Outside View (script)

Part 1

Narrator: A historic moment, and yet he made it look so easy.Usain Bolt became the first man to successfully defend both the 100- and200-metre Olympic sprint titles(defend thetitle:卫冕冠军称号), and he went on to anchor (压阵，跑最后一棒)Jamaica'swinning run in the four by one hundred metres relay in world record time. At the end of that race, Bolt gave a nod to another track star with the"Mobot" gesture, signature of Mo Farah, who became only the seventh person ever to win the 5,000 and 10,000 double, in front of an ecstatic homecrowd.

Mo Farah: It's not going to affect me, I'm the same old Mo, nothing's going to change. It just means you've got two good medals and …Olympic champion you are … but something you've worked so hard for, I'm just going to enjoy it.

Narrator: Also a legend in the making, Kenyan David Rudisha,who smashedthe 800 metres record which had stood since 1976(打破一项自1976年保持至今的800米纪录).

Swimmer Michael Phelps broke another long-standing record. He became the world's most successful Olympian with 22 medals, 18 of them gold, breaking the record set in 1968. His last podium before retiring was an emotional moment.

Phelps: Yeah, as soon as I stepped up, ah, onto the podium, I …I could feel the tears start coming. And, you know, I said to Nathan, I said, 'Uh-oh, here they come. This could be … this could be pretty brutal up here.' And they just started coming. And I tried to fight but then I just … I just decided just to let it go.

Part 2

Narrator: Tears too for cyclist Chris Hoy, who became Britain'smost successful Olympian with six golds. And then there were also moments of anguish and frustration. China's star hurdler Liu Xiang crashed out of his second consecutive Olympics, and Brazil's footballers once again failed to lift gold.

These games were also marked by women. Teenagers YeShiwen, Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin set record times in the pool. SaudiArabia, Brunei and Qatar sent female athletes for the first time. Women's boxing became an Olympic sport. And British poster girl Jessica Ennis gave the home nation a defining moment (决定性时刻，关键性事件)when she took heptathlon gold. She was at the forefront of Team GB's biggest medals haul of modern times, coming third in the medalstable(奖牌榜). The United States regained their place at the top, with China coming second.

For some though, it wasn't about the medals. But it's the taking part that counts.

Answers

3. Watchthe video clip and complete the table with as much information as possible.

 

                                               

Competitors	Events	Medals/achievements
Usain Bolt	Olympic sprint:   100 m, 200 m,   4×100 m relay	3 golds
Mo Farah	5,000 m, 10,000 m	2 golds
David Rudisha	800 m	New world record
Michael Phelps	Swimming	New world recrod
Chris Hoy	Cycling	6 golds
Ye Shiwen   Katie Ledecky   Missy Franklin	Swimming	New world record
Jessica Ennis	Heptathlon	gold

4. Answers.

1 No.

2 The "Mobot" gesture is in the shape of an M

3 He said that "It's not going to affect me, I'm the same old Mo, nothing'sgoing to change."

4 He became very emotional.

 

5. Answers

(1) crashed out

(2) failed to lift gold

(3) sent female athletes for the first time

(4) a defining moment

(5) coming third

(6) with China coming second

(7) taking part