The marathon is a popular Olympic event.It is a very long race--42.2 kilometers,and good runners finish it in about two hours. Marathon is the name of a place in Greece.There is an old story about an important battle at Marathon 2500 years ago.The Gerrks won the battle and their laeder was very excited.He shouted,"We must send a message to Athens at once.It's a long way to Athens.Who can take our message home to our people?"Pheidippides said,"I can! I want to do it.I can run faster than all the other men!"Pheidippides ran as fast as he could to Athens.He shouted the good news to the Athenians,"we won! We won the battle !"Then he fell to the ground.He was tootired and died.He was the first"marathoner" 马拉松是一项受大众欢迎奥运会项目。它总长 |
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