In 490 BC there was a big war between the Persians (波斯人) and the Greeks (希腊人). Persia was a huge country, much bigger than Greece. It wanted to take control of Athens in Greece. The Greek soldiers waited on top of the hill while the Persian army waited on the plain of Marathon below. There were 48,000 Persian soldiers and only 10,000 Greek soldiers.
公元前490年，波斯人与希腊人之间爆发了一场大战。波斯是一个大国，比希腊大得多。它想要控制希腊的雅典。希腊士兵在山顶上等待，波斯军队在山下的马拉松平原上等待。有48000名波斯士兵，而只有10000名希腊士兵。
The Greeks sent a messenger, Pheidippides, to Sparta (斯巴达) to get help. He ran for two days over the mountains to ask the Spartans. But the Spartans would not fight until there was a full moon. Pheidippides returned to Marathon alone.
希腊人派了信使斐利庇得斯去斯巴达寻求帮助。他跑了两天，翻山越岭去请斯巴达人。但是斯巴达人直到满月才会战斗。斐利庇得斯独自回到了马拉松平原。
The Greeks could not wait and attacked the Persian army. The Greeks ran towards the enemy. Persian arrows flew through the air. The Greeks won; 6,400 Persians were killed but only 192 Greeks died. The Persians ran to their ships and tried to escape. They tried to go to Athens to catch the Greek women, children and old people waiting there.
希腊人迫不及待地进攻了波斯军队。希腊人冲向敌人。波斯人的箭在空中飞来飞去。希腊人赢了；6400名波斯人被杀，但只有192名希腊人死亡。波斯人跑向他们的船，试图逃跑。他们想去雅典捉那些在那里等着的希腊妇女、儿童和老人。
Pheidippides now had another job. He ran 40 kilometres to Athens to tell the Greeks that they had won and to tell them that the Persians were coming. He arrived at the city gates very tired. “Rejoice, we conquer !” he shouted. Then he died.
斐利庇得斯现在有了另一个要做的事情。他跑了40公里到雅典，告诉希腊人他们赢了，并告诉他们波斯人要来了。他到达城门时非常疲倦。“高兴吧，我们胜利了!”他喊道。然后他死了。
From this great event, the first marathon race of the modern Olympic Games was run in 1896. It was won by a Greek runner, Spiridon Louis. And, like Pheidippides a long time before, he also carried messages. He was a postman.
从这件伟大的事情开始，现代奥运会的第一场马拉松比赛于1896年举行。希腊运动员斯皮里登·路易斯赢得了冠军。而且，就像很久以前的斐利庇得斯一样，他也传递信息。他是个邮递员。
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