我依然记得,去年的今天,我怀着安宝儿,跟贵人的朋友我的朋友一起在我们家里,一边吃饭一边看NBC的奥运开幕式高清录播。
中间几次含泪几次鼓掌几次赞叹几次激动都不必细说,那些难忘的时刻,那时候的眼泪,我依然,都还记得。
NBC Bob的转播结束语写得精彩绝伦,颇使人对这个一向排华的主持人刮目相看。
这段话,我几乎是含泪听完的;而之后的结束片段,更是几度让我哭得一塌糊涂。
我一直想试着翻翻这段话,毕竟能力有限,不能翻出原文流畅精彩之万一。一年来拖拖拉拉,总算在今天午夜之前完成了。
顺便展示我儿在10个月当天的照片,拿着我爸参加奥运会闭幕式拿来的拨浪鼓。


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Well, just as the marathon was one of the concluding events of the Olympic Games, we are now bringing our broadcast marathon to a close.
Beyond the competitive drama, every Olympics provides a snapshot of a city and a country at a point in time. This one was more compelling than most, since Chinas rise and its ongoing transformation is the global story, not only of the moment, but likely of the foreseeable future. These Olympics were a milestone in that still unfolding story. And while history will tell us whether or not the Olympics provided China with the confidence to not only build on its considerable strengths, but also to address its considerable problems. This much we know.This is a country so vast, a people with lives so varied and a history so rich and complex that no visitor can fully grasp it.
Still, of these Games, no advanced degree in international relations was required to appreciate the genuine warmth of the Chinese people, the honest pride in their country and how seriously Chinese citizens, famous Olympians, to everyday men and women, took this chance to show themselves to the world.All Olympics are important to the host city. These Games were monumentally important to the host nation, which happens to be home to 1/5 of humanity. All that said, just as these Olympics were significant politically, they were also very significant competitively. Beijing turned out to be among the most memorable Olympics ever.One headline was anticipated before the Games began, and then verified here. For the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall, an ongoing Olympic rivalry shapes up.
In Beijing, the U.S. won 110 medals-the most it‘s ever won at a non-American Olympics. But China, second in the overall count, easily won the most golds here, and the most by any country since the old Soviet Union in 1988. Many of China’s triumphs went beyond excellence. Their perfection and precision, simply beautiful to behold. China is now a sports power with a sophisticated state-supported sports system. They will be at or near the top of the medal list at London and beyond.Meanwhile, the Americans had plenty to cheer about. Beach volleyball pairs both prevailing, Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson winning gold and winning hearts, the mens basketball team doing exactly what they set out to do-winning, yes-but also redeem and redefine the image and purpose of the U.S. program.These Games reached multiple crescendos.
From the beginning, there was Michael Phelps, who now ranks among the very greatest Olympians ever and who is also now in the top tier of the best and most popular contemporary athletes in any sport-unheard of for a swimmer, until Phelps.Just about the time Phelps left the pool, a Jamaican jet zoomed over the track. The sprints are supposed to be decided by blinks of an eye, not by bolts of speed so astonishing that, like the spectators, the competitors can only marvel at the worlds– and historys–fastest man. More nations, 204, participated here than in any Games before. And more won medals, 87, than ever before as well.
But beyond the medalpodium, the Olympics remain a human panorama, with many also– ran finishes and first-round eliminations, nonetheless representing epic personal stories , only appreciated by the participants themselves and their families,friends and countrymen.
Theses Games began with Zhang Yimous stunning Opening Ceremony, so boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, that it set a standard for such occasions unlikely to be equaled. And tonight, with more theatrical touches, the curtain came down. So the people of the world came to Beijing, and the people of China extended their hands. You don‘t have to speak a word of Mandarin to understand that.I’ve been fortunate to be involved with many memorable Olympics, and in many ways, this has been the most memorable.
