People need to r 1 and enjoy themselves. One way they can have a good time is to w 2 a baseball or another sports . Even thousands of years ago, groups of people gathered to watch skilled athletes.
Over 2000 years ago in Greece, certain days in the year were festival days. These were holidays when people s 3 work and enjoyed themselves. They liked to watch athletes take part in races and other s of skill.
The most i 4 festival was held every four years at the town of Olympia. It was held in honor of the Greek god Zeus (Zus). For five days, athletes from all parts of the Greek would took part in the Olympic s. At the Olympic s, people could watch them box, run, jump and so on. There was a relay race b 5 two teams of men in which a lighted torch (火炬) was p 6 from runner to runner. The Olympic s were thought to be s 7 important that cities which were at war with one another had to stop f 8 . People were allowed to travel to the s safely. T 9 of people came to Olympia from cities in Greece and from her colonies (殖民地) in Africa, Asia and Italy. They met as friends to c 10 their favorite athletes and to enjoy themselves.