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
2024-08-18
50
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] By the fourth century A.D., Olympic contests became increasingly more ______, thus mining the Olympics.
选项
答案
professional
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3725466.html
相关试题推荐
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
Sportsisoneoftheworld’slargestindustries,andmostathletesareprofe
TheMillenniumSeedBankProjectOneofthelargestcons
TheMillenniumSeedBankProjectOneofthelargestcons
TheMillenniumSeedBankProjectOneofthelargestcons
InAugust2008,athletesfromtheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworldwillco
InAugust2008,athletesfromtheUnitedStatesandaroundtheworldwillco
Chinaisnowexperiencingthelargestmassmigrationofpeople,anestimated230
随机试题
Ascientistoncesaidthatstudyingthestarsfromtheearthis【C1】______lo
[originaltext]Ihadjustgonetobedafteraveryharddaywhenthephoner
Somepeoplethinkthatuniversityeducationshouldbevocation-oriented.Wha
Listeningtoothersisanimportantpartofcommunication.Manymoreerrors
[audioFiles]audio_eusm_0125(20106)[/audioFiles]A、Enthusiastic.B、Cautious.C、Am
从事货物批发或零售的纳税人,年应税销售额在()以下的为小规模纳税人。A.80万
引起小儿(新生儿除外)脑膜炎常见的病原菌是()A.脑膜炎球菌、肺炎链球菌和流
根据股票发行的相关规定,发行人应当向负责申购资金验资的会计师事务所支付验资费用。
某工程约定采用价格指数法调整合同价款,承包人根据约定提供的数据如下表。本期完成合
下列关于高压线路重合闸的表述中,哪项是正确的?()A.自动重合闸装置动作跳闸,
最新回复
(
0
)