英译汉(一).
Passage 1 下面你将听到一位澳大利亚友人关于北京2008年奥运会的一段讲话。
The message I wish to convey to you is that I have complete confidence that Beijing willdeliver an outstanding Olympic Games in 2008, that this will be a wonderful event for Chinaand for the world, and that it is already serving to strengthen the very close relations betweenAustralia and China. My own association with the Beijing Games began with Beijing's bid. Forme, and for a number of Australians, the opportunity to support and assist the bid was farmore than simply an interesting professional exercise. It was an opportunity to dosomething important.
We believed then, and we believe now, that hosting the biggest and best people-to-peopleevent on the world's calendar will give further momentum to the process of modernizationin China and the friendly integration of China with the world community. The purpose of theGames is of course not geopolitical; it is to conduct a celebration of sport and culture. But, aswe know from our own experience with both the Melbourne Games in 1956, when Australiansreveled in that first historic opportunity to welcome the world to our shores and Sydney in2000, when we were able to show the world the dynamism of modern Australia, the Games canand do leave a wider and powerful legacy.
So it will be for China in 6 years time. The legacy will in part be of a tangible kind - world-class venues and other civic buildings, the Olympic Green, increased trade, investment andbusiness relationships. Beijing's plans for these tangible legacies are impressive both in theirambition and in the determination of the organizers to bring them to fruition. But perhapseven more important in the long run will be the intangible legacy of the 2008 games. I referhere to the heightened consciousness of the importance of the environment, already a highnational priority in China but one which is certain to be reinforced by the commitment to theGreen Games.
An enduring memory for me from the days of the Beijing bid is the sheer delight ofpeople in China, especially young people, at having the chance to play host to athletes, officialsand visitors from around the world, to welcome them to China, to show them China and to buildnew friendships. International relations are not only about the conduct of political andeconomic affairs between Governments and Businesses. It must also be underpinned by the sortof deep international understanding that can only come from closer and closer relationshipsbetween peoples.
The Olympic Games are the most successful and popular embodiment of internationalismever invented by human beings. During these glorious days, we will show how we can, at ourbest, transcend all differences of country, race and religion and truly embrace the commonhumanity that binds us all together. The participation of 1.3 billion people in that great goalcan have profound and enduring benefits for our Asia-Pacific region and for the world. TheOlympics are therefore coming to China at exactly the right time in terms of the changesunderway in China itself and in terms of China's engagement with the region and the world
