The Marathon Race

摘要

<正> One of most important events in the modern OlympicGames(奥林匹克运动会)is the Marathon race(马拉松比赛).The race comes from one of the great events in Greekhistory. In 490 B.C.about 10,000 Greeks fought the Persianarmy(波斯军队)at a place called Marathon.It is saidthat the Persians were ten times as many as the Greeks.But,by the brave attack of the Greeks,the Persians