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| 教 育 專 題 深 入 報 導《2004-07-16》 |
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| ◎ 國際專題 準備迎接奧運吧﹗ | |
| 國際專題 準備迎接奧運吧﹗ | |
| 策劃﹑編譯■成怡夏 | |
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自西元1896年現代奧運在希臘雅典重新舉辦起﹐睽違了一個多世紀﹐第28屆奧運又在今年回到雅典舉辦雅典﹐同時是古代奧運和現代奧運的起源與誕生地﹐卻碰上壞運氣﹐從安全的角度看﹐這不是個好地點﹐也不是舉辦奧運的好時機簡單來說﹐這是美國911事件後﹐第一場舉辦的夏季奧運賽﹐因此得面臨安全上的夢靨 國際奧委會也第一次去除對奧運可能受到恐怖組織﹑戰爭或是地震攻擊的保證加上對工程延遲的憂慮甚囂塵上﹐讓人不禁思考是否比賽規模已經變得太大﹖是否一個小國如希臘﹐或是芬蘭﹐可以應付比賽的需求﹖當比賽用藥問題懸在每個人的心上時﹐比賽成績有多少真實性﹖比賽會不會淪為另一種的化學作戰﹖ 經過7年﹐雅典整個城市被無止盡的工程徹底扭曲﹐還花上數億的錢﹐據了解﹐沒有一個希臘人希望這樣的事一百年內會再發生不過﹐就像2000年奧運讓雪梨徹頭徹尾改變了一樣﹐同樣的事情也在雅典上演也許﹐最好的作法是忘記安全顧慮﹑忘記工程延誤的報導在奧運即將揭幕前﹐請記住希臘是一片令人敬畏的土地﹐希臘人是了不起而友善的人民 在神廟的遺址﹐看著藍色的大海﹐驚異的感覺夾雜著喜悅﹐那似乎在說﹕這是真的﹐我們在學校所學的希臘是那麼真實﹗ When the lone Reuters correspondent in Greece in 1896 sent out his telegraphed dispatches about the revival of the Olympic Games, he was more concerned about correctly naming the European royalty present than the results of events. This year, at the Athens Games, Reuters will have nearly 200 journalists, photographers, camera people and technicians using every computer trick possible to get every result and get every one right in a matter of seconds. This year, like several major news organizations, members of the Reuters team will go through a course on how to protect themselves in the unlikely event of a nuclear or chemical weapons attack on the Games. The International Olympic Committee has also for the first time taken out insurance against disruption to the Games from terrorism, war or earthquake. Similarly, I have great sympathy for Athens' bad luck in being in the wrong place at the wrong time as regards security. The simple fact is that wherever the first summer Games were held after the September 11 attacks would face a security nightmare. My hat is off to the organizers on security because they have made all the right moves including overcoming Greeks' fierce pride to ensure there will be international help. On another front, the Games ironically may already have achieved what the international Olympic movement has long sought -- an end to debate about whether Olympics should always be held in the same city and obviously as their birthplace, Greece would be a natural home. After undergoing seven years of seeing their city torn up with non-stop building works costing billions of dollars, there is no Greek I know who would want to go through the same again for at least another 100 years. The work has transformed Athens and in my view has been worth every euro for how it has updated a much underrated European capital which was long in need of development. I believe that just as the 2000 Games in Sydney changed the largest city in my country from a tired metropolis to the glorious sight it is now, the same will happen in Athens. To sum up, anyone who has the chance to see the Games and doesn't take it is missing the experience of a lifetime. Forget the security worries, forget the reports of delayed works. Greece is an awesome land and Greeks are wonderfully welcoming people. To me, Sigmund Freud summed up the wonder of Greece with his comment on his first visit to Athens, marveling that the city of antiquity, democracy and learning actually existed. "Amidst the temple ruins, looking out over the blue sea. A feeling of astonishment mingled with my joy. It seemed to say: 'So it really is true, just as we learned at school!"' 雅典奧運 票房銷售不佳 Poor Ticket Sales a Concern with Month to Go 6月底為止﹐雅典奧運門票總數共530萬張﹐僅售出195萬張雅典奧運組織負責人呼籲希臘民眾多多購買尚未賣出的門票﹐以免在下個月全世界最大的運動盛事中﹐只有空空的體育館迎接全世界的目光 由於還有百萬門票未售出﹐雅典主要的運動組織負責人其納‧安哲羅普洛斯懇求當地人挽救這種頹勢﹐在世界的舞台上增加這場演出的可看性「還有價格合理的門票喲﹗這可是你們一生唯一一次機會去體驗如此盛大的運動會﹗」安哲羅普洛斯在當地廣播電台受訪時如是說 旅行業者分析表示﹐安全顧慮﹑高價機票和膳宿的便利性都嚇到了國外的觀光客﹐與去年同期相比﹐旅客人數反而暴跌15％的經過數月以來的努力﹐希臘用了史無前例的花費在8月13到29日的比賽中做好保全工作﹐使各國恢復信心送運動員到希臘首都﹐卻因為週末一則報導受到重創 報導中指出﹐政府對美國財團所主導的通訊系統百萬元款項延遲支付由於沒有在5月底之前﹐將形同保全的眼睛與耳朵的系統設備送到雅典﹐工程完全延遲不過﹐雅典當局公共部門的官員拒絕對付款做出評論﹐只表示﹐這套系統屆時一定會就位﹐並在比賽時啟用為了保全計劃﹐在包括美國﹑以色列等國的七國會議中﹐希臘決定耗資一億歐元做準備 Athens Olympic organizers called on Greeks Tuesday to snap up unsold tickets to avoid greeting the world with empty stadiums when the world's biggest sporting event comes home in a month's time. With foreigners staying away and