VOA标准英语2012--Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Fans Note Differences Between London, Beijing Olympics
American Gary Davis has been to nine Olympics and says the stadiums built for the London games cannot compare to the iconic architectural design of the bird's nest stadium and water cube aquatic 1 center built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Still, he says, London has other advantages.
“The facilities in Beijing were truly spectacular. They were really incredible. There is nothing wrong with these. They are very nice. Everything is very well organized. It is nice to be speaking English,” Davis said.
John Fogarty from Los Angeles says so far the London games are fun. But he says there was more public excitement in Beijing.
“I don't know if that's because that city was although big, a little more central and everything here is a little more spread out but it seemed like everywhere you went in Beijing was just a little more intense in terms of the focus on the Olympics aspect of it,” Fogerty said.
Of course for the Chinese, the Beijing Olympics was a chance to showcase the country's emerging wealth and power, while the Chinese government kept a tight lid on political activities surrounding the games. In London, political activists 2 and other protestors have free rein 3. For the British, the Olympics are just one of many international sporting events held in London over the years.
Die-hard Lithuanian Olympics fan Alius Bilunas and his friends say they prefer the focus on fun and sports in London to the artificial grandeur 4 of Beijing.
“China was a bit of a blow up. They made it look not as good as it was. I think London showed real respect to everybody,” Bilunas said.
And many of these experienced fans prefer the cool, wet climate of London to the intense heat of Beijing in summer.
- Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
- We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
- He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。