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美国时代杂志上的文章“中国的游戏（时代）开始了”
美国时代杂志上的文章“中国的游戏（时代）开始了”
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刚刚在文学城里看到的转载美国时代杂志的文章。 有点意思。 来看看美国的主流杂志的看法。
前半部分的是中文的翻译，来自文学城。 后半部分的是时代杂志的英文原文，带链接。
留 意一下"时代杂志"最后的一句话： ".....the world bore witness to the unmistakable fact that China was back — in a blaze of glory." 里面用了非常强调的词"unmistakable"。 该传达出去的，都在开幕式这个巨大的载体上，已经传达出去了。 而且信息被传达的很完美，被接收得也比较准确。
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美国《时代周刊》：强大的中华帝国已经回归
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顾拜旦是现代的奠基人，他期望把这个盛会举办成为全球人类身体意志的比拼。但法国人的视野仅限在欧洲。在1894年首届上，一共有14个国家参加，然而没有任何一个亚洲国家被邀请参与其中。
当北京在2008年8月8日晚上8时拉开序幕，毫无疑问的，亚洲也成为中重要的一员。
亚洲之前曾举办过两次：1964年在日本东京与1988年在韩国汉城。但是这次却是在世界上五分之一人口的期盼下举行。1.5万位表演者以其精湛的舞蹈、训练有素的步伐完美地在开幕式上演绎了中国五千年的历史文化。
这个晚上的导演是名声在外的张艺谋。这场表演展现了中国几千年来的光荣历史：火药的发明、活字印刷、宏伟建筑长城。北京奥委会刘淇说："这场盛会将极富东方色彩。"无可否认的，中国说到做到。这场盛宴记载了中国五千年。
1984年，中国赢得了第一枚金牌。中国的体育地位，就像他们的经济发展一样急速攀升。2004年，中国仅以落后金牌榜第一名的美国四枚金牌的微弱劣势屈居第二。这一次，中国希望能站在金牌榜的最顶端。中国代表团这一次的参加人数比美国还多。
在开幕式上，10500名运动员代表204个国家和地区一起竞赛。有三个国家是初次参加：黑山共和国、马绍尔群岛和图瓦卢。而中国的旗手姚明，是最高的选手。
还有四名选手来自伊拉克。在7月份，国际奥委会曾因为是否对伊拉克选手禁赛产生争论，但最终皆大欢喜，伊拉克得以参加。奥林匹克是由各个国家组成的盛会，但它的精神已经超越了国界。
在开幕式的这个晚上，在华丽壮观的鸟巢中，来自西方的两个国家领导人：美国总统乔治·布什和法国总统萨科齐给中国带来了礼物。时间仿佛回到很久以前中国的全盛时期———来自世界各地的人们向中国的皇帝进贡，以此表示对中国强大国力的认同。
当体操运动员李宁———六次奖牌的获得者———点燃火炬时，世界清楚地认识到了一个事实———强大的中华帝国已经回归！
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下面是英文的原文：
Let China's Games Begin
网页连接： http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1830806,00.html
Friday, Aug. 08, 2008 By HANNAH BEECH / BEIJING
When the Beijing Olympics began on August 8, 2008 at 8:00 p.m — 8 being an auspicious number in Chinese — with a brilliant orgy of 35,000 fireworks and the thunderous percussion of 2,000 ancient drums, there was no question that the East now mattered. Asia has hosted the Summer Games twice before — Tokyo '64 and Seoul '88 — but this Olympics represents the aspirations of one-fifth of humanity. For 60 minutes, more than 15,000 Chinese performers marched and twirled and beamed with such flawless precision that it was as if the previous five millennia of Chinese history were merely a dress rehearsal for this moment.
The night's maestro was Zhang Yimou, a film director better known abroad for his sweeping epics evoking the hardships of Communist rule. The show fast-forwarded through the glories of ancient Chinese civilization: the invention of gunpowder and movable type, the building of the Great Wall. The overriding message, though delivered, admittedly, with the earnest phraseology of Chinese officialdom, was clear. "Imbued with the finest element of Eastern flavor," stated Liu Qi, the president of the Beijing Organizing Committee, "this grand gala will act as a showcase of a 5,000-year-old civilization."
For a nation that won its first Olympic gold medal in 1984, China's athletic ascent, like its economic growth, can only be described with superlatives. By 2004, the People's Republic was just four medals shy of the gold-medal harvest of the U.S. This time around, China could well occupy the top spot in the medal tally. But the Olympics are about more than East and West, North and South — or, indeed, medal tables. The movement now boasts more members than the United Nations. At the Opening Ceremony, more than 10,500 athletes marched together, representing 204 republics, theocracies, city-states, protectorates and even a certain island that competes under the name of Chinese Taipei. Three Olympic debutantes appeared in Beijing: Montenegro, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, a South Pacific nation whose very existence is threatened by global warming. China's flagbearer Yao Ming, at 2.29 m (7 ft. 6 in.) the Games' tallest Olympian, loped along the same path as 1.43 m (4 ft. 8 in.) American gymnast Shawn Johnson. Four athletes from Iraq, which in July had been banned briefly from the Games because of a tiff with the International Olympic Committee, got one of the night's biggest cheers, after the hosts. Even China's historical rival Japan received polite applause. The Olympics may be composed of nations, but its spirit transcends nationalism.
As at all modern Olympics, politics was not far away. Protesters of everything from China's role in Darfur to the continuing repression of Tibet had tried to use the Games to highlight their causes. But long ago, loose talk of an Olympic boycott had fizzled. On opening night, sitting in the splendor of the Bird's Nest Stadium, were two men who have at times been among China's most vocal Western critics: George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. They knew this was China's moment. Back in the Middle Kingdom's heyday, dignitaries from elsewhere in the world would come to pay tribute to the Emperor, an acknowledgement of China's power. As legendary gymnast Li Ning, a six-time Olympic medalist and sporting-wear tycoon, soared through midair to light the Olympic cauldron, the world bore witness to the unmistakable fact that China was back — in a blaze of glory.
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