关于奥运英语报道

The Beijing Olympics got under way in spectacular fashion today with a lavish opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium.The event mixed China's millennia of history and hi-tech present as a modern global powerhouse.The four-hour event, meticulously choreographed by Zhang Yimou, China's most celebrated film director, ended with the final torch bearer, the former Olympic gymnastics champion Li Ning, being hoisted aloft by invisible wires.In the style of one of Zhang's martial arts films, he then "ran" along the rim of the stadium's roof before igniting the vast Olympic cauldron as thousands of fireworks lit up the skyline.But however spellbinding the show, it remained clear that pressure over human rights and other political issues would not disappear as organisers had hoped.A pro-Tibet group said it had unsuccessfully tried to stage a protest at the ceremony, while demonstrators marched on Chinese embassies in several other countries.In front of a crowd of 91,000, among them more than 80 heads of state, the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, launched the event to a huge cheer.Marking the culmination of seven years' work including a comprehensive, and at times controversial, revamping and clean-up of the Beijing, the ceremony kicked off a Games billed as China's coming out party as a major world power.The Olympics, which come with an estimated £20bn bill, have sparked a fervour of patriotic pride among many of China's people. Thousands of Beijingers thronged the city's streets, waving flags and chanting their country's name.At once a glittering, showy extravaganza and a patriotic demonstration of pride in 5,000 years of recorded history, the opening ceremony was timed to start at eight minutes past 8pm on August 8, reflecting the number's status in China as a bearer of good fortune.It took in everything from giant written scrolls and a representation of the Great Wall formed by thousands of performers to spacemen floating from the stadium roof, symbolising one of China's most recent technological achievements.The event then moved on to the parading of the national teams, ordered according to the number of strokes needed to write their names in Chinese characters.The Chinese contingent, cheered wildly amid fervent hopes the country could top the medals table for the first time, was led out by the nation's most celebrated sports star, the 7ft 6in basketball star Yao Ming.The US team chose the Sudan-born 1,500-metre runner Lopez Lomong, who has voiced his opposition to China's support for the regime in Khartoum, which has been condemned internationally for its actions in Darfur.Once the teams had paraded, and with the ceremony running well over its scheduled three and a half hours, the Games were formally declared open by Hu and the Olympic flag hoisted on a giant pole adjoining the Chinese emblem.Finally, the torch was brought into the stadium at the end of an epic – and protest-hit – progress around the world.A final relay of former Chinese Olympic gold medallists saw the flame passed to Li, who won three gold medals, two silver and one bronze at the 1984 LA Olympics.But away from the stadium, protests continued. A pro-Tibet group said three US demonstrators had been detained near the site after planning to hold up Tibetan flags during the ceremony.Other protesters tried to storm Chinese consular offices in Nepal and India, while smaller demonstrations took part in London, Brussels and elsewhere.The US president, George Bush, kept the issue high on the agenda when he called for freedom of expression and religion just hours before joining Hu for the ceremony.The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, another guest at the event, told French TV he had raised the issue at a lunch meeting with Hu and the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao.Games organisers will be hoping for a change in the weather to disperse the smog that has hung over the stadium and the city in recent days, while the issue of drugs is another cloud on the horizon.不知道你要多长，自己缩短一下吧呵呵

写作思路：北京奥运是中国人的骄傲，同时北京奥运也是让世界瞩目的盛会，写出自己的观点和看法。

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China is an ancient civilization with a long history of 5000 years and fine traditions. There are many historical sites in China. We must cherish them.

中国是一个有着五千年悠久历史和优良传统的文明古国，历史遗迹众多，我们一定要倍加珍惜爱护。

Our people have a good tradition of hospitality and etiquette.

我国人民有着热情好客讲究礼仪的优良传统。

During the Olympic Games, many foreign friends will come to our country. They come from different countries and races.

在奥运会期间一定会有很多外国朋友来到我们的国家，他们来自不同的国度、不同的种族。

They have different customs, skin color and clothes. We should respect them.

有着不同的风俗习惯，在肤色和穿戴上也有不同，我们应该要尊重他们。

We should communicate with foreign friends with the polite language that our teachers teach us, and build a deep friendship with them.

要用教师教给我们的文明礼貌用语和外国朋友交流，和他们建立起深厚的友谊。

The Olympic Games is sacred, it embodies the expectations of the Chinese people.

奥运是神圣的，它凝聚着中国人民的期望。

The Olympic Games is a symbol of peace. It is the common goal of the Chinese people. The people long for peace and hope that the world can be unified.

奥运是和平的象征，它是中国人民的共同目标，人民渴望得到和平，希望世界可以得到统一。

So people attach great importance to the Olympics.

所以人民都非常重视奥运。

Today, the Olympic Games finally opened in Beijing, and the common expectations of more than 1.3 billion Chinese people have finally come true.

今天，奥运终于在北京开幕了，十三亿多的中国人民的共同期望终于实现了。

This is not only the common expectation of the Chinese people, but also the expectation of the people of the world.

这不仅仅是中国人民的共同期望，同时也是世界人民的期望。