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[简答题]It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modem times were held in Athens.
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Olympics were first held in Greece in ancient times. The modern Olympics didn’t begin until the year 1896. Women competed in Olympic events for the first time in Paris in 1900. The first Winter Games began in 1924. And in 1932, the first Olympic village was built to accommodate athletes in Los Angeles. In 1936 in Berlin TV cameras broadcast Olympic events for the first time. The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne were the first Olympic Games to be held in the southern hemisphere. Tokyo hosted the first Asian Olympics in 1964.
IOC stands for International Olympic Committee, which governs the Olympics in general. It was founded in Paris on June 23, 1894. Its headquarters are in the. Swiss city of Lausanne. Its official languages are English and French. ItC members come from five different continents: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. They choose Olympic cities six years in advance. All the Olympic movement’s rules are contained in a book called The Olympic Char
[填空题]The first modern Olympics attracted athletes from ten countries.
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By the time the Olympics begin m Atlanta this summer, the
business world will have spent more than $1 billion to link their names and
products to the Olympic Games. There are 10 Worldwide Sponsors, 10 Centennial
Olympic Partners, about 20 regular sponsors and more than a hundred licensees.
The Atlanta Games will boast an "official" scouring pad and timepiece, two
official game shows, and three official vehicles: a family car, an import
minivan and a luxury sedan.
But what exactly do these companies
reap for their huge investment At the very least, they command tickets to the
most popular events, invitations to the best parties and prime hotel rooms. But
most of all, according to US Postal Service, it is purchasing the right to spend
money.
And the right to spend money is expensive. The biggest
backers, Olympic sponsors like Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, Mcdonald’s and Xerox,
commit up to $ 40 million. But, getting the rights to the Olympi
[填空题]Only three events were held at the first Olympics, one of which was the stadium footrace.