首页
登录
职称英语
Sports is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are profe
Sports is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are profe
游客
2023-10-19
20
管理
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 more for money than for love.
This has not always been true. In the ancient Olympics the winner got only a wreath of leaves (花冠). 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 ruined, and they were soon ended.
In 1896, the Olympic Games were revived with same goal of pure amateur competition. The rules bar athletes who have ever received a $50 prize or an athlete scholars or who have spent for 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 Althenian 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 rotes." 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. In 1972 games in Munich cost the German 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink, hotel rooms, and souvenirs, they managed to make a profit. Appropriately, the symbols of victory in the Olympic Games is no longer a simple olive wreath--it is a gold medal. [br] To many people, sports today is nothing but ______.
选项
答案
a fast route to wealth
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3110893.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]HealthyDietforAthletes
Theseathletesthrewpetrolontothebonfireandthesudden________litupthew
Whetherwe’llholdthesportsmeetingdependsontheweather,______?A、won’twe
TheGreatBarrierReefistheworld’slargestcoralreef______over2,900individ
TheDeadSea,thelowestpointonearthandthelargest"NaturalSpa"inthe
Ithasoftenbeensaidthatsports,insteadofpromotingfriendshipandgoodwill
Nuclearpowerplantsaresomeofthelargestproducersof______wastes,withea
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
随机试题
Theoldestandsimplestmethod,then,ofdescribingdifferencesinpersonali
Meteorologistsroutinelytelluswhatnextweek’sweatherislikelytobe,an
Ifweviewascienceasabodyofsystematizedknowledge,thenchemistryis
以下水平截面的冠内精密附着体中,哪种的固位力最强A.H形 B.T形 C.V形
β-环糊精含有的葡萄糖分子数是A.5个B.6个C.7个D.8个E.9个
村庄规划应主要以()为单位编制。A.行政村 B.迁建村 C.自然村
面对激烈的市场竞争形势,某通讯公司决定通过开展QC小组活动提高员工的质量意识,全
对于基本存款账户的开立,我国《商业银行法》明确规定,企业事业单位可以自主选择一家
目前时间管理理论从根本上否定了“时间管理”这个名词,主张关键不在于时间管理,而在
为双悬果,长2~4mm,表面灰黄色或灰褐色,果皮松脆,揉搓易脱落,种子细小。气香
最新回复
(
0
)