绿江舟闲
心情札记
奥运开幕式(8/8/8)：
奥运气氛越来越浓，我也跟着兴奋。虽然，侨居海外 15 年，可心总牵着生养自己的故土。中国第一次举办奥运，虽然很多地方不能苟同，可心里还是祝愿它举办成功。
昨天，北京的空气污染严重，让我揪心。 4 点就睁眼，到处翻看电视新闻，希望情况好转。一直到 7 点多，看到一些花絮，似乎非常成功，才放下心，又呼呼睡过去。这一醒来已经 8:30 ，赶紧洗把脸上班。
原本打算今天请假的。可一个 Project 下星期二要出成果，老板盯着紧。跟老板说中午一定要离开。今晚，邻居要在我们家一起喝酒看奥运开幕式（ NBC Channel 5 ， 6:30-10:00 ），还得购物，做点下酒菜。
开车上班的路上，收音机里几乎每个频道都在谈论中国的奥运。有称赞中国的，有妖魔化中国的，我已经不以为然了。这个国家的新闻媒体连总统、政府都可以肆意谩骂，对中国这个‘红色’竞争对手又怎可轻易放过？
坐到办公桌前，打开电脑，看到 Google 上的小图，感觉非常心暖（我把它放在上面）。比起那些过分渲染、有失公正、客观的报道，这些很不起眼的东西，会让如我一样看到此图的华人心存感动的。
奥运开幕式，真的很精彩。它向全世界显示，中国人如果真的想干，就一定会做得很好。
整个开幕式表演是中国文明与现代科技的结合：击缶倒计时，周礼、古乐迎宾；郎朗的古经声中的汉字方块阵表达了多层深刻的涵义—传统道德、印刷文明、阻挡蛮族的长城，而后长城鲜花绽放，体现开放的情怀；而后大秦强汉，旌旗蔽天，盛唐之世，飞天妙舞，庞大舰队，蔚为壮观；进入现代，宇航员漫步星空，地球人飞出大气层飞向宇宙（那个地球上倒立、横着行走的表演太厉害了）。最后一个夸父追日，点燃火炬，再现上古的巨人神话。 奥运开幕式演绎了中国5000年的古典文明，令人瞠目震撼。先秦文明是一种意气风发、积极向上的文明，是开拓性、开放性的。而之后的汉唐也同样具有开放、开发的特征，其边界到了今天的伊拉克…对于外国人来说，也许只是看到了炫目、壮观。对于中国人而言，开幕式让我们走过了伟大祖先几千年光荣的历程，唤醒了我们基因里刻写的民族记忆和梦想，更激励我们实现中国文明的伟大复兴、再造辉煌。
NBC的解说相当到位，强调中国多少个世纪以来都是世界GDP第一，只是近代被外来势力欺凌，现在是振兴的时刻。但有重要的一点NBC却没有提到，那就是中国是世界唯一持续至今的古文明。
大部分的人都认为很精彩。但在座的也有搞科研的，他们从务实的角度看，认为这些钱本可以用在教育、振灾上…。一有灾难，国家就硬性的向民间集资，说国家没有钱。可它就是有钱来向世界展示… 怎么说呢?
