奥运时刻-往届奥运趣闻

20160805ou一中两外锵锵三人行 今日话题： 奥运时刻-往届奥运趣闻 LW: Now, the Olympics are kicking off, tomorrow morning is the opening ceremony, about 7:30 Beijing time. Every Olympics is going to have some sort of story, some sort of narrative around it, about this country not necessarily being prepared or ready, but it’s not actually that new. Going back even to the ancient Olympics, they had lots of problems, like Hippocrates – the founder of modern medicine, many people say – he actually told the athletes that they needed to drink wine and be drunk at least once or twice during the games, because there was no water, there was no running water during the summer, which was drought months, or whatever, and everyone just had to drink wine because that was the only thing that was safe during that time. WY: What about in the running events? If they are drunk, can they run straight, still? LW: I don’t know, but could you imagine how much fun that would be to watch? [Laughter] Imagine ten people trying to run all drunk, half of them not making it to the finish line! And there’s all these kinds of stories, all these great stories of Olympics gone by. By the way, drugs have always been part of the Olympic games, people have always tried to get that extra advantage. Apparently, ancient Olympians had a wide range of special potions and dietary supplements – they had dried mushrooms, herbal concoctions, animal hearts, testicles, opiates-laced cocktails – I wonder what that is? – and they were never tested, and what happened in 1908, they actually banned it for the first time, and the guy who ended up winning was disqualified, not for doping, but because his coaches carried him over the line! MB: I mean, surely the authorities have got to come down like a ton of bricks on that, haven’t they? LW: But Yoyo, which sports are you most excited for? (WY: Swimming) Swimming? OK. Who are your pics for winning the gold at these ones? WY: Oh, it must be the Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao. LW: OK. Is that because…? WY: He’s very good at swimming, of course. LW: Is it not his nice abs?! WY: Well, those are additional points, you know(!) I counted – he has [not only a six-pack, but a ten-pack] LW: Fantastic. What about you, Michael? Which event are you looking forward to the most? MB: It’s got to be the 100 metres, hasn’t it? I mean, with all due respect to everybody who does archery or clay pigeon shooting or something like that, if you’re the 100 metres champion, you’re the fastest man in the world, aren’t you? Woman, as well, of course. LW: Yeah, 100%.