奥运特辑二 之"飞鱼"菲尔普斯

一中两外锵锵三人行 奥运特辑二 之"飞鱼"菲尔普斯 Lincoln: We now take a look at day three and four from the Rio Olympics, and if I take a look at the table correctly, it seems like the US has taken the lead with nine gold medals and a total of 26, and China followed closely behind with a total of 17. This has a lot to do with the swimming pool. There are a lot of events and four different strokes, and a lot of different ways that these events are set up. You can get quite a good medal count coming out of the pool, especially the US that has Michael Phelps who is a gold machine when it comes to the Olympics. Yoyo: People love different stories in the Olympics and the games transcend the barriers between different countries. I can see that one of the most famous gold medal winning athletes, Michael Phelps has many fans in China as well. Many people like him and some of the online comments are very interesting. Just now Michael Phelps won his 20th gold in the men’s 200m butterfly final and some net users online who really like him, commented online that ‘your uncle is still your uncle’. Lincoln: That’s in reference to people asking if he’s still good or not. Your uncle is still your uncle [You You: He’s still capable no matter what]. Michael: Do Chinese users particularly like Michael Phelps because he was photographed with those cups on his arms? Youyo: I think that helps! Lincoln: One of the interesting things that happened was between North – and South Korea. There was an interesting selfie wasn’t there Michael? Michael: Yeah. These were two gymnasts from North- and South Korea competing together, and they posed for a selfie together. Which I thought was an interesting gesture. Obviously North- and South Korea have been at war fro many years now; there are very few scenarios where outside of the Olympics these athletes would probably have come in contact with one another. You have athletes from two countries that have been in conflict with one another for 50/60 years now, showing that sport can help to break down these sorts of boundaries. This image of these two athletes, one from North and the other from South Korea has really captured the imagination on social media. It’s been shared and retweeted hundreds of thousands of times and I think it’s been a very lovely image.