平昌冬奥会为什么给获奖选手颁发小玩具?
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Eagle-eyed viewers watching the 2018 Winter Olympics have spotted1 that athletes are no longer being presented with flowers and medals after competing, but a little stuffed animal when they step onto the podium.
 
眼尖的平昌冬奥会观众已经发现,赛后当获奖选手站在领奖台上,颁发给他们的不再是鲜花和奖牌,而是一个小毛绒玩具。
 
 
It's left many asking what happened to the normal Olympic podium protocol2, and why are athletes being given a small toy instead?
 
Firstly, the small toy is named Soohorang, a white tiger that represents the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. The tiger is an important figure in Korean culture, long considered to be their guardian3 animal, and a regular tiger was used as the mascot4 of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
 
So why is this being given to athletes instead of flowers and medals?
 
At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee decided5 that giving athletes flowers on the podium was unsustainable, and decided to change the process to involve the awarding of a mascot or small trophy6.
 
Successful athletes do still receive medals, just not at the initial ceremony after the event. Because the Winter Olympics involves far fewer categories than the Summer Olympics, the IOC is able to hold a ceremony at the end of each day to award all medals to athletes. This isn't possible at the Summer Olympics as the ceremony would take too long to compete.
 
There's also the chance for fans to receive their own Soohorang without having to compete for and win a gold medal, as the mascot is available to buy for £39.95 on Amazon.


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1 spotted 7FEyj     
adj.有斑点的,斑纹的,弄污了的
参考例句:
  • The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
  • Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
2 protocol nRQxG     
n.议定书,草约,会谈记录,外交礼节
参考例句:
  • We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
  • The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。
3 guardian 8ekxv     
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
参考例句:
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
4 mascot E7xzm     
n.福神,吉祥的东西
参考例句:
  • The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
  • We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
5 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 trophy 8UFzI     
n.优胜旗,奖品,奖杯,战胜品,纪念品
参考例句:
  • The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
  • He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。
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