Culture Note(文化点滴): The colours of the interlinked Olympic rings were chosen by the International Olympic Committee (Ioc), to represent the union of the 5continents , Australia , Africa , America , Asia and Europe and fluther signifythe meeting of the worlds athletes at the Olympic Games. 国际奥委会选择五个相连的圆环作为其标志，并选择了相应的色彩。五个圆环代表五大洲:大洋洲、非洲、美洲、亚洲和欧洲。更深一层的意思是代表着全世界的运动员都聚集在奥林匹克运动会上 The five colours of the rings from left to right are blue,black and redacross the top with yellow and green along the bottom , these colours may befound on most flags of the world. 五种颜色从左到右分别是:上方三个蓝、黑、红，下方黄和绿。 这五种颜色都为各国国旗上的常见颜色。