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1. Why is France said to have set a "benchmark" for future Games?

A) Because of its outstanding athletes.

B) Due to the high number of medals won by France.

C) Thanks to the enthusiastic participation of fans and successful hosting of the Games.

D) Because it had the best weather for the entire event.

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Paralympics closing ceremony has Paris partying

From: BBC

The Paris 2024 Paralympics concluded with a sparkling closing ceremony on Sunday to round off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital.

Twenty-four artists from the French electronic music scene led a party atmosphere despite heavy rain at the Stade de France in front of 4,400 athletes from 168 Paralympic delegations.

Chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a "historic summer".

The former Olympic canoeist Estanguet added "France had a date with history, and the country showed up" and said 2024 will be "etched in people's memories".

The International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons said France set a "benchmark" for future Games.

"For a country famous for its fashion and its food, France is now famous for its fans," he said.

Poppy Maskill and Matt Bush were Great Britain's flagbearers for the ceremony, which closed the 11-day contest.

Maskill, 19, won three golds in a total of five medals, which is the joint most by a British athlete in Paris alongside swimming team-mate Alice Tai and wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn.

Bush, 35, won GB's first title in Para-taekwondo by taking gold in the men's K44 +80kg.

GB's 215-strong squad finished second, behind China, in the medal table at Paris with 124 medals (49 golds, 44 silvers and 31 bronzes).

Great Britain matched their overall medal total from Tokyo three years ago but won eight more golds in Paris.

Paris parties through the rain

Poor weather did hamper some of the ceremony.

Organisers said the cauldron housing the Paralympic flame, in the form of the base of a hot air balloon, which has risen into the air every evening, was unable to make its last journey skywards from the Tuileries Gardens on Sunday because of high winds and rain.

French boccia player Aurelie Aubert extinguished the Paralympic flame surrounded by other athletes from the host country.

And, with rain pouring down, Paris then partied as French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, 76, introduced an hour-long set featuring numerous DJs.

The next summer Paralympics takes place in Los Angeles, USA in 2028 and Broadway star Ali Stoker sung the American national anthem as part of the closing ceremony.

American rapper Anderson Paak also led a performance against the backdrop of Venice Beach to whet the appetite for the next Games in Los Angeles.

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Paralympics closing ceremony has Paris partying

From: BBC

The Paris 2024 Paralympics concluded with a sparkling closing ceremony on Sunday to round off a fantastic summer of sport in the French capital.

2024年巴黎残奥会于周日举行了盛大的闭幕式，为法国首都这个精彩纷呈的体育之夏划上了圆满的句号。

the Paralympics / the Paralympic Games 表示“残疾人奥林匹克运动会，残奥会（为身体残疾的人组织的一项国际体育竞赛，每4年举行一次）”，英文解释为“an international sports competition for people with physical disabilities, that happens every four years immediately after the Olympics”

sparkling /ˈspɑː.klɪŋ/ 1）表示“闪烁的，闪亮的”，英文解释为“shining brightly”如：sparkling white teeth 洁白闪亮的牙齿。

2）表示“（饮料）起泡的”，英文解释为“A sparkling drink is one that contains many small bubbles of gas.”举个🌰：Champagne is a sparkling wine. 香槟是一种起泡葡萄酒。

3）表示“充满活力的;妙趣横生的”，英文解释为“energetic and interesting”如：a sparkling performance 激情四溢的表演。

表示“圆满完成，圆满结束”，英文解释为“to complete an event or activity in a pleasant or satisfactory way”举个🌰：To round off her education, her father sent her to a Swiss finishing school. 为了让她圆满完成学业，父亲把她送进了瑞士的一所女子精修学校。We rounded the meal off with a chocolate and rum cake. 最后我们又品尝了巧克力和糖蜜酒蛋糕，美美地吃完了这顿饭。

Twenty-four artists from the French electronic music scene led a party atmosphere despite heavy rain at the Stade de France in front of 4,400 athletes from 168 Paralympic delegations.

尽管当天下起了大雨，来自法国电子乐界的24位艺术家在法兰西体育场为来自168个残奥代表团的4400名运动员带来了欢快的派对氛围。

delegation /ˌdel.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“（工作、职务或权力等）分配；委派；授权”，英文解释为“the act of delegating a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone”举个🌰：Delegation of responsibility is a key part of a manager's job. 分派任务是管理者的一项重要工作内容。

2）表示“代表团”，英文解释为“a group of delegates”。

📍动词delegate表示“（把…）委派（给…），（把…）委托（给…）；授权（给…）”，英文解释为“to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you”举个🌰：As a boss you have to delegate (responsibilities to your staff). 你作为老板必须要分派工作。

📍政府工作报告中经常出现的简政放权就是：streamline administration and delegate power;

Chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a "historic summer".

