2011双语阅读素材：伦敦奥运火炬揭晓遭网民讥讽.doc

1、This is the golden torch that will be carried by the 8,000 runners on the London 2012 relay.The Olympic Flame will burn from a curved triangular aluminium tube which has a lace-like mesh complete with 8,000 holes - one to represent each torchbearer.But some critics have taken to the internet to labe

2、l the design of the torch reminiscent of a cheese grater.The triangular shape of the torch also symbolises the three times that London has staged the Games - 1908, 1948 and 2012. This is a special feat in Olympic history.The torch, which will carry the Olympic Flame to the London 2012 Games opening

3、ceremony, has been created by design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby.London 2012 chairman Lord Coe said: The torch that carries the Olympic Flame during the Olympic Torch Relay is one of the most recognisable and significant symbols of an Olympic Games.Members of the public right across the UK are

4、 busy nominating inspiring people to be torchbearers and I am thrilled we have a beautifully-designed, engineered and crafted torch for them to carry.”London 2012s Olympic torch relay will start on May 19 in Lands End and travel as far as the outer Hebrides.An average of 110 people a day will take c

5、entre stage by carrying the Olympic Flame on its journey around the UK before it arrives at the Olympic Stadium on July 27 for the lighting of the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony, signifying the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.London 2012 wants half of the 8,000 torch relay runners to be age

6、d between 12 and 24 and the rest to include people with a story of achievement or contribution to the local community. The public can nominate people for the role.Vocabulary:torchbearer: 火炬手duo: two persons commonly associated with each other; couple（搭档，一对表演者）Lands End: 英国最西南端的海角，也称康沃尔半岛兰兹角cauldron:

7、 奥运圣火盆伦敦近日公布了2012年夏季奥运会的金色火炬，届时将有八千名火炬手接力传递。2012年伦敦奥运圣火将在火炬内的三面锥体铝管内点燃，外层为花边网状结构，表面有八千个圆圈，代表八千名火炬手。但某些批评人士在网上指出，这款火炬的设计类似于一个“奶酪刨丝器”。火炬的三面锥形设计还象征着伦敦举办的三届奥运会，分别在1908年、1948年和2012年，堪称奥运历史上的辉煌成就。火炬设计者为爱德华巴伯和杰奥斯格毕。奥运火炬将把奥运圣火送到伦敦2012年奥运会开幕式。伦敦奥组委主席科尔勋爵说：“传递奥运圣火的火炬是奥运会最容易认出、也最重要的标志之一。”“全英很多民众都在积极提名卓越人士担任火炬手，我们制作出了设计美观、技术精湛、工艺精美的奥运火炬，对此我十分激动。”伦敦2012年奥运火炬传递将于明年5月19日在英国最西南端的“天涯海角”开始传递，沿途将经过远端的赫布里底群岛等地。火炬在英国各地传递的过程中，每天平均有110名火炬手接力传递奥运圣火。火炬将于明年7月27日抵达奥林匹克体育馆，届时开幕式上的奥运圣火盆将被点燃，这标志着2012年奥运会正式开始。2012年伦敦奥运会希望八千名火炬手中有一半人的年龄在12岁至24岁之间，其他火炬手将包括对当地社区做出成就和贡献的人士。公众可对奥运火炬手进行提名。