2017考研英语拓展阅读：里约又现奥运冠军被抢劫事件

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2017考研英语拓展阅读：里约又现奥运冠军被抢劫事件

　　Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were stopped by people posing as armed police, the US Olympic Committee (USOC) said in a statement.

　　据美国奥委会在一份声明中表示，洛赫特、贡纳· 本茨、杰克·康格和吉米·费根被人抢劫了，贼人扮做武装警察的样子。

　　The robbers demanded money and other personal belongings.

　　抢劫犯拿走了他们的现金和其他私人物品。

　　Initially the International Olympic Committee (IOC) denied reports of the robbery, before the US committee confirmed it had taken place.

　　最初国际奥委会否认了这起抢劫事件，但是后来经美国奥委会证实，抢劫事件确有发生。

　　Lochte said on Twitter that he and the other athletes were "safe and unharmed", and thanked all those who had given him support.

　　洛赫特在推特上表示说，他和其他几名运动员都“安全无恙”，并且向所有那些支持他的人表示感谢。

　　The group had been attending a party at the French Olympic team’s hospitality house when their taxi was stopped on the way back to the athletes’ village.

　　被抢劫之前美国游泳队的这几人参加了在法国奥运代表团招待所里举办的一场聚会，但是当他们返回奥运村的时候，他们乘坐的出租车被人拦了下来。

　　News of the incident first emerged from Lochte’s mother, Ileana, who told USA Today her son was unharmed but shaken by the theft.

　　有关该事件的消息首先从洛赫特的母亲艾琳娜那里传出来，她告诉《今日美国》说她的儿子安然无恙，但是有点被贼人吓到了。

　　"I think they’re all shaken up. There were a few of them," she said.

　　艾琳娜说道：“我觉得游泳队的几个人都有点被吓到了。抢劫犯有好几个人呢。”

　　Earlier, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said reports of the robbery were "absolutely not true".

　　早些时候，国际奥委会发言人马克·亚当斯表示说，有关抢劫案的这些报告“绝不属实”。

　　Lochte swam in two events at the Rio Games, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.

　　洛赫特在本届里约奥运会上参加了两项比赛，在男子4x200米自由泳接力赛中获得金牌。

　　In the build-up to the games, three members of the Spanish Olympics sailing team and an Australian paralympian were robbed at gunpoint.

　　在奥运会准备期间，西班牙奥运帆船队的三名队员和一名澳大利亚运动员都被持枪歹徒抢劫过。

　　The Brazilian authorities have deployed more than 80,000 police and soldiers to patrol Rio during the games.

　　在本届奥运会期间，巴西政府部署了80000多名警察和士兵在里约巡逻。

　　Security incidents at Rio 2016

　　里约奥运会上的安全事件。

　　5 August - Two rowing coaches robbed at knifepoint on Ipanema beach, the Australian Olympic Committee says

　　8月5日：据澳大利亚奥委会表示，两名赛艇教练在伊帕内玛海滩被人持刀抢劫。

　　6 August - Security co-ordinator for the opening ceremony targeted in attempted robbery as he left the Maracana stadium the morning after - his guards opened fire on the assailants, killing one of them

　　8月6日：一名开幕式安全协调员被当做了抢劫的目标，第二天早间当他离开马拉卡纳体育场时遇到了抢劫--他的警卫向抢劫犯们开了枪，打死了其中一人。

　　6 August - Portuguese education minister robbed in Ipanema as he was coming back from a cycling event

　　8月6日：葡萄牙教育部长在伊帕内玛被抢劫，当时他正观看一场自行车赛事后返回。

　　11 August - Russian swimmer Evgeny Korotyshkin posted a photo on Instagram of two armed men who robbed him near Ipanema

　　8月11日：俄罗斯游泳运动员科罗特什金在Instagram发布了一张照片，照片显示两名带有武器的男子在伊帕内玛附近抢劫了他。

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