导读:在奥运赛场上摘得奖牌已是相当不易，可是更令人难以想象的是，在美国，运动们员还需为自己的奖牌缴纳赋税，你怎么看？
Gymnastics, athletics and swimming victories have pushed the US to the top of the Olympics medal league table, but it will also leave their athletes with a hefty tax bill when they return home.
体操、田径和游泳的骄人战绩使得美国在奥林匹克奖牌榜上独占鳌头，但是这也让他们的运动员们在回国后面临沉重的税务账单。
Olympic medals won by any US athlete are given a value and taxed by US authorities, based on the value of the materials in a gold, silver or bronze award.
根据金牌、银牌和铜牌的材质价值，美国官方给运动员摘得的奥林匹克奖牌确定价值并对其进行征税。
Gold medals are worth around $600 based on today’s commodity prices, a silver medal around $300 and copper-made bronze medals just $4, according to BBC News.
根据BBC新闻报道，按照当前的商品价格，金牌约值600美元，银牌约值300美元，一块铜牌仅值4美元。
Americans for Tax Reform, a lobby group that opposes the "medal tax", put the bills at $9,900 for a gold medallist, $5,940 for a silver medallist and $3,960 for a bronze.
美国税制改革协会——一个反对“奖牌税”的游说组织，列出对金牌获得者征收9900美元，银牌获得者征收5940美元，铜牌获得者征收3960美元的账单。
Simone Biles, the 19-year-old gymnast with five Olympic medals under her belt, could be paying tax on multiple medals including four golds.
西蒙·拜尔斯——19岁的体操运动员，斩获了5枚奖牌，那么她就有可能会因数枚奖牌而缴纳赋税，其中包括4枚金牌。
The US team counts some of the most decorated Olympic athletes in the world, notably swimmer Michael Phelps, who has won 28 medals, including 23 golds, during his career - earning him the nickname of the "Flying Fish".
美国队拥有着一些获得辉煌荣誉的奥林匹克运动员，尤其是泳将迈克尔·菲尔普斯，在他的职业生涯中，共斩获28枚奖牌，其中包括23枚金牌，这为他赢得了“飞鱼”的称号。
But unlike team GB, the US government pays athletes a financial bonus if they win medals at this summer’s games, much like rivals including Italy and Russia – although this, too, is taxed as income.
然而，与英国队不同的是，如果运动员在此次夏季奥运会摘得奖牌，美国政府会给予他们财政红利，这与包括意大利和俄罗斯在内的竞争对手的做法十分相似——虽然财政红利也会被视为收入进行征税。
US gold medallists are paid $25,000, silver winners $15,000, and bronze medallists earn $10,000.
美国金牌获得者会有2.5万美元的奖金，银牌获得者会有1.5万美元的奖金，铜牌获得者也会拿到1万美元的奖金。
Prize money is usually taxed in the UK, including Andy Murray’s ?2m sweetener for taking the Wimbledon Men’s Singles title earlier this summer.
在英国，奖金往往也是要被征税的，包括安迪·穆雷因在今年夏初摘得温布尔顿男单决赛冠军头衔而获得的200万英镑的奖金。
Great Britain doesn’t offer incentive payments to its medal-winning athletes, saying it isn’t important to motivating athletes, who are instead left to cash in on their post-Olympic fame through corporate deals and media appearances.
英国不向其夺奖运动员发放奖金，据说这对于激励运动员而言并不是十分重要；相反，他们可以凭借其赛后名声通过企业交易和媒体见面会进行揽金。
