Joe: The 2004 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Athens , Greece（希腊，雅典） . Do you know? 
Megan: Of course. Athens is a great place, and... 
Joe: And the first modern Olympic Games（现代奥运会） was held there in 1896. 
Megan: The ancient（远古的） Olympic Games also date（从……开始） from there. 
Joe: Yes, the first Olympic Games happened in 776 BC（公元前） in Olympia . 
Megan: But it has been enriched largely since 1896, when the first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens . 
Joe: Absolutely（完全正确）. Especially（特别） women, you know, no women were allowed to take part in（参加……活动） the Games at that time. 
Megan: I know that they even had no right to see! 
Joe: But in modern Olympics, women play a significant part in it（妇女在现代奥运会中发挥了重要的作用）. 
Megan: In the ancient times, non-Greek（非希腊人） were not allowed to take part in the games. 
Joe: But the modern Olympics are international（国际性的） games, and all the countries in the world have right to join it. 
Megan: Yes, now the Athens Olympic Committee（委员会） is making preparations for the 2004 Games. I hope it will be a great success. 
Joe: I hope so, too.