中國人用行動贏得了世界的尊重——賀奧運會圓滿閉幕

昨晚8點，按時坐在電視機前，按下錄像鍵，開始欣賞半天前就已在中國開始過的閉幕式。

要錄下來是因為當國內朋友先我們12小時觀看開幕式時我就不時電話詢問，他們的說法是不怎麽樣、就那麽回事。但待我自己看過後，感覺卻是非常棒，再跟國內朋友交流，發現雖然中國中央電視台占盡了地利，但由於導播的水平太菜，導致許多場景沒能用正確角度距離表現，所以很多人說後來看了許多照片都驚訝說這是我們才看過的同一個開幕式嗎？

好在我這裏錄了象，所以說好讓朋友幫我買一套國內版的，我這裏拷一套北美版的，以後交流看看區別。

與開幕式相比，閉幕式的場麵小了一些，技術性也低了一點，但這都不重要了，重要的是我們看到了這個中國首次主辦的世界體壇盛會是以“完美”告終的。

最讓我感動的是最後聽到主持人以發自內心的心悅誠服沉穩而真誠地說出的結束語，讓我不由淚水盈眶，因為我知道：中國用自己的每一舉每一動展示了中國人的品質和風采，展示了中華民族寶貴的向心力、凝聚力和創造力，展示了中華民族至高無上的民族自尊和自豪感，贏得了世界上許多人包括原來對中國偏見極深的人的尊重。

中國，我為你自豪，我為你驕傲！


Bob Costas的結束語：

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 the competitive drama, every Olympics provides a snapshot of a city and acountry at a point in time. This one was more compelling than most, sinceChina's rise and its ongoing transformation is the global story, not only of the moment, but likely of the foreseeable future. These Olympics were amilestone 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 relationswas 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 turnedout to be among the most memorable Olympics ever.One headline was anticipated before the Games began, and then verified here. For the firsttime 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 in1988. Many of China's triumphs went beyond excellence. Their perfection and precision, simply beautiful to behold. China is now a sports power with asophisticated 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 toptier 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 decidedby 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 medal podium, 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 stunningOpening Ceremony, so boldly conceived and brilliantly executed, that it seta 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 tospeak 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 thesecolleagues, 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.

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