With more than 200 gold medals to their name, China have become one of the dominant nations in the Olympics since their debut in 1984. In that time, Great Britain have never finished above them in the medal table. However, Team GB is above China with 19 gold medals as of Wednesday morning, two more than the Chinese on 17.
中國(guó)自1984年首次參加奧運(yùn)會(huì)以來，已斬獲200多枚金牌，成為奧運(yùn)會(huì)上的主要贏家之一。在此期間，英國(guó)從未在最終的獎(jiǎng)牌榜上取勝過。然而，周三上午英國(guó)隊(duì)已趕超中國(guó)，拿到19塊金牌，比中國(guó)的17塊金牌多了兩塊。

當(dāng)然截止發(fā)稿日期，數(shù)字已再次刷新，目前奧運(yùn)獎(jiǎng)牌榜是這樣的：

State news agency Xinhua vented its anger on Wednesday, saying: "No gold for CHN gymnasts, TeamChina have suffered the worst Olympic flop at Rio2016." The Sina website also criticised the gymnasts' performance: "Terrible! Chinese gymnastics team gets only two bronze, the worst result in history."
周三，中國(guó)官方新聞機(jī)構(gòu)新華社發(fā)泄了憤怒的情緒，說：“中國(guó)體操零金牌，中國(guó)隊(duì)在2016里約奧運(yùn)會(huì)上遭遇滑鐵盧，歷史最差?！毙吕司W(wǎng)也批評(píng)了體操隊(duì)的表現(xiàn)：“可怕！中國(guó)體操隊(duì)只獲兩銅，為史上最差成績(jī)?！保ㄒ陨暇淮聿糠置襟w意見）

Not all the media was so critical. Global Times described the Olympics as the most "relaxed games ever". The article continued: "Many media reports have explained this change in terms of the country's international standing, claiming that China has gained confidence to the point where it can discard its previous focus on medals. The time in which we relied on sports to show our strength or prove our reputation is over, particularly after 2008."
也不是所有的媒體都持批評(píng)態(tài)度?！董h(huán)球時(shí)報(bào)》就將本屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)評(píng)為“史上最輕松奧運(yùn)”，文章中繼續(xù)寫道：“許多新聞媒體都解釋了國(guó)際排名發(fā)生變化的原因，因?yàn)橹袊?guó)已足夠自信，可以丟棄從前緊盯獎(jiǎng)牌的態(tài)度。特別是2008年以后，我們依賴體育運(yùn)動(dòng)展示實(shí)力、提高聲譽(yù)的時(shí)代已一去不復(fù)返?！?/div>

Social media users, however, seemed more aggrieved by the slip in standards. According to one survey by state broadcaster CCTV, nearly half of the survey respondents say their chances at winning a gold have diminished because Olympic referees are making bad calls, or their athletes can't break through in other events. These opinions are fuelled by a sense that China is being picked on, or is at a disadvantage. Very few blame China's beloved athletes.
然而，社交媒體用戶們更為成績(jī)判定標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的偏頗感到受傷。根據(jù)國(guó)家廣播機(jī)構(gòu)CCTV的一份調(diào)查，近半數(shù)回應(yīng)者都說贏金牌的機(jī)會(huì)小了是因?yàn)閵W運(yùn)裁