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1932年,英国著名短跑运动员汤米·汉普森参加了自7月30日至8月14日在洛杉矶举行的奥运会,并夺得男子800米跑的金牌。如今,这位优秀的运动员业已去世,但是翻开他的日记,1932年的奥运会的场面又生动地再现在我们面前。今天,现代化的客机能使乘客在几小时内便从英国抵达洛杉矶。但是在30年代,这是一段需要近半个月的时间才能完成的漫长而又枯燥的旅程。由汉普森和他的同伴所组成的英国体育代表团于7月初就启程了。他们先登上前往加拿大的“英国女皇”号客轮,
In 1932, the famous British sprinter Tommy Hampson participated in the Olympic Games held in Los Angeles from July 30 to August 14, and won the men’s 800 meters run gold medal. Today, this outstanding athlete has died, but opened his diary, the scene of the 1932 Olympic Games vividly reproduced in front of us. Today, modern passenger aircraft allow passengers to arrive in Los Angeles from the UK in a matter of hours. But in the 1930s, this was a long and boring journey that took nearly two weeks to complete. The British sports delegation, consisting of Hampson and his companions, left early in July. They boarded the “Queen’s” liner to Canada,