距离伦敦奥运会开幕不够一个月,美国国家公共广播电台(NPR)驻伦敦记者菲利普·里夫斯(Philip Reeves)报道称,英国人已经为这项重大赛事做好充分准备。原来,英国人深信他们发明了几乎所有形式的运动,甚至认为现代奥运会也是他们想出来的。且看大洋对岸的美国人是怎样调侃英国人的—— Less than a month after London Olympics, NPR correspondent Philip Reeves in London reported that Britons have been well-prepared for this major event. It turned out that the British were convinced that they invented almost all forms of movement, and even think that the modern Olympic Games is what they came up with. And how do Americans who look across the ocean ridicule the British -