The olympic games

　　The Olympic games are held every four years. Thewinter Olympics are usually held two years before thesummerOlympics. The old Olympic games beganaround the year 776 B.C. in Greece. After about theyear 393 A.D., the Olympic games stopped. The firstOlympic games in modern times took place in 1896. 311 competitors took part in the games. In 1992,more than 8000 competitors from over 150 differentcounties went to Barcelona for the 25th Olympics. There were 250 different sports in thegames. In Barcelona, the Chinese team got 16 golden metals of which 12 were won by women.

　　奥林匹克运动会

　　奥林匹克运动会每四年举行一次，冬季奥运会一般在夏季奥运会的前两年举行。以前的奥运会在公元前776年的希腊举行，差不多在公元393年的时候，奥运会停止了。最初的现代奥运会在1896年举行，311位竞争对手选出一部分去参赛。1992年，150个不同的国家的8000多位竞争对手到巴塞罗那参加第25届奥运会，一共有250个不同的运动项目。在巴塞罗那，中国队得到了16块金牌其中12个是女运动员。