萬(wàn)婧遙

近年來(lái)，越來(lái)越多的女性運(yùn)動(dòng)員參與到奧運(yùn)會(huì)中，并大放異彩。

1 Strength and determination make sportswomen champions in the field. The same qualities ensure that more of them get there. Banned from the first modern Olympics， in 1896， only 22 competed among almost 1，000 athletes at the next games in Paris. This year Britain， the US and China have all sent more women than men to Tokyo， and overall， the number of female competitors has almost reached parity with male competitors at last， at 48.8%.

2 The Games are a rare sporting field in which women come very close to equality. Most gold medallists will receive the same financial reward from their country， whether male or female. Over the years， female Olympians such as Nadia Comǎneci and Jackie Joyner?Kersee have enjoyed instant name recognition and drawn spectators， just as male athletes have. Womens events are valued in their own right.

3 Yet the Olympic movement remains overwhelmingly male—and it shows. Only a third of the International Olympic Committees executive board members are women. The IOC says it is committed to gender equality， and its decision to add more womens events has unquestionably boosted female participation. In other regards， the Olympic movement is falling short. The head of Tokyos organising committee was forced to apologize after complaining that women talked too much.

4 Athletes are directly affected by outdated attitudes. This year saw a row over whether breast?feeding infants could accompany their mothers， due to the COVID?19 concerns. Many women have had to overcome far poorer resources and support at national level.

5 The Olympic movement is not solely responsible for the challenges that female competitors face. Other sporting bodies have a lot to answer for. Broadcasters still get it wrong， and so do fans. For many women， the Olympics is especially joyful as one of the few areas of popular culture in which womens bodies are celebrated not for how they look but for what they can do， and for individual strength and achievement， not whether they please onlookers.

6 Female Olympians have caught up， despite their unfavourable start. Now the IOC and others must follow suit.

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Ⅰ. Analyze the difficult structure in the text

For many women， the Olympics is especially joyful as one of the few areas of popular culture in which womens bodies are celebrated not for how they look but for what they can do， and for individual strength and achievement， not whether they please onlookers. 對(duì)許多女性來(lái)說(shuō)，奧運(yùn)會(huì)是為數(shù)不多令人愉悅的流行文化領(lǐng)域之一，在此領(lǐng)域，女性的身體受到贊譽(yù)不是因?yàn)樗齻兊耐獗?，也不是因?yàn)樗齻兡苋傆^眾，而是因?yàn)樗齻兊哪芰Α€(gè)人的力量和成就。

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Ⅱ. Memorize some text?centered chunks

the number of ……的數(shù)量 whether...or... 是……還是……

be committed to 承擔(dān);致力于 in other regards 在其他方面

fall short 缺乏;不足 be responsible for 對(duì)……負(fù)責(zé)

answer for （對(duì)問(wèn)題）負(fù)有很大責(zé)任 catch up 趕上