2024年巴黎残奥会主席托尼·埃斯坦盖（Tony Estanguet）说，残奥会和奥运会创造了一个“历史性的夏天”。

The former Olympic canoeist Estanguet added "France had a date with history, and the country showed up" and said 2024 will be "etched in people's memories".

这位前奥运会皮划艇运动员埃斯坦盖特补充说：“法国与历史相约，并如期而至。”并表示2024年将“铭刻在人们的记忆中”。

canoeist /kəˈnuː.ɪst/ 表示“划独木舟的人”，英文解释为“a person travelling in a canoe (= a small, light, narrow boat, pointed at both ends)”举个🌰：A group of canoeists paddled past. 一群划独木舟的人划了过去。

etch /etʃ/ 表示“（尤指在金属或玻璃上）蚀刻，凿出”，英文解释为“to cut a pattern, picture, etc. into a smooth surface, especially on metal or glass, using acid or a sharp instrument”举个🌰：He etched his name on a piece of glass. 他把自己的名字蚀刻在一块玻璃上。

The International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons said France set a "benchmark" for future Games.

国际残奥委员会主席安德鲁·帕森斯（Andrew Parsons）说，法国为未来的奥运会树立了“标杆”。

benchmark /ˈbentʃ.mɑːk/ 表示“基准（点）”，英文解释为“a level of quality that can be used as a standard when comparing other things”举个🌰：Her outstanding performances set a new benchmark for singers throughout the world. 她的精彩表演为全世界歌手树立了新典范。

"For a country famous for its fashion and its food, France is now famous for its fans," he said.

他说：“作为一个以时尚和美食闻名的国家，如今也因其热情的粉丝而闻名。”

Poppy Maskill and Matt Bush were Great Britain's flagbearers for the ceremony, which closed the 11-day contest.

波比·马斯基尔（Poppy Maskill）和马特·布什（Matt Bush）担任了英国代表团的闭幕式旗手。闭幕式为这场为期11天的赛事画上了句号。

flagbearer 或 flag bearer 表示“旗手”，英文解释为“a person who carries a flag, especially at a ceremony”

Maskill, 19, won three golds in a total of five medals, which is the joint most by a British athlete in Paris alongside swimming team-mate Alice Tai and wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn.

19岁的马斯基尔总共获得五枚奖牌，其中有三枚金牌，与游泳队队友爱丽丝·戴（Alice Tai）和轮椅竞速运动员萨米·金霍恩（Sammi Kinghorn）并列成为本届残奥会上英国代表团获得奖牌数最多的运动员。

Bush, 35, won GB's first title in Para-taekwondo by taking gold in the men's K44 +80kg.

35岁的布什在男子K44 +80公斤级比赛中摘得金牌，为英国代表团赢得了首个跆拳道项目的冠军。

taekwondo /ˌtaɪ ˈkwɒn dəʊ/ 表示“跆拳道”，英文解释为“a sport originally from Korea, in which people fight with arms, legs, and feet. It is similar to karate.”

GB's 215-strong squad finished second, behind China, in the medal table at Paris with 124 medals (49 golds, 44 silvers and 31 bronzes).

在本届残奥会奖牌榜上，英国代表团以49枚金牌、44枚银牌和31枚铜牌的成绩位居奖牌榜第二，仅次于中国代表团。英国代表团共有215名选手参赛。

squad /skwɒd/ 1）表示“（为参加某体育比赛而组成的）运动队；球队”，英文解释为“a group of players from which a team will be chosen for a particular sports event”，如：the Chinese World Cup squad 代表中国参加世界杯的球队。

类似的：

📍team的英文解释为“a group of people who play a game or sport together against another group”（游戏或体育比赛的）队。

2）squad也可以表示“（警察的）特别行动小组”和“（士兵组成的）班，小队”，如：bomb squad officers 爆破小组的队员，a drill squad 操练小队。

Great Britain matched their overall medal total from Tokyo three years ago but won eight more golds in Paris.

英国代表团的奖牌总数与三年前的东京残奥会持平，但本届残奥会上多获得了8枚金牌。

Paris parties through the rain 巴黎的雨夜狂欢

Poor weather did hamper some of the ceremony.

糟糕的天气确实对闭幕式的某些环节造成了影响。

hamper /ˈhæm.pər/ 表示“阻碍，妨碍”，英文解释为“to prevent someone doing something easily”举个🌰：Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts. 猛烈的暴风雨妨碍了救援工作的进行。

🎬电影《降临》（Arrival）中的台词提到：Trying to answer this in any meaningful way is hampered by the fact that... 试图从任何有意义的角度来回答 都困难重重，

Organisers said the cauldron housing the Paralympic flame, in the form of the base of a hot air balloon, which has risen into the air every evening, was unable to make its last journey skywards from the Tuileries Gardens on Sunday because of high winds and rain.

