Gaza's First Marathon 加沙首次舉行馬拉松賽
By Jon Donnison, BBC News
Palestinian Olympic athlete Nader el Masri (in yellow) participated in the marathon
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1000 多名在校學(xué)生參加了加沙有史以來(lái)的第一個(gè)馬拉松賽。此次馬拉松賽是由聯(lián)合國(guó)工作人員 Gemma Connell 號(hào)召組織的。她與另外一名外國(guó)參賽者，還有7名加沙當(dāng)?shù)貐①愓撸?人，跑完了全程。以下是 Jon Donnison 的報(bào)道。
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Something new in Gaza. The tiny Palestinian territory is only just big enough to hold a marathon.
But luckily for the runners, the narrow strip of land next to the Mediterranean is almost exactly 26 miles long. The athletes covered it top to bottom. Hundreds of school children ran the distance in relays, running a mile or so each.
The event was organised by the United Nations. Some of their international staff even ran the whole distance.
And some of the athletes took it pretty seriously. Nader el Masri has Olympic form. The Gazan athlete competed in the 5000 metres in Beijing in 2008. He's hoping to qualify for London 2012.
He ran out a pretty easy winner, finishing in two hours 43 minutes.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發(fā)音, 請(qǐng)單擊英語(yǔ)單詞)
- to take something seriously嚴(yán)肅對(duì)待
- to have (Olympic) form有（奧林匹克競(jìng)賽的）體能
- to compete in參與競(jìng)賽
- to qualify for取得資格
- to run out跑完比賽
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