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Happy university volunteers get involved in the rally on the New Year Eve. Five "Smile Wristlets" for volunteers of the Beijing Olympic Games were officially unveiled at Drum and Bell Towers on the early morning of January 1, 2007.
1月月1日,奥运志愿“微笑圈”正式版发布仪式暨“我们在钟鼓楼传递微笑”大型主题宣传活动在北京钟鼓楼盛大举行。位于北京中轴线上、拥有700多年历史的钟鼓楼昨夜凭借高科技手段的彩色灯光秀点亮了京城的夜空,志愿者们的热情和北京人温暖的笑脸使得寒冷的夜晚暖意融融。
BEIJING, January 1 On the early morning of January 1, 2007, the "Smile Wristlets " for volunteers of the Beijing Olympic Games was officially unveiled in the heart of the capital city amid a rally themed "We are passing on smiles from the Drum and Bell Towers."
Before the New Year's bell was clanged, the unveiling ceremony was declared open on a square between the Towers where a 60-meter-long and 6-meter-wide "Smile Avenue" was temporarily set up.
Liu Jian, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League of China and director of the Volunteers' Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad gave a definition to the official meanings of the five colors of the wristlets: Red represents readiness to help others; Yellow - civility and politeness; Black - honesty and trustworthiness; Blue - studying and forging ahead; and Green - environmental protection.
Suddenly, some 500 university volunteers around the stage turned the scene into a sea of joy, where ten large banners depicting1 the wristlets' meanings paraded from the Bell Tower. In his speech, Qiang Wei, vice2 secretary of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chief of the Volunteers' Work Coordination3 Group for the Beijing Olympic Games urged Beijing citizens to carry out the virtues4 of helping5 each other to lift the capital city's image as an advocate of civility and flash smiles to visitors and guests from around the world to attend the 29th Olympiad.
The ceremony was culminated6 in an art performance themed "Bring Smiles to the World" which was followed by Qiang Wei's strike of the 63-ton Bell to announce the beginning of the New Year.
Vocabulary :
Smile Wristlets :微笑圈
temporarily:临时
trustworthiness:可信赖,确实性
culminated :到达顶点(顶峰)
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美德( virtue的名词复数 ); 德行; 优点; 长处 | |
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helping
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n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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v.达到极点( culminate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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