A：Do you like watching the Winter Olympic Games?

你喜欢看冬季奥林匹克运动会的比赛吗?

B：Of course. It's the tradition game in winter, and with good reason. Don't you like watching it?

当然了。这可是冬天的传统活动，是合乎情理的。你难道不喜欢吗?

A：Of course I do. I love it. All the games are exciting and the competitors are respectable.

当然喜欢。我特别喜欢。所有的比赛都很刺激，选手们也很值得尊敬。

B：That's true. For various reasons, it takes more to hold a fierce game for Winter Olympics than it does for Summer Olympics. You know, the low temperature may cause many problems.

那是当然的。冬季奥运会如想举办的精彩要比夏季奥运会难得多。有各种各样的条件制约。你知道，低温会引起很多问题。

A：Yeah. What's the difference between the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics?

是啊。冬季奥运会和夏季奥运会有什么区别呢?

B：When the Olympic Games started in modern times, only summer events were included. When it grew popular, there came the Winter Olympic Games, which includes a variety of winter sports.

现代奥运会开始时只包含夏季项目。当它开始流行后，才出现了包含各种冬季运动项目的冬季奥运会。

A：I see. Then, what's your favorite winter sport?

我知道了。那么，你最喜欢的冬季运动是什么?

B：Figure skating. In my eye, nothing beats it.

花样滑冰。在我看来，没什么比它更有意思。

A：Then you must know Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo.

那你一定知道申雪和赵宏博了。

B：Oh, I didn't expect you to know them. But yes, I love them not only because of many medals they've won, but also because of many medals they've won, but also because of their spirits.

哦，我没想到你竟然知道他们。但是，是的，我喜欢他们不光是因为他们得了很多奖牌，也因为他们的精神。

A：You should go to talk with May. She is a big fan of them too.

你应该去跟阿美谈谈。她也是他们的超级粉丝。

注释:

competitor n. 选手

variety n. 种类

figure skating 花样滑冰

medal n. 奖牌

disabled adj. 残疾的