Team USA is guaranteed at least a silver in women's hockey, and it should pick up MEDALS, some of them gold, in Nordic Combined, speed skating, short track and perhaps bobsled.

女子冰球比赛中美国队至少能得一块银牌，在北欧两项、速滑比赛、短道速滑和有舵雪橇应该都会拿到奖牌，其中一些是金牌。

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In many cultures the very art of metallurgy is magical, and Nordic sagas have vivid details of the smith's magic arts, from Odin's spear and gold ring to Thor's hammer.

在很多文化中，冶金术都是当中最为神秘的一门学问，关于冶金的神奇，从奥丁之矛、神之戒指（这里不大明了）到雷神之锤，在北欧神话中有很多生动的例子能够从细节上为我们提供佐证。

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Bill Demong became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in Nordic Combined and the Steve Holcomb drove his four-man bobsled team to the first U.S.Olympic gold medal in the event in 62 years.

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To design the suit gold medalist Billy Demong wore in Vancouver during Nordic Combined, which involves both ski jumping and cross-country, Flanagan and his team created a digital avatar of Demong's body and used computer imaging to determine the most aerodynamic pattern for stitching the suit.

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The Nordic nation with just 4.2 million souls won 11 gold medals, just one behind Germany, and 24 overall.

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The author himself was blessed with a curious and unpredictable mind, his subjects including alchemy, Antarctica, Nordic tales, Marco Polo, Mayan sculpture and the quest for gold in the New World.

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