Língua da Gente - Portuguese Podcast: Lessons

Intermediate 13: Who Has Won The Most Medals?


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Medal count, some say that it takes away from the Olympic games and others think it is the very reason for the Olympics. How is your country doing in the total medal count?

Dialogue

A: Os Estados Unidos continua ganhando o maior número de medalhas de ouro, não é?
B: É, mas a China tem o maior número de medalhas ao todo.
A: É, eles têm menos de ouro e de prata, mas têm muitas de bronze.
B: Você sabia que oficialmente o Comitê Olímpico Internacional não reconhece o quadro de medalhas?
A: Sério! Isso eu não sabia. Por quê que não reconhece?
B: Dizem que o objetivo dos jogos não uma competição entre os países.


A: The United States keeps winning the highest number of gold medals, right?
B: Right, but China has the highest total number of medals.
A: Yes, they have fewer gold and silver, but the have the most bronze.
B: Did you know that officially the International Olympic Committee doesn’t recognize the total medal chart?
A: Really, I didn’t know that. Why don’t they recognize it?
B: They say that competition between countries is not the objective of the games.
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