我认为如果知道中国奥运之路的艰辛，一定就可以理解国人对奥运的重视和热情。张艺谋的确是一个很有艺术天赋的人。
奥运闭幕式(8/24/08):
哇， Party Time ！！中国的闭幕式早就结束了，这里却要晚上才转播。 6 点就坐到电视机前，认真的看。跟轰轰烈烈的开幕式比，感觉闭幕式比较平淡，但我还是很喜欢。
突如其来的，感觉自己特放松，不会再担心节外生枝。北京市长王淇说：‘中国人民用满腔热情兑现了庄严的承诺，实现了 “ 绿色奥运、科技奥运、人文奥运 ” ，留下了巨大而丰富的文化和体育遗产’。北京人，乃至全中国人都应该感到骄傲的。
这次的奥运会，真的很成功。对于那些说三道四的人绝对是一记响亮的耳光。 NBC主持人TV中说得很客观，用 Stunning 和 most memorable 来形容中国的奥运，这也正是我想说的。
美国奖牌总数第一（ 110 ），比中国多 10 枚。中国位居第二 ，金牌却是第一 （51 枚 ) 。俄罗斯居第三，很为它高兴。
金牌 银牌 铜牌 总数
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美国 36 38 36 110
中国 51 21 28 100
俄罗斯 23 21 28 72
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女儿开玩笑，说我快成‘熊猫眼’了。还真是！如果奥运会再持续一星期，我恐怕要休克了。很多场面实在是太精彩了！
美国 “ 飞鱼 ” 菲尔普斯创纪录的８枚金牌，牙买加 “ 飞人 ” 博尔特在 “ 鸟巢 ” 创造的神奇速度，中国跳水之完美……。 太多了！
NBC 闭幕式总结(谢谢W·W):
Well, just as the marathon was one of the concluding events of the Olympic Games, we are now bringing our broadcast marathon to a close.
Beyond thecompetitive drama, every Olympics provides a snapshot of a city and a country at a point in time. This one was more compelling than most, since China's rise and its ongoing transformation is the global story, not only of the moment, but likely of the foreseeable future. These Olympics were a milestone in that still unfolding story. And while history will tell us whether or not the Olympics provided China with the confidence to not only build on its considerable strengths, but also to address its considerable problems. This much we know.This is a country so vast, a people with lives so varied and a history so rich and complex that no visitor can fully grasp it.
Still, of these Games, no advanced degree in international relations was required to appreciate the genuine warmth of the Chinese people, the honest pride in their country and how seriously Chinese citizens, famous Olympians, to everyday men and women, took this chance to show themselves to the world.All Olympics are important to the host city. These Games were monumentally important to the host nation, which happens to be home to 1/5 of humanity. All that said, just as these Olympics were significant politically, they were also very significant competitively. Beijing turned out to be among the most memorable Olympics ever.One headline was anticipated before the Games began, and then verified here. For the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall, an ongoing Olympic rivalry shapes up.
In Beijing, the U.S. won 110 medals-the most it's ever won at a non-American Olympics. But China, second in the overall count, easily won the most golds here, and the most by any country since the old Soviet Union in 1988. Many of China's triumphs went beyond excellence. Their perfection and precision, simply beautiful to behold. China is now a sports power with a sophisticated state-supported sports system. They will be at or near the top of the medal list at London and beyond.Meanwhile, the Americans had plenty to cheer about. Beach volleyball pairs both prevailing, Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson winning gold and winning hearts, the men's basketball team doing exactly what they set out to do-winning, yes-but also redeem and redefine the image and purpose of the U.S. program.These Games reached multiple crescendos.
From the beginning, there was Michael Phelps, who now ranks among the very greatest Olympians ever and who is also now in the top tier of the best and most popular contemporary athletes in any sport-unheard of for a swimmer, until Phelps.Just about the time Phelps left the pool, a Jamaican jet zoomed over the track. The sprints are supposed to be decided by blinks of an eye, not by bolts of speed so astonishing that, like the spectators, the competitors can only marvel at the world's-- and history's--fastest man. More nations, 204, participated here than in any Games before.
And more won medals, 87, than ever before as well.
But beyond the medalpodium, the Olympics remain a human panorama, with many also-- ran finishes and first-round eliminations, nonetheless representing epic personal stories , only appreciated by the participants themselves and their families,friends and countrymen.Theses Games began with Zhang Yimou's stunning Opening Ceremony, so boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, that it set a standard for such occasions unlikely to be equaled. And tonight, with more theatrical touches, the curtain came down. So the people of the world came to Beijing, and the people of China extended their hands. You don't have to speak a word of Mandarin to understand that.I've been fortunate to be involved with many memorable Olympics, and in many ways, this has been the most memorable.
In no small part, due to the efforts of the small army of people who worked tirelessly to bring these Games home to you. For these colleagues, I will always have enormous professional regard and personal gratitude.The names of these talented men and women accompany this final montage of the images of China and Olympic moments-moments we hope resonate with you as they have with us. Good night, this one last time, from China.
