The Olympic flame symbolises the connection between the modern and the ancient games.

奥运的圣火体现了现代奥运会与古代奥运会之间的紧密联系。

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Many of the games played by ancient Egyptians are similar to games we still play today. Children played racing and jumping games.

古埃及人玩的许多游戏和我们今天仍然玩的游戏很相似。孩子们玩赛跑和跳跃游戏。

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The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it bums throughout the Games until the closing ceremony.

火炬象征着古希腊运动理想的延续，它在奥运会上一直燃烧到闭幕式。

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When you get to say the middle of the nineteenth century and the work of the great English historian of Ancient Greece, George Grote, he begins his story in 776 with the Olympic Games.

十九世纪中叶,有一位研究古希腊的,伟大英国历史学家乔治·格罗特,他从公元776年的奥运会开始执笔

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Greece has managed to medal at least once in every sport they claim via the Ancient Games, eight in total.

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The ancient Games were established to create a truce among the many warring factions and foster general peace in the kingdom.

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Olympia was sacred to Zeus, head of the pantheon of Greek Gods and Goddesses, and the ancient Games were essentially a religious festival in his honor.

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