VOA标准英语2012--After Security Concerns, No Serious Breaches at Olympics
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
After Security Concerns, No Serious Breaches 1 at Olympics
Some days at the Olympic Park there were so many people it was difficult to move around. That, and the many other venues 2 around London and throughout Britain, might have been an attractive target for terrorists.
To prepare, organizers and the British government deployed 3 a vast security system, with airport-style screening at all venues and a large police presence. The British military was on standby to respond to any terrorist attack. Officials said they had “no appetite for risk” but also did not want to create a “siege” atmosphere.
Still, when the security firm G4S failed to recruit enough civilian 4 guards, officials called on the British Army to provide thousands of extra troops on short notice to help with routine screening and guard duties. The head of the organizing committee visited some of the soldiers at a temporary camp near the Olympic Park.
“They brought, of course, supreme 5 organizational skills," said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Olympics Organizing Committee. "They brought their professionalism, they brought their humor, and they've done it with grace. And they've charmed a large, a large proportion, of the Olympic family."
Just before the Olympics started, security consultant 6 David Rubens described the organizers as “not ready.” Now, he says the planning and execution of all aspects of the Games will serve as a model for future Olympics.
“To a certain extent they got lucky, but being lucky is part of the game and it’s a function of good planning. Everything except for G4 is actually a major success,” said security consultant David Rubens.
The most significant security incidents of the games, so far, involved a man who threw a beer bottle onto the Olympic track just before the 100 meter final, and an Indian woman who somehow marched with her country’s team in the opening ceremony. She even got a certificate of participation 7.
As the 2012 Games drew to a close, several senior officials gathered at a memorial ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the massacre 8 of Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants 9 at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. This year’s organizers were determined 10 to avoid anything like a repeat of that, and in spite of, or perhaps because of, major concerns in the run-up to the Games, with two days to go they appear to have succeeded.
- He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
- This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。
- The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
- Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
- Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
- The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
- Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。