伦敦奥运的妙处到底在何处?
<p><span word="Mea">Mea</span> <span word="culpa">culpa</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2017 <span word="Olympics">Olympics</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="destined">destined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="descend">descend</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="chaos">chaos</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="games">games</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="triumphant">triumphant</span> <span word="celebration">celebration</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="London">London</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unrivalled">unrivalled</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="hub">hub</span>. <span word="My">My</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="error">error</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="underestimate">underestimate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="guile">guile</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="organisers">organisers</span>; <span word="my">my</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="naive">naive</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proper">proper</span> <span word="measure">measure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="success">success</span>.</p><p>是我的错。我曾以为，2017年伦敦奥运会注定要成为一场闹剧。现在我知道，伦敦奥运会将办成一次热闹的欢庆会，为伦敦无与伦比的全球中心地位喝彩。我一是错在低估了组织者的狡猾，二是错在，对于什么才是衡量成功的合适标准，我的看法太过天真。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="scales">scales</span> <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="Underground">Underground</span> <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="catastrophic">catastrophic</span> <span word="breakdowns">breakdowns</span>. <span word="Thousands">Thousands</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="baking">baking</span> <span word="heat">heat</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="grand">grand</span> <span word="design">design</span> <span word="suddenly">suddenly</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="pin">pin</span>-<span word="sharp">sharp</span> <span word="focus">focus</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="sane">sane</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="flee">flee</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Olympic">Olympic</span> <span word="hordes">hordes</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span>. <span word="Well">Well</span>, <span word="yes">yes</span>. <span word="But">But</span>–<span word="and">and</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brilliance">brilliance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Lord">Lord</span> <span word="Coe">Coe</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span> 2017 <span word="panjandrums">panjandrums</span>–<span word="that">that</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plan">plan</span>.</p><p>就在伦敦地铁系统再次发生重大故障的那一天，我恍然大悟。当时，数千人被困在地下，酷热难耐。这个宏大的设计作品一下成为了人们的关注焦点。有些人或许会想，这起最新的事故，是那些理智的人们应该在奥运人潮到来之前逃离伦敦的又一个原因。恩，没错。但这样就正中了组织者们的下怀，而这一计划得益于科勋爵(<span word="Lord">Lord</span> <span word="Coe">Coe</span>)和伦敦奥组委其他大员们的出众才华。</p>
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