millions of seats unsold, Athens chief Games organizers Gianna Angelopoulos appealed to locals to pick up the slack and put on a good show in front of the world's cameras. "Tickets at fair prices are still available ... this is a once in a lifetime chance for people to experience the Games," Angelopoulos said in an interview with local radio stations. She told listeners that tickets for heats featuring homegrown track heroes Costas Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou were still available for as little as 10 euros ($8). Organizers have denied reports that two-thirds of seats allocated to national Olympic committees and sponsors have been returned but the flood of tickets still available signaled otherwise. By the end of June officials said only 1.95 million of a total of 5.3 million seats had been sold. Tourism analysts said that security concerns and high prices for flights and accommodation had scared off foreign visitors, prompting a 15 percent slump in year-on-year visitor figures. Months of campaigning to reassure nations sending athletes to the Greek capital that unprecedented spending would safeguard the August 13-29 Games were hit this weekend by reports of a row with a key hi-tech supplier. According to reports in daily To Vima the government has delayed payment for a multimillion dollar communications system to a U.S.-led consortium. The group failed to deliver the system which will act as the eyes and ears of security forces by the end of May, citing construction delays at venues. Public order ministry officials refused to comment on payments and said the system would be up and running by the time of the Games. Greece is spending one billion euros on an Olympic security master plan put together under advice from a seven-nation panel including the United States and Israel. A blackout Monday across the entire city added to worries, with critics noting that a repeat of the outage would leave the costly security installations literally powerless. Organizers are hoping some of the Midas touch of Greece's European champion soccer heroes will rub off on them after requesting they run a collective Olympic torch relay leg on August 8 across the new Rio-Antirio bridge. 雅典奧運搶先知Interesting Facts 編譯■林仲辰 一﹑在奧運正式開幕前夕﹐整座雅典市種植超過100萬棵大型灌木﹐以及29萬棵新植的樹木與1,100萬棵矮灌木 二﹑奧運期間﹐選手村廚房每天需準備5萬人份伙食﹐全部食物的總重相當於100萬噸﹐除了24小時服務以外﹐還供應1千5百種不同國家的食譜﹐選手村每小時消秏1萬5千英噸（一英噸為2,240磅）牛奶﹑2千5百打雞蛋﹑3百噸蔬果﹑120噸肉類﹑85噸海鮮﹑2萬5千條麵包﹑750英噸番茄調味料﹑2百萬公升飲用水﹑3百萬份飲料 三﹑贊助商現代汽車公司將提供該公司生產之環保電能車運輸服務系統﹐以響應2004奧運期間雅典交通需求 四﹑希臘在奧運舉辦前2年即達到年度目標歲收2億歐元 五﹑選手村提供1萬6千位選手與工作人員絕佳的居住環境與免費的服務設施﹐包括健身房﹑游泳池﹑跑道﹑露天星空電影院﹑舞廳﹑電玩遊樂場﹑咖啡廳﹑網咖等娛樂設施 六﹑奧運殘障運動項目﹐希臘選手參賽人數創新高﹐今年雅典奧運共報名了13項比賽﹐比前屆雪梨奧運多出8項 七﹑只有指定的「Torchbearers」才有資格持火炬﹐今年全球奧運聖火傳遞行程必須靠他們一步一步完成今年雅典奧運聖火傳遞由可口可樂與三星贊助 八﹑450萬份與奧運相關之影印文件（約55噸重）與上千件電子相關郵件已從希臘寄往202個國家 九﹑2004年雅典奧運導覽手冊「There's no place like home」（還是回到家最好）共6種語言版本﹐包括英文﹑法文﹑德文﹑義文﹑俄文﹑西班牙文 ●Before the Games start, more than 1 million large bushes, 290,000 new trees and 11 million new shrubs will be thriving throughout Athens. ●During the Games, 50,000 meals will be prepared daily at the Olympic Village, utilising 100 tons of food. ●Hyundai (Grand National Sponsor) will provide a fleet of environmentally- friendly electric cars to accommodate certain 2004 transport needs. ●The initial revenue target of 200m euros was accomplished two years before the Games. ●During the Olympic Games, the Olympic Village will provide accommodation and free-of charge services to 16.000 athletes and team officials. ●A record-breaking number of Greeks are participating in the Athens Paralympic Games: athlets are preparing for 13 sports, while in Sydney they participated only in 5. ●Only Torchbearers are entitled to purchase the torch, upon completion of their portion of the Olympic Torch Relay. ●Four and a half million copies of printed material, weighing 55 tonnes, and thousands of parcels of electronic material have been mailed from Greece to 202 countries. ●The informational brochure “There’s no place like home” regarding ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games is available in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. |
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