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The Origin of the Olympic GamesHow did the Olympic Games get started? The ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus(宙斯),the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the games were held in Olympia The Greeks that came to the Sanctuary(圣地;庇护所) of Zeus at Olympia shared the same religious beliefs and spoke the same language. The athletes were all male citizens of the city-states from every corner of the Greek world, coming from as far away as Spain in the west and the Black Sea (Turkey) in the east.From 776 BC, the Games were held in Olympia ever} four years for almost 12centuries. Additional athletic events were gradually added until, by the 5th century13C,the religious festival consisted of a five-day program The athletic events included: three foot races as well as the five contests discus(铁饼),javelin（标枪)，long jump, wrestling, foot race), boxing and other events. Additional events were added throughout the course of the history of the Olympic Games. The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic games. The marathon is a modem event that was first introduced in the Modern Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens, a race from Marathon-northeast of Athens- to the Olympic Stadium, a distance of 40 kilometers.奥运会的起源奥运会是如何开始的？古奥运会最初是向希腊众神之父宙斯表示敬意(in honour of)的宗教节日(religious festival)的一部分。这个节日和运动会在奥林匹亚举行。来到奥林匹亚宙斯圣地的希腊人有着同样的宗教信仰(belief)，使用相同的语言。运动员(athlete)是来自希腊世界各个城邦的男性(male)公民，最远的来自西部的西班牙和东方的黑海地区（土耳其）。从公元前776年开始，运动会每四年在奥林匹亚举行一次，持续了近12个世纪。其他的运动项目逐渐地(gradually)增加，到公元前5世纪为止，这个宗教节日由五天的节目组成(be consisted of)。运动项目包括：3个田径项目、5项全能（铁饼、标枪、跳远、摔跤和赛跑）、拳击及其他项目。在奥运会的历史上，其他项目不断增加。马拉松不是古代奥运会的项目。马拉松是一个赛跑项目，它是在1896年的雅典现代奥运会上首次被列为竞赛项目的，当时的路线是从雅典东北的马拉松镇到奥运会场馆，长度为40公里。Calling an AmbulanceThe Emergency number in Australia is Three Zeroes (000).This is a free call from any phone, even a phone box or mobile phone.When dialing 000 there is a short recorded message stating that you have dialed the emergency number, then an operator will ask whi