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Paris Brings Back the Famous Olympic Hot-Air Balloon

巴黎讓著名的奧運熱氣球再次亮相

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A famous glowing balloon is flying over Paris again. People in the city can see the Olympic cauldron rising into the night sky during the summer.

The hot-air balloon first appeared at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Two years later, the cauldron still makes regular appearances in the summer. Hundreds of people gather on the grass between the Louvre museum and the Tuileries Garden to watch it.

makes regular appearances= 定期亮相

At 9:30 p.m., the bright balloon begins to go up into the sky. It rises a couple hundred feet above the ground while carrying the cauldron. People clap, take photos, and record videos as it bobs overhead.

a couple hundred= 大約兩百

Visitors enjoy watching the luminous balloon fly at night. It gives people in Paris a simple reason to look up with joy.

look up with joy= 懷著喜悅仰望

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文法整理

句型意思
makes regular appearances定期亮相
a couple hundred大約兩百
look up with joy懷著喜悅仰望

詞彙整理

單字意思
cauldron大型的鍋,通常用來煮沸液體或烹煮食物。
luminous發出柔和而明亮的光;光彩明亮的
gather聚集;收集的行為。

延伸學習

  • 巴黎奧運聖火台的獨特之處在於採用電燈與水霧呈現火焰效果,成為一座可升空的熱氣球地標。
  • 新聞標題常使用「bring back」來描述重新引進或恢復受歡迎的活動、傳統與景點。

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  1. Visitors enjoy watching the   balloon fly at night.

  2. Where do people gather to watch the balloon rise?

  3. What does 'makes regular appearances' mean in this text?

Source: NPR World