In no small part, due to the efforts of the small army of people who worked tirelessly to bring these Games home to you. For these colleagues, I will always have enormous professional regard and personal gratitude.The names of these talented men and women accompany this final montage of the images of China and Olympic moments-moments we hope resonate with you as they have with us. Good night, this one last time, from China.
正如马拉松比赛将奥运比赛带至终结,我们马拉松式的比赛转播,如今也要落幕。
竞技以外,每一届奥运会都会带来一个城市乃至一个国家彼时的影像。而这一届奥运会比以往更摄人心魄,盖因中国的崛起和她的日新月异,不仅于此时,在可预见的未来很可能都是全球关注的故事。此次奥运为一正展开的画卷设立碑石,而历史将告诉我们,它是否不仅给予中国信心去建立它不可忽视的力量,且也予她正视不可忽视的问题。及我们所知,这个国家幅员如此辽阔,人民生活如此迥异多彩,历史如此丰盛繁复,无一旅游者可以彻底了解她。
即便如此,众多比赛中,并无须任何国际关系学位,就可体会中国人民的真诚温暖,他们对于他们祖国的切实自豪,以及中国人民,自著名的奥运会参与者至普通民众,如何认真致力于借此机会,把他们自己展现给全世界。所有的奥运会对于主办城市都是弥足轻重的,但这次奥运会对于整个举办国家都具有里程碑式的重要意义,而她恰是世界上1/5人口的家园。若上所述,正如此次奥运会深负政治意义,它也同样极富竞争意义。北京奥运会成为最令人难忘的一届奥运会。我们在它开始之前就满付期望,然后在此处得到印证。自柏林墙坍塌之后,奥运会盛会愈演愈烈。
在北京,美国获得110块奖牌,是在非美国本土奥运得到的最高奖牌数。而位属奖牌数第二的中国,则得到最多的金牌,且是1988年继前苏联后的最多金牌数。很多中国的胜利者表现优越。他们的完美和精确叫人赏心悦目。现如今中国已是有一套精密运动系统支持的运动强国。未来的伦敦奥运,它也依然会位居或位靠奖牌榜首。同时,美国也有很多值得喝彩的时刻。男女沙滩排球都独占鳌头,Nastia Liukin与Shawn Johnson既获得金牌也赢得人心,男篮不仅不辱使命的获得胜利,也恢复与重建了美国项目的影像与目的。这些竞赛几度逾越高峰。
从比赛一开始,就有Michael Phelps,今已位居最伟大的奥林匹克运动员之列,也身居现代最佳并最受欢迎的运动员之列——在他之前还从未有游泳运动员挤身此列。正当Phelps离开游泳池,一列牙买加喷气机在田径跑道上飞驰。田径冲刺原只应有眨眼之差,而此人速度如此叫人震惊,无论观众或比肩的参赛者,都只能对世界惊呼他为最快的人。本次奥运参赛国总数204,属迄今最多;其中共有87个国家获得奖牌,亦属迄今最高。
领奖台之外,奥运依然保持了展现人性的画卷:众多的坚持至最后与首轮淘汰者的壮丽时刻,只予参赛者与他们的家人朋友和国人共同赏析。
这些竞赛始于从张艺谋构思大胆、执行完美又精才绝艳的开幕式,它为此类盛典设立了几乎无可媲美的标准。而今夜,随着更多戏剧表演,幕布降落。全世界的人们来到北京,而中国人民伸出双手。这些,你并不需讲汉语也能明白。我很庆幸曾亲自参与许多叫人难忘的奥运会,而从各个方面而言,这一届奥运会,是最难忘的。
无数人日以继夜的劳作将此次盛会带往千家万户,对于这些同仁,我始终怀有无尽的专业尊重与个人感激。这些才华横溢的人们的名字将与此次中国与奥运盛会时刻的最后蒙太奇剪接伴随出现(注:片末的工作人员名单切一半黑幕与影像共同播放),但愿这些时刻给予您我们感受到的共鸣。
最后一次,在中国,与您晚安。
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