Lecture Thirteen Translation of News Items 英语课件.ppt

BEIJING: A ceremony for the announcement of One World, One Dream, the theme slogan of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was held in Beijings Workers Gymnasium June 26, 2005. The slogan was announced by Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, who attended the ceremony. Master of ceremonies was Liu Qi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of CPC, and president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). In his address, Liu said, It is a slogan that conveys the lofty ideal of people in Beijing as well as in China to share the global community and civilization and to create a bright future hand in hand with people from the rest of the world.? ? It expresses the firm belief of a great nation, with a long history of 5,000 years and on its way towards modernization, that is committed to peaceful development, a harmonious society and peoples happiness. It also voices the aspirations of the 1.3 billion Chinese people to make contribution to making a world of peace and happiness. According to Liu, the slogan is the embodiment of the idea of an “Humanistic Olympics”, and serves as a principle guiding all the preparations towards the image. Solicitation of mottos for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games started on January 1, 2005. The soliciting office received 210,000 pieces of slogans in one month sent by people from China’s mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, the Taiwan region, and many overseas Chinese and foreign friends in the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Republic of Korea, Cuba, Norway, Brazil, etc. The final choice of One World One Dream is a profound manifestation of the core concepts of Olympic Games and the Chinese culture. Qu Yuan, one of Chinas most famous poets, committed suicide in the Miluo River in Zigui, after discovering that the kingdom he served was to be conquered in 278 BC. He is reve