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第 41 课:track and field events 田径 - 2

A: do you have a copy of today's paper? I want to check the results from the world athletics championship.

B; yes, I ‘m just reading them myself. It's been a great competition. We got gold medals in three events.

A; yes, we won the men's 110 metres hurdles. I watched that on TV. What other events did we win?

B; we won the men's high jump and the women's 1500 meters.

A; that's great. Those athletes must train for years to get into peak physical condition. They must be terribly disappointed if they don't win.

B; the woman who won the 1500 meters also broke the world record by 2 seconds.

A; that's amazing! Were any other records broken?

B; a Russian man broke the discus record by a centimeters. Out best athlete broke his personal best in the long jump, but it only got him third place.

A: did you see the final of the men's 100 metres? It was very exciting. One competitor made two false starts.

B: was he disqualified?

A yes, he was. I imagine he must be very angry with himself for that.