Author(s): QI Zhigang
Pages: 27-29
Year: 2008 Issue:  4
Journal: College English
Abstract: <正>Melbourne1 1956 In the first Olympic Games to be held in the southern hemi-sphere2, the host nation got more success than it had had at previ-ous Games. Australian swimmers ruled the waves3; of the 13 titlesthat lifted the hosts to third on the medals table behind the SovietUnion and the U.S., eight were won in the pool.