Tennis has a long history at the Olympic Games. Tennis appeared at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 but was dropped from the programme after the Paris 1924 Games. Every four years, the Olympic Tennis tournament attracts the world's top stars. At Beijing in 2008, for instance, Rafael Nadal won the men's Singles, while the Williams sisters triumphed in the women's Doubles. Today “Science in the Olympic Games' will show the science and technology of Tennis.

网球在奥运会比赛中已经有悠久的历史。这一项目首先出现于1896年第一届现代奥运会而在巴黎1924年巴黎奥运会又被迫退出。每隔四年,奥运会网球比赛吸引着全世界的顶尖球星。比如在2008年北京奥运会中,,拉斐尔·纳达尔摘得男单桂冠,而威廉姆斯姐妹获得女双冠军。今天“科学奥运“将带您走进网球寻访其中科学和技术的应用。

词语解释:

1. attract v. 吸引

2. triumph v. 胜利