Good manners needed for Games 2008
[ 2006-03-23 14:31 ]
| 北京奧運會對中國文化的影響力不容忽視。2008年，全世界203個國家和地區(qū)的官員、運動員將來到中國，全世界觀看奧運會的觀眾將達到400億人次，這是個讓世界人民了解中國文化、理解中國文化的絕佳機會。但是在展示中國文化和經濟實力的同時，中國公民更要重視提高文明素質。 |
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The success of Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games rests as much on showing
good manners as on the quality of facilities and athletic performances,
China's senior delegate to the International Olympic Committee said.
"It's the rude bus passenger or a witness to an accident who fails to
lend a hand that stands in our way of staging an impressive Olympiad," He
Zhenliang said on Monday in Shanghai.
"People are talking about showcasing our culture and the country's
economic power through the extravaganza, but I think good manners should
be put at the top of our agenda," He was quoted as saying by the Shanghai
Daily newspaper on Tuesday.
Beijing residents' brusque, sometimes crude, manners are frequently
noted by visitors, and the city hopes to counter such impressions with a
courtesy campaign aimed at discouraging widespread spitting, jaywalking and line-jumping.
China has invested enormous national prestige in holding a successful
Games, with many Chinese seeing in that a validation of their nation's
rapid rise to global influence and acceptance.
Along with improving public manners, He, the honorary president of the
Chinese Olympic Committee, said holding the Games could help China raise
its generally low level of popular participation in sports, especially in
schools.
"The Olympiad can't provide a solution for all these problems once and
for all, but at least it gives us an opportunity," he said.
(Agencies) |
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jaywalking : 走路不遵守交通規(guī)則
line-jumping: 插隊，動詞形式即jump the
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