China，Russia Win Top Results in Physics Olympiad in Iran

中国俄罗斯在伊朗赢得物理奥林匹克最好成绩

This is the VOA Special English Education Report.

这里是VOA特别英语教育报道。

More than three hundred secondary school students competed in the thirty-eighth International Physics Olympiad last month in Iran. They came from seventy-three countries，including the United States.

300多名中学学生上个月（七月）在伊朗参加了第38届国际物理奥林匹克竞赛。他们来自包括美国在内的73个国家。

Students from China had the top results: four gold medals and one silver. Russia was second with three gold， one silver and one honorable mention.

来自中国的学生获得最好的成绩：4 枚金牌和1枚银牌。俄罗斯队用3 金，一银和一项荣誉奖名列第二。

Next came the United States and South Korea. Each team brought home two gold medals and three silver medals. And the teams from Iran and Japan had two gold， two silver and one bronze medal each.

接下来是美国队和韩国队。分别揽回了两枚金牌和3枚银牌。还有伊朗和日本队各得两金，两银和一铜。

The ten-day Olympiad took place in the ancient city of Isfahan. There were written examinations and laboratory experiments as well as discussion meetings.

为期十天的奥林匹克竞赛在古城伊斯法罕举行。有笔试和实验室试验以及会议讨论。

And there was news of the death in Isfahan of the president of the International Physics Olympiad. Waldemar Gorzkowski was sixty-seven years old. The Iranian Students News Agency said he died of a heart attack. He led the Olympiad for many years.

期间还传来了国际物理奥林匹克委员会主席在伊斯法罕去世的消息。 沃尔德马．格斯卡斯克享年67岁。伊朗学生新闻社说他死于心脏病发作。他领导奥林匹克多年了。

The physics competition is one of the International Science Olympiads held around the world.

物理学比赛是在全世界举行的国际科学奥林匹克竞赛之一。

The American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics choose members of the United States team. Physics teachers across the country nominate students and committees choose about two hundred of them. The students take additional tests to choose the twenty-four members of the team.

美国物理学教师协会和美国物理研究所选择美国队的成员。全国各地的物理学教师提名学生，委员会在他们中间挑选大约200名。这些学生需额外测试，再选出24名成员。

In May the members attend the United States Physics Team Training Camp at the University of Maryland. They go through nine days of intensive studying， testing and problem solving. At the end of the camp， five members of the team are chosen to travel to the Olympiad.

在5月，那些成员参加在马里兰大学的美国物理队训练营。他们经过9 天的集中研究，测试和答题。在训练营结束的时候，其中的五名成员被选出来参加奥林匹克竞赛。

The five this year were Kenan Diab of Ohio， Rui Hu of Delaware， Jenny Kwan from California， Jason LaRue of Florida and Haofei Wei from Oklahoma.All five won medals.

今年这五名成员是俄亥俄的凯南Diab，特拉华的Rui胡，来自加利福尼亚的詹妮·Kwan，佛罗里达的贾森·LaRue和来自俄克拉何马的Haofei·魏。五人都赢得了奖牌。

The first International Physics Olympiad took place in Warsaw， Poland， in nineteen sixty-seven. Until the early nineteen eighties it was held only in the former communist countries of eastern Europe. The United States organized a team for the first time in nineteen eighty-six.

第一届国际物理奥林匹克于1967年在波兰华沙举行，直到19世纪80年代初，它仅局限于前东欧共产党国家的参与。美国于１９８６年第一次组队参加。

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report， written by Nancy Steinbach. To learn about the American education system， go to voaspecialenglish.com where you can find transcripts and archives of our reports. I'm Steve Ember.

以上VOA特别英语教育报道，由南希·斯坦芭撰稿。要了解美国的教育体系，请登陆“voaspecialenglish.com ”，这里你可以找到我们报道的文本和档案。我是史蒂夫·安贝。