2012.8.13 单词 Sporting rivalry

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本文报道了2012年奥运会上，澳大利亚团队在比赛中表现不佳，远未达到预期的金牌数，而竞争对手英国则遥遥领先。澳大利亚体育部长承认无法达到前五的目标，并愿意履行与英国体育部长的赌约，身披英国队服划行。两国间的体育竞争源于板球和橄榄球领域的争霸。尽管澳大利亚表现平平，政府仍呼吁民众享受奥运，后续再评估团队整体表现。

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The Australian team has had a disappointing time at the Games sofar, achieving far fewer gold medals than expected. Their team officials have conceded that they won't reach their aim of finishingamong the top 5 countries, a blow exacerbated by the fact that their sporting rivals(对手), Great Britain, are way ahead in the medalcount.

The Australian sports minister, Kate Lundy, says her country isunlikely to catch up and that she will honour a bet made with theBritish sports minister to row a length of the Olympic rowingvenue(审判地) in a Great Britain shirt. Her British counterpart, Hugh Robertson, is relieved(解除) not to have to carry out his forfeit in central London.

The fierce rivalry(竞争) between the two teams was spawned bycricket(板球), and the Ashes series between England and Australiathat's staged roughly every two years since the 1880s. They alsofight for supremacy in rugby.

Australia's lacklustre Olympic performance has led to calls for thegovernment to increase funding for sports, but the Australian PrimeMinister, Julia Gillard, said today that the country should enjoy theGames now and examine the team's overall performance later.