第九十九集《一半是金一半是银》
The Olympic Adventures of the Fuwa The Olympic Medals
—Darren, what do you think about my new medal design?
—I don't think that one fits you Dad
—How about you draw one for me then!
—I promise it'll be a surprise.
—Now close your eyes please
—Okay You can open now!
—Wow, Are you kidding me?
—This is the gold medal of the Athens Olympic Games.
—You deserve it Dad!
—Come and eat water-melon, Darren Honey Come on It tastes good
—Okay We're coming
—Water-melon Oooh I like water-melon!
—Hey she's got wings.
—Who is she?
—That's Athena She's a Greek Goddess and the symbol of victory Here is the Greek Pannaxinnake Arena
—Athena is coming down from heaven to award the medal to the champion of the Olympics
—Then what about the other medals?
—Do all the medals in each Olympic Games look the same?
—Oh goodness, someone please give these bugs a little wisdom.
—This, let me check in my book.
—On which page. Where is it? Where is it?
—Professor you don't know about this either?
—Jingjing could you take us back and show us in the old days Okay?
—Not a problem Come on everybody Let's go!
—Hey, wait for me
—Your Majesty This is the sample of the gold medal made by the royal designer.
—This will be given to the champion who wins the game Do you like it?
—Gold Gold Why is it always gold. Change it to silver
—But it's a gold medal!
—Yes sir
—In 1896 The first Olympic Games was held in Greece.
—King George the First of Greece didn't like gold.
—So he decided to give the champion a silver medal instead.
—Both the second and the third place each won bronze medals
—I'm the champion,
—I want the Olympic gold medal.
—I will take part in the next Olympic Games to get it
—But at the second Olympic Games, the host didn't give any medals to the athletes
—Gold medal. Gold medal, This time I'll get it!
—Congratulations!
—What.  What is this?
—Artistic production.
—In fact * the 2nd Olympic Games were a held as part of the World's Fair.
—On the medal was printed ‘1900 Paris World's Fair'.
—And this one was different from the typical round medal
—Because it was square.
—This is the only one like it in the Olympic Games
—Why is this so difficult? I just want an Olympic Gold medal!
—Don't be so sad, this is a rectangle medal and it is the only one like it.
—You have to hold on. and believe that one day A gold medal will be hung around your neck.
—See This is a gold medal just for you!
—Let me taste the gold medal
—It's gold! It's gold!
—Back in the days before the International Olympic Committee was founded, there weren't regulations about the size and design of the medal,
—These are medals from the 1st Games to the 8th
—This is the medal of the 8th Olympic Games.
—And this is the medal of the 9th Olympic Games which was designed by an Italian artist.
—Its front side is the ancient Roman Coliseum and Greek God of Victory.
—On the back is an athlete
—Hey. What is that character on the medal?
—That's Roman writing for the number 9, it means it is the 9th Olympic Games.
—Yes, The image on the front was used up until the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
—The only difference for each Games was the number the year and the hosting place
—Why is the back side of this one different from that one?
—And this one And this one This one.
—The pictures are totally different
—Since the 1972 Munich Olympic games
—The medal of each Games used the same design on the front side
—The back side of the medal is designed by the host place's organizing committee
—When the Olympic Games were held in the birthplace of the Olympics Greece. the front side was redesigned.
—Take a look!
—So this is the redesign for the 2004 Athens Olympic medals
—Look, this sitting god has changed into standing one.
—And this image will be on the 2008 medals
—Have you ever seen a half gold half silver medal?
—What?
—Half and half?
—Come and have a look  See
—In the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, two American athletes broke the world record for the high jump at the same time
—Congratulations Ms. Shiley, you just broke the world record!
—Ms Didrikson,
—I'm very sorry to tell you that your last jump is a foul.
—Babe Didrikson and Jean Shiley jumped the same height
—But Babe's head-first jumping style was not legal at that time.
—So her final jump result was cancelled
—We are still best friends, they can't pull us apart. Can they?
—Come on, stand up Right!
—I'm going to give half my gold medal to you!
—After the Olympic Games, Jean Shiley took her gold medal and cut it into two halves
—And then added Babe Didrikson's silver halves to each, to make up a half gold half silver medal, This was their reminder of their forever friendship
—The gentleman helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct
—Yes. Good people should always help others to do good deeds but never assist in the bad
—Mom, I'm going to take a nap now Wake me up soon Okay?