It's not a chocolate coin wrapped in gold foil, people. That's actual metal that composes that Olympic medal, so why do athletes bite them?

大伙儿，这可不是包裹在金箔纸里的金币巧克力，奥运会金牌是货真价实的金属制品，那为什么运动员热衷于咬金牌?。

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Once he went crazy, the ridiculous mental patient regarded a piece of metal as a gold medal, and insisted that he ever took part in the Olympics on the Continent.

一旦他发疯，这个可笑的精神病人会把一块金属当作金牌，并坚持自己曾参加了在欧洲大陆举行的奥运会。

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The difference between the gold medal and no metal at all in the Olympic games is often a matter of a split second.

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As each colourfully painted wooden fishing boat returns from three or four days at sea, the beach rapidly transforms into a market and large metal bowls of shiny silver herring and tuna are hauled ashore by men who look like Olympic medal-winning body builders.

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