The London Marathon is an ______1______ event and of the thousands of runners who take part, many of them have a story to tell as to why they are running the 26.2 mile (42.2 km) ______2______ around London.
This year the pressure was on for many of the athletes in the elite race. With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, they wanted to ______3______ their places as Olympic marathon hopefuls for their countries. If they perform well in the marathon, they have a very good chance of being in the Olympic marathon event and doing well in it.
The men's race was won by Kenyan, Martin Lel, who finished the race in just two hours and five minutes, a ______4______ time for him. Irina Mikitenko was the winner of the women's race and this was ______5______ only her second race at marathon distance!
There was also a group of 24 runners who have competed in every single one of the 28 London marathons. Jeff Aston is one of them and at 60 years old, he finished in just over three and a half hours.
参与方式：1.听短文，填出文章中空缺单词。
2.根据短文大意，判断句子对错。
1）The London marathon takes place every year. True / False
2）Martin Lel from Kenya ran his fastest marathon ever. True / False
3）The winner of the women's race, Irina Mikitenko, has never run a marathon before. True / False
以下为回复可见内容
1. annual – 年度的，每年一次的
2. course – 路线
3. ensure – 确保
4. personal best – 个人最好成绩
5. astonishingly – 令人惊讶的
1.True 2.True 3.False
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annual – 年度的，每年一次的
course – 路线
athletes – 运动员
the elite race – 精英赛
just around the corner – 近在眼前，很近
to ensure – 确保
hopefuls – 种子选手
personal best – 个人最好成绩
astonishingly – 令人惊讶的
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posted on 2008-04-23 17:50
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