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ReturnoftheHeroes奥运健将凯旋归来
Return of the Heroes 奥运健将凯旋归来
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Return of the Heroes 奥运健将凯旋归来
Welcome Back Team GB 欢迎英国队回来
Read the text below and do the activity that follows.
阅读下面的短文,然后完成练习:
Members of the British Team received a heroes welcome in London after their
best Olympic performance for over a century.
Team GB achieved phenomenal triumph at the Beijing Olympics beyond
everyone s wildest dreams, finishing fourth in the medal table with a haul
of 19 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze medals.
The athletes were flown home on a private jet decorated with a special ‘gold
nose in honour of their success.
They were overwhelmed as they stepped off the plane. Chris Hoy, winner of
three gold cycling medals, said: “It s an incredible reception. You re living in
a bubble in the Olympic village and it s only when you land and see quite
how many people have turned up you realise – it s incredible.”
Rebecca Adlington, Britain s first female Olympic swimming champion for 48
years, added : Both me and Chris came out here to just try our best to get a
medal. Anything else that comes our way is an added bonus. I had my own
expectations but it wasnt two gold medals, at all, and a world record.
As the Olympic flag was handed over to London Mayor Boris Johnson,
thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace for a party. They
were entertained by pop musicians including McFly, The Feeling and Will
Young.
The Royal Air Force took the crowd to a high with their trademark aerobatic
flypast of white, red and blue smoke.
All eyes are now on London as the 2012 Olympics host city. It would be
difficult not to compare Beijing and London, but Mayor Johnson is confident
that the capital will deliver.
“We ll draw on our wit, flair, imagination and ingenuity to build on what
we ve all witnessed in Beijing and deliver a fantabulous Olympics in what I
consider to be not only my home, but the ho
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