Gaza's First Marathon 加沙首次舉行馬拉松賽
By Jon Donnison, BBC News
Palestinian Olympic athlete Nader el Masri (in yellow) participated in the marathon
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1000 多名在校學生參加了加沙有史以來的第一個馬拉松賽。此次馬拉松賽是由聯合國工作人員 Gemma Connell 號召組織的。她與另外一名外國參賽者，還有7名加沙當地參賽者，共9人，跑完了全程。以下是 Jon Donnison 的報道。
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Something new in Gaza. The tiny Palestinian territory is only just big enough to hold a marathon.
But luckily for the runners, the narrow strip of land next to the Mediterranean is almost exactly 26 miles long. The athletes covered it top to bottom. Hundreds of school children ran the distance in relays, running a mile or so each.
The event was organised by the United Nations. Some of their international staff even ran the whole distance.
And some of the athletes took it pretty seriously. Nader el Masri has Olympic form. The Gazan athlete competed in the 5000 metres in Beijing in 2008. He's hoping to qualify for London 2012.
He ran out a pretty easy winner, finishing in two hours 43 minutes.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- to take something seriously嚴肅對待
- to have (Olympic) form有（奧林匹克競賽的）體能
- to compete in參與競賽
- to qualify for取得資格
- to run out跑完比賽
