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《奥林匹克》英文读后感800字《奥林匹克》英文读后感800字The Olympic Games,which originatedin ancientGreece,is themost distinguishedsporting eventin the world.Once everyfour years,the utmostathletes fromall aroundare luredto gathertogether andspare noefforts tocompete againsteach otherand tryto wina medalfor thecountry that they represent.Frankly speaking,that wasvirtually allI knewabout the world-famous Olympic Games beforeI hadread abook entitledThe Olympicspublished byForeign LanguageTeaching andResearch Press.However,I foundeven morephilosophy beyondjust winningmedals fromreading thebook,which wasbeyond myimagination andconsiderably inspiring.Someone oncesaid,“Were everybodyon earthinvolved insome kindof sport,our worldwould befree ofwar forlong.Starting fromthree thousandyears ago,the ancientOlympicGameshas longbeen anevent not only forcompetition butalso forpeace.In ancienttimes,no warwas allowedbetween thecities duringthe Games,which wasrather surprisingto mesince Icould hardlyimagine warriorsactally puttingdown theirweapons andgive abreak forpeace.The precioustradition ofpeace continuedI wouldnever failto recallthe sceneof the opening ceremonieswhen Northand SouthKorean athletesentering thestadium withtheir handsheld together.The twoneighboring countriesthat usedto beenemies areno longerenemies duringthe Games.Instead theybecame friends.Speaking of the XX Athens Olympics,perhaps mostpeople wouldhave thesame opinionthat themost noablepart oftheopeningceremony arrivedwhen Iraqiand Afghanrepresentatives showedup.These twounfortunate nations,the people of whichhave undergoneinnumerable wars,are comingback againto taketheir ownresponsibility inworld sportsafter recentinvasions byAmerica.The fearlesspeopleofIraq andAfghanistan areonce moresharing thespirit ofthe Gameswith peoplefrom therest oftheworld.There isanother storyin thisbook thatmakes medeep inthoughts.There isno doubtthatthemost unusualOlympicGamesever inhistory isthe1936Olympics heldin Germany,which wasthen ruledby the Nazi Party.Led byAdolf Hitler,theNazibelieved thatthe so-called Aryanpeople weresuperior toall othersin allaspects.They lookeddown uponJews andblacks,the latterof whichwas amajor constitutionoftheUnited StatesOlympic team.Despite thebarrier thatfaced him,the AfricanAmerican JesseOwens,who wasa mostoutstanding runnerand jumper,did allthat hecould andfinally wongold medalsfor hiscountry andwent homea hero.This revealsanother factthat nopower onearth isable tohinder thesacred OlympicGames.For allparticipants,no matterwhat theirgender,race,nationalities andbackgrounds are,equality isdistributed amongevery onewho observesthe Games rules.At theXXAthensOlympics,our Chineseteam didextraordinarily well.We rankedsecond onthe medallists forthe firsttime inhistory.In myopinion,however,we shouldnotonlyconcentrate onthe figureof medals;instead thestrength andperseverance ofthose whofailed toget anymedals oughtto behighly cherished.Whether eversuccess orfailure,whether evercheer ortear,whether evermedal ornot,the never—gave—up spiritsof athletesare alwaysmotivating us.I believein theyear2022,theworldwill focusall theirattention toBeijing,China,where theglory ofthe Gameswill continueto thriveforever!。