌。事故已造成两人死亡， 这让人们对场馆质量感到担忧。国际奥委会IOC表示，里约将迎来最后也是的一个考验，即各场馆的测试阶段。　　

为此，巴西体育大臣 Ricardo Leyser在接受法新社专访时，给出了官方的解释：　　

 

AFP：What"s left todo?

里约奥运的准备工作还剩那些？

　　

Ricardo Leyser: We need (operational)integration of the stadiums. There"s the security operation, transport, avery complex TV operation -- all this is happening at the same time and what weneed to do now is coordinate every detail.　　

接下来，我们还需要进行各场馆的整合，这其中包括了安保，交通，电视设备运行等，因此我们需要对每一个细节进行协作完成。

　

2. 瓜纳巴拉湾的污染治理得怎样了？　

Earlier this month IOC chief Thomas Bachguaranteed the Games would be safe for sailing events despite concerns aboutwater quality in Rio"s Guanabara Bay.Concerns have also been raised aboutwater quality at the Rodrigo de Freitas lake, which will host rowing andcanoeing events. The government said a cleanup operation of the lake hadensured it will meet international standards for the events.

　　

近年来，以风景优美著称的瓜纳巴拉湾饱受垃圾、污水问题的困扰，2016年奥运会的前期筹备工作也曾浪费了一个清理城市污染水道的机会。但四月初，国际奥委会官员曾表示，瓜纳巴拉湾的水质已可以达到奥运会帆船比赛标准。与此同时，人们也对罗德里戈—德弗雷塔斯湖的水质表示担忧，本届奥运会的皮划艇和赛艇比赛将在这里举行。

　　

为此，巴西体育大臣 Ricardo Leyser在接受法新社专访时，给出了官方的解释：

 

AFP：The Bay of Guanabarawhere the sailing and windsurfing events will take place remains terriblypolluted. Can you say that"s ready?

奥运帆船比赛将在瓜纳巴拉湾举行，但这里的污染却仍旧十分严重，难道这就是所谓的“准备好啦”？

　　

Ricardo Leyser: This was a great, but lostopportunity (to clean the bay). The Rio state government failed to meet itsgoal. We"re at about 50 percent on treatment (of raw sewage entering thebay) and we"d hoped for 80 percent. But a lot of work was done to raise itfrom 10 percent and that means it"s still a significant result.

我们曾经的设想是美好的，但错失了清理瓜纳巴拉湾的良机，里约政府并没能够实现这一目标。目前，我们已治理了大约百分之五十的污水，我们希望未来这个数值能达到百分之八十。然而此前，我们的治理污水数量仅有百分之十，因此我们已取到了很大的成就了。

　　

3. 是否会有恐袭威胁？

The government has said it will deploy some38,000 armed forces during the Games, backed up by 48,000 police and firefighters.The security operation is about twice the size of that used for the LondonGames in 2012. Late last year the government announced it was liaising withinternational intelligence agencies to quell the threat of terrorist attacksduring the Games.

巴西政府表示将派出3万8千名的武装部队来保证里约奥运期间的安全，与此同时还有4万8千名警察与消防员。这样的规模将是伦敦奥运会期间安保力量的两倍之多。巴西当局也在去年底表示，他们已与国际情报机构合作，将协同清除里约奥运期间的恐怖袭击威胁。

 

4. 政经危机是否造成影响？

The screenshot shows the main page ofBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff"s Weibo account.　　

Sports Minister Ricardo Leyser:“From the pointof view of preparing the Games, the crisis has no effect at all. The mainexpenses have been met and now we are starting to deal with thousands ofsmaller issues.Our planning and execution plan was truly very good.... Wedon"t need to take a single strategic decision now, so no, there is nosignificant impact and that puts me at ease.”

 

巴西去年经济萎缩3.8%，是1990年以来的最差。另外，巴西总统罗塞夫正面临着弹劾危机，8月5日,谁将以国家元首的身份宣布里约奥运会开幕仍是一个谜。体育大臣Ricardo Leyser却表示: 对于奥运的准备来看，目前的政治危机根本不会对其造成影响。我们对奥运最主要的投入已经完成，目前正解决余下的细节问题。我们对奥运会的筹备工作真的很棒，因此我们不会因为一次政治决策而受到什么大的影响。

 

写作篇

素材段落：

　　

As the most important event for the humanrace, the significance of the Olympic games has extended from a traditionalglobal sports extravaganza to a celebration of diversified cultures and aceremony in the hope of peace. The Olympics is undoubtedly an idealinternational proving ground for athletes. It gives them the opportunity tocompete against athletes of similar abilities on an international stage. Thisgives them the opportunity to compare themselves against each other and todetermine how good they are internationally. The sportsmanship shown by thismagnificent event inspires those who are pursuing their dreams. Although a goldmedal is what all participants strive for, it is more crucial to realize thatthe most valuable fortune in life is not any triumph but the struggle. As theOlympic symbol demonstrates, the strength of cooperation, combined with thesignificance of every nation’s participation, is far greater than winning acompetition.