主办方表示，由于风大雨大，装有残奥会圣火的火炬台——形似热气球底座，每晚都会升空——未能在周日从杜伊勒里花园完成最后一次升空旅程。

the Olympic cauldron 表示“奥运会主火炬”，cauldron /ˈkɑːl.drən/

📍The Olympic Cauldron is the structure that is lit by the Olympic Torch at the end of the torch relay and opening ceremony of that particular Olympiad. Its design is up to the discretion of the host country's Olympic committee and often looks quite a bit different than a traditional cauldron.

skyward /ˈskaɪ.wəd/ = skywards 表示“向着天空地”，英文解释为“in the direction of the sky”举个🌰：He raised his eyes slowly skyward. 他慢慢抬头向空中望去。

French boccia player Aurelie Aubert extinguished the Paralympic flame surrounded by other athletes from the host country.

法国滚球运动员奥雷利·奥贝尔（Aurelie Aubert）与其他法国运动员一起熄灭了残奥会圣火。

extinguish /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ 1）表示“熄灭，扑灭（火或光）”，英文解释为“to stop a fire or a light burning”举个🌰：It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames. 消防队员花了几个小时才将烈焰扑灭。

2）表示“使（想法或感情）破灭；使消亡；消除”，英文解释为“to stop or get rid of an idea or feeling”举个🌰：Nothing could extinguish his love for her. 什么都无法熄灭他对她的爱情之火。

And, with rain pouring down, Paris then partied as French electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, 76, introduced an hour-long set featuring numerous DJs.

大雨滂沱中，巴黎沉浸在音乐狂欢的气氛里，76岁的法国电子音乐大师让·米歇尔·雅尔（Jean Michel Jarre）和多位DJ联袂呈现了一小时的表演。

feature /ˈfiː.tʃər/ 1）作名词，原意表示“特色；特征；特点，功能”，英文解释为“something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing”，此前在iOS 14来了!文中就出现了多次的feature，介绍iOS 14各种新功能，新特点，举个🌰：Which features do you look for when choosing a car? 你挑选轿车时要着重哪些特点？

2）feature = feature film表示“（电影）故事片，正片”，英文解释为“a film that is usually 90 or more minutes long”

3）feature作动词，表示“以…为特色；由…主演；以…为主要组成”，英文解释为“to include a particular person or thing as a special feature”，作动词往往可以理解为“有...”（功能/特色），举个🌰：Many of the hotels featured in the brochure offer special deals for weekend breaks. 小册子列举的多家旅馆都有周末假日特别优待。The film features Cary Grant as a professor. 这部电影由卡里·格兰特饰演一位教授。

📍在英文歌中会经常看到这种说法，xxxa feat. xxxb，此处feat.实际上就是feature的缩写，大概意思是歌曲中穿插另外一个人的演唱或表演，xxxa和xxxb共同演绎，合作演出。据百度百科，feat.的是后面这个歌手（或者组合）他在这首单曲里面或者这张专辑里面并不是主角，前面那个人才是这首歌的灵魂或者主人。

The next summer Paralympics takes place in Los Angeles, USA in 2028 and Broadway star Ali Stoker sung the American national anthem as part of the closing ceremony.

下一届夏季残奥会将于2028年在美国洛杉矶举行，百老汇明星阿里·斯托克在闭幕式上演唱了美国国歌。

anthem /ˈænθəm/ 表示“国歌；（团体组织的）颂歌，赞歌”，英文解释为“a song which has a special importance for a country, an organization, or a particular group of people and is sung on special occasions”举个🌰：The European anthem was played at the opening ceremony. 欧洲颂歌在开幕式上演奏。

American rapper Anderson Paak also led a performance against the backdrop of Venice Beach to whet the appetite for the next Games in Los Angeles.

美国说唱歌手安德森·帕克（Anderson Paak）也在威尼斯海滩的背景下领衔表演，为2028年洛杉矶残奥会做足了预热。

backdrop /ˈbæk.drɒp/ 1）表示“（舞台的）背景幕布”，英文解释为“a painted piece of cloth that is hung behind the stage in a theatre as part of the scenery”

2）表示“事件的背景”，英文解释为“The backdrop to an event is the general situation in which it happens.”举个🌰：The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability. 选举的背景是逐渐不稳的局势。

3）表示“背景”，英文解释为“the view behind something”举个🌰：The mountains form a dramatic backdrop to the little village. 群山如画，映衬着小山村。

whet sb's appetite 表示“勾起（某人）的兴趣；增加（某人）的欲望”，英文解释为“to increase someone's interest in and wish for something, usually by giving them a small experience of it”举个🌰：I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite. 我在网上读过这部书的节选，引起了我强烈的兴趣。

appetite /ˈæpɪtaɪt/ 1）表示“食欲；胃口”，英文解释为“physical desire for food”举个🌰：He suffered from headaches and loss of appetite. 他头痛且食欲不振。

2）表示“强烈欲望”，英文解释为“a strong desire for sth”举个🌰：The public have an insatiable appetite for scandal. 公众对丑事总是喜闻乐道。

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