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1、AVisittotheAthletes’VillagetoSeethe(PerhapsUnderage)ChineseGymnasts奥运村,让人着迷[1]ThetemperatureinBeijinghitasizzling96degrees,withalovelylevelof88percenthumidity.[1]北京的气温高达华氏96度(35.5摄氏度),湿度是比较宜人的88%。[2]Withafrizzymaneandsweatbeadingonmyforehead,Iboardeda
2、bus.Mydestination:theareaintheathletes’villagecalledthe“internationalzone,”whichistheonlyplacereportersareallowedtominglewithreal,liveOlympians.[2]满头大汗的我登上了一辆公共汽车。目的地是:奥运村“国际区”。这是记者被允许与奥运选手混在一起的唯一地方。[3]It’slikeMainStreet.Inalabyrinthoftemporarybuildin
3、gs,thereareshopslikeacafé,apostoffice,adrycleanerandahairsalon.LiFengwang,avolunteerattheInternetcafé,saidtheCubanathleteswerethemostfrequentpatrons,stayingthelongestonline.[3]这里像一个小镇。一座座临时建筑迷宫般排开,有咖啡馆、邮局、干洗店和理发店等。在网吧中服务的志愿者李峰旺(音)说,古巴运动员来得最多,他们上网的时间也最
4、长。[4]AsIwalkedpastthecomputersthere,therewasaCroatianathletesendingane-mail,aGermanathletecheckingoutFacebookandanItaliancoachlookingatwhatseemedlikesoccerstats.[4]我穿梭在电脑之间,一名克罗地亚运动员在发电子邮件,一名德国运动员在登录Facebook网站,一名意大利教练正在研究像是足球数据的材料。[5]Inastorecalledthe
5、PinTradingCenter,therewasaT-shirtgiveaway.VolunteerCuiLingumhadthejoboffiguringoutwhatsizeshirttogiveeachathlete.TheathleteswouldstandinfrontofherwiththeirbackstoaboardthathadsilhouettesofdifferentT-shirtsizes.Withatrainedeyeofamasterartist,Cuiwouldse
6、ehowtheirbodiesfitintothesilhouettes.[5]在纪念章交换中心,正在派发T恤衫。志愿者崔琳(音)的工作是判断派发给每位运动员的T恤衫的号码。运动员站在她面前,背对一块有不同T恤衫号码剪影的纸板。[6]“Wereallylikeithereinthevillage,”GermanhandballplayerGritJuracksaid.“AlotofChinesepeoplesmilethewholeday.Youcanchoosefromdifferentfood
7、here,Europeanfoodorsomethingelse.Butthebreadisnotsogood,notlikeinGermany.ThebreadislikeitisinAmerica.”[6]德国手球选手格丽特·尤拉克说:“我们很喜欢奥运村。许多中国人整天都在微笑。你可以在这里选择不同的食物,比如欧洲的食物。不过,面包没有德国的好,像是美国面包。”[7]Istartedtowalktowardtheathletes’housingandsawagroupofschoolchild
8、rencomingtowardus–-atleastIthoughtitwasschoolchildren,untilIgotacloserlook.Wait,thesefaceslookfamiliar.Theylooklikegymnasts.Thenalightbulbwentoff:TheChinesewomen’snationalteam!Asluckwouldhaveit,Ipickedtheperfectdaytogototheathletes’village.aaf