先看cnn

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Fireworks, athletes and pageantry on a scale never before seen in the Olympics opened the Summer Games in Beijing on Friday, as the Asian nation kicked off the biggest and most scrutinized Games in history.

The ceremony began at 8 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET) on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008 -- that, in a country where eight is the luckiest number. The opening was an artistic mix of performance and light depicting China's 5,000 years of history.

Fireworks shot off across the Chinese capital as thousands of drummers, acrobats, martial artists and dancers performed under a light display at the National Stadium, drawing applause from the estimated 90,000 in attendance.

Children representing each of the 56 ethnic groups in China marched out into the stadium, also called the "Bird's Nest" because of its unique appearance.

Dancers merged with objects that depicted China's ancient Silk Road, its Great Wall and ancient imperial past. Acrobats swirled around a giant sphere, depicting China's ambitions in space.
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华丽升起的巨大行星表达了天朝制霸宇宙的野望。:D

评价还是挺高的，科技含量策划我觉得也绝对可以震撼老美了，感觉老美总有一种我天朝大国威胁论之感存在？

[ 本帖最后由 友藏 于 2008-8-9 00:26 编辑 ]

光中国文字确实秒杀地球上绝大多数文字
我要不是中国人 看中国字我都容易自卑

Chinese counting on lucky number 8

BEIJING, China (CNN)  -- Eight is a lucky number in China. The word for it -- ba -- sounds so close to the word for wealth that many people believe eight is a number that is linked to prosperity.

So it is no surprise that the opening ceremonies for the Olympic Games begin at 8:08:08 p.m. on 8/8/08.

"It's not that the government believes this, but it had to choose a date, so why not respect the people's feelings?" Xia Xueluan, a sociologist at Peking University, told the Christian Science Monitor.

The date will be a special one, long remembered in this nation. For years, many Chinese couples have made plans to get a marriage license on Friday, while others hope to have "Olympic" babies.

The Chinese try to get the number eight in addresses, phone numbers, even car license plates. An airline reportedly paid $300,000 five years ago to buy 8888-8888 for its telephone number. With an explosion of cars in the country, bidding sometimes takes place for lucky plates.

Nine thousand weddings will take place in the capital on Friday. According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, that number will be more than twice the previous single-day marriage record.

The wedding blitz is not confined to China. Many couples in the United States are getting married on that date. WeddingChannel.com has seen a 213 percent increase in registry entries for weddings on August 8, 2008, compared with the second Friday in August last year, which fell on August 10, Summer Krecke, the deputy editor, told The Associated Press.

Last year, parents in China began trying to conceive babies who would be born on August 8. Hospitals have had to add extra beds. Many doctors will perform planned Caesarean sections, a common practice in China.

One prospective father whose wife planned to give birth naturally told the China Daily: "If my wife is lucky enough to deliver an 'Olympic baby,' the luck means something more than family joy."

The faith in the number eight was shaken May 12 -- 88 days before the Games were to begin -- when an earthquake killed nearly 70,000. That caused some bloggers to worry about the number being bad luck this year. They also pointed to a massive snowstorm on January 25 (1+2+5=8) and widespread protests against Chinese rule in Tibet that happened on March 14 (3+1+4=8).

But many Chinese still believe the lucky number brings the promise of many gold medals in the country's coming-out party.

Chinese also believe six is lucky, while seven is bad -- and four is really bad.
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天超人人为8最赞，6也赞，4最渣。
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老米国人没得聊了，我觉得米国人对天朝看法还是不愿意放下架子。颇有点自以为是。

BBS如是说。。。觉得处于下届东道主的身份，还是比较低调的。而且对昨晚评价颇高。
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简单翻译要点：
英伦觉得下届可打个平手，“昨晚很牛x，我们相信下届也不差，昨晚看得人余生都留下了不也抹去的印象，确实对我们下届设下了一个巨大挑战。”
London 2012 'can match Beijing'

London can match Beijing's spectacular Olympic opening ceremony when it stages the Games in 2012, said Olympics minister Tessa Jowell.

"We should not be intimidated," Jowell said. "We will do something just as wonderful and just as extraordinary.

"Beijing has done something absolutely stupendous that everyone there will remember for the rest of their lives.

"It is our turn now and we look forward to it. It is a huge challenge but it is one that we will rise to and emulate."

London 2012 officials have admitted they will not be able to commit the same resources to their opening event.

[ 本帖最后由 友藏 于 2008-8-9 08:59 编辑 ]

要允许不同的声音 外国同胞们的言辞比论坛的言辞客气太多了 呵呵

湿了好几次
歌唱祖国湿了
山水画舞蹈表演 湿了
中国字活字印刷 湿了 第一次真切感觉中国字的nb 每天虽然都打字 但是中国字的确nb 毋庸置疑的nb
李宁长跑 湿了 湿透了