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英國脫歐脫到云淡風輕了,美國大選在米歇爾出來當攝政王后似乎也差不多定型了,本以為接下來會是一連串歲(無)月(聊)靜(透)好(頂)的日子,結(jié)果這時候又發(fā)現(xiàn)了另一個槽點金礦——那就是這周就要開幕的里約奧運啦。

由于巴西人熱(放)情(浪)奔(形)放(骸)的個性,里約奧運會一直各種未完工。好不容易在開幕前把奧運村建好了,運動員們以為萬事大吉了,結(jié)果住進去發(fā)現(xiàn)根本就還沒看到真顏色(奧運村有多遭?能把咱國寶級的運動員住崩潰了!)。

In May, two members of the Australian Paralympic sailing squad were robbed at gunpoint, Australia's Olympic team leader is urging Brazilian authorities to implement Olympic-scale security now in Rio de Janeiro "before an athlete gets hurt."
5月,澳大利亞殘奧會帆船隊的兩名隊員被人持槍搶劫了。澳大利亞奧運代表團的領(lǐng)導敦促巴西官方,要他們在有運動員受傷之前加強奧運期間里約的安保。

At gunpoint的意思是“在槍口下”。
Olympic-scale的意思是“奧運級別的”,它是相較于平時的normal scale而言的,所以這里翻譯成“奧運時的”。

于是,澳大利亞代表隊就這樣作為國際友人為主辦方拉動了灰色GDP,但還是要笑著自拍。

The head of Australia's delegation at the Rio Olympics says a laptop and team shirts were stolen from the team's accommodation at the athletes' village on Friday while the building was being evacuated because of a small fire.
澳大利亞代表團的領(lǐng)隊聲稱:周五時,當他們所在的奧運村宿舍樓因為一場小型火災(zāi)而被疏散的時候,一臺筆記本電腦和一些隊服被從他們所住的房間偷走了。

信息量好大,都不知道先吐槽哪里好了,是應(yīng)該說進門就失火呢?還是遠渡重洋被你偷呢?更神奇的是,巴西奧組委居然聲稱“電力供應(yīng)、漏水漏氣、馬桶堵塞等問題或為IS的蓄意破壞”。好不容易滲透進來了,居然只做點這種給人添堵的勾當?這意思是恐怖組織改走后現(xiàn)代主義了么?想把人煩死?

不過,好吧,咱們畢竟不是來度假的,比賽才是正經(jīng)事,為了這種4年一度的盛事,稍微體驗下生活也是可以的。

但是,后來發(fā)現(xiàn),似乎想比賽也成了種奢望。

Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.
根據(jù)由美聯(lián)社委任的一項長達16個月的研究,就在離奧運開幕還有幾天的現(xiàn)在,里約的水道依舊一如既往地骯臟,這些水道被未經(jīng)處理的生活污水污染著,這些污水里充滿了危險的病毒和細菌。

而且,更可怕的是,有時候還能在里面發(fā)現(xiàn)漂浮的尸體和人類殘肢:

那紅色的就是人類尸體,不要深究,故意找了張看不清的。

Olympic organisers had pledged that the pollution would be cleared up at Rio's Guanabara Bay but it has not proved to be the case.
奧運會主辦方承諾過會清理掉里約瓜納巴拉灣的污染,但事實證明并沒有。

大家可能會想:只要不跳到天然水體里就沒事吧?是的,運動員們也是這么想的。游泳不行,劃個帆船還是可以的。但是……

As if reports of sewage in the water in which the Olympic sailing competition will be held weren’t bad enough, the main ramp of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics sailing venue partially collapsed Saturday, a little over a week before it is to be used for competition.
似乎是覺得“即將用來舉辦奧運帆船賽的水體里有污水”這件事還不夠糟一樣,里約帆船賽場的主坡道的一部分在周六坍塌了,而離這個坡道被用來比賽已經(jīng)只有一個星期多一點了。

A little over a week可以換成a little more than a week。

于是,這就是我們發(fā)揚艱苦奮斗的優(yōu)良傳統(tǒng)的時候了。沒有設(shè)施,就裸著開賽吧!

但是好像這樣也不行,因為巴西人民開始上街抗議了。

Just days before the start of the 2016 Olympic games, Brazilians took to the streets of the country’s two largest cities Sunday for protests amid the deepest political crisis the country has faced in decades.
巴西正在面臨幾十年來最嚴重的一次政治危機,而就在2016年奧運會開賽前的幾天,巴西人周日在最大的兩個城市展開了街頭抗議。

Take to the streets for protests的意思是“到街上去抗議”,字面上的意思是“把抗議帶到街上去”。
形容一次危機的嚴重可以用deep,也可以用serious。

而且其中還有直接針對奧運的抗議。

于是吧,于是還真就沒有辦法了。不過既然來都來了,就當公費旅游唄,在里約玩玩Pokemon Go也是好的嘛。而且運動員們也的確是這么想的,可是就在大家覺得找到了新的階段性目標的時候……

Olympic athletes are complaining they can't play Pokémon Go and it's so sad.
奧運會運動員們抱怨不能玩Pokemon Go,這真是個悲傷的故事啊。

Rio was in trouble. Out of all the improvements they could’ve made to prepare the city for the Summer Olympics, or the care they could’ve put into ensuring that the Athletes’ Village met safety requirements, they still couldn’t get Pokémon Go available for competitors.
里約有麻煩了。它不光沒能為夏季奧運會建設(shè)好各種改善工程,也沒能投入足夠的精力來確保奧運村的安保,而現(xiàn)在又沒能為參賽者們提供Pokemon Go。

So yes, the city has a massive crime problem and the whole affair was just a horrible idea to begin with, but now athletes don’t even have the luxury of catching Pikachus in their downtime (if they can find a Pikachu anyway). This successful augmented reality app has been released in at least 28 countries so far, but not in Brazil. Thanks for that.
是的,這座城市有嚴重的犯罪問題,所以,“想在這里玩Pokemon Go”從一開始就是個餿主意,不過,現(xiàn)在運動員們即使想在閑暇時間去抓皮卡丘也沒法抓了(當然前提是他們真能找到一只皮卡丘);因為,雖然這個成功的增強現(xiàn)實游戲至今已經(jīng)在至少28個國家開放了,但這并不包括巴西。真是謝天謝地。

Have the luxury of doing sth.的意思是“有辦法做什么”。

It's a lonely job, being a Pokemon trainer at Rio's Olympic Park.
在里約奧運公園做個口袋妖怪訓練師是個孤獨的工作。
(一只精靈都看不到。)

Finally found PokemonGoApp on the Olympic Village.
終于在奧運村找到口袋妖怪了。
(萬念俱灰只能把吉祥物當口袋妖怪抓一抓了。)

所以,運動員們碰上的就是這種情況啦,進屋子就失火,進廁所沒水用,去逛街被搶劫,玩Pokemon Go發(fā)現(xiàn)連鳥都不理。welcome to Brazil.

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