Olympic opening ceremony to last 3.5 hours

时间：2007-08-10 00:56:07

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Chinanews, Beijing, Aug 9 – The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games will be divided into four parts and will last for three and half hours. The Olympic torch will be lit at 23:30 that night.

 

At an interview given to CCTV on Wednesday, Zhang Yimou, director of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, disclosed1 the information.

 

The four parts of the opening ceremony will be: the opening ceremony itself, the performance, the athletes parade, and torch lighting2. The whole process will last for three hours and half. The performance will last for one hour and the athletes parade will account for two-thirds of the total time length of the ceremony, said Zhang Yimou.

 

The performance will display colorful Chinese culture in its 5,000 years of history, Chinese people’s spirit in modern society, the Olympic spirit, and Chinese people's generosity3, Zhang Yimou said.

 

Right now, the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee has received a lot of song scripts for the Olympic Games opening ceremony. However, it hasn’t decided4 which song will be chosen yet, said Zhang Heping, a person in charge of the Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies.

 

Fireworks will be used in the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony. However, the creative team for the opening ceremony will try to avoid the situation that occurred in the celebration of the British Empire. In that celebration, the Queen of England left the venue5 earlier than was expected, as too much smoke had risen during the celebration, Zhang Yimou added.

 
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1 disclosed 1a0ea36b54d4d0824a795365a7a55ce1     
说出( disclose的过去式和过去分词 )； 揭露； 使显露； 使暴露
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  • She disclosed that she had been married for a month. 她透露自己已经结婚一个月了。
  • He disclosed his views about this thing. 他表明了对这事的看法。
2 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光
参考例句：
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
3 generosity Jf8zS     
n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为
参考例句：
  • We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
  • We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。
4 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
5 venue ALkzr     
n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点
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  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
  • The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

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