Unit 2 The Olympic Games 【美文阅读】随着时间的推移和奥林匹克运动的发展变化，对奥林匹克标志的阐释也出现了变化。奥林匹克旗和五环的含义，不仅象征五大洲的团结，而且强调所有参赛运动员应以公正、坦诚的运动员精神在比赛场上相见！The Olympic FlagOn the Olympic flag，the rings appear on a white background(背景)．Pierre de Coubertin，the father of the modern Olympic Games，explains the meaning of the flag：“The Olympic flag has a white background，with five interlaced(交织的；交错的)rings in the centre：blue，yellow，black，green and red.This design is symbolic(象征的；象征性的)；it represents(代表；象征) the five continents of the world，united by Olympism，while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.”Combined in this way，the six colors of the flag，(including the white of the background)represent all nations.It is wrong，therefore，to believe that each of the colors corresponds(与……相符) to a certain continent!At the Olympic Games ， the flag is brought into the stadium during the opening ceremony ( 开 幕 式 ) ． After its arrival ， the flag is lifted up the flagpole.It must fly in the stadium during the whole of the Games.When the flag is lowered at the closing ceremony，it means the end of the Games.The mayor of the host city of the Games passes the Olympic flag to the mayor of the next host city of the Games.Even though Pierre de Coubertin intended(想要) the Olympic Games to be an international event from 1896 in Athens(Greece)，it was only at the 1912 Games in Stockholm(Sweden)that，for the first time，the participants(参加者)came from all five continents.One year later，in 1913，the five rings appeared at the top of a letter written by Pierre de Coubertin.He drew the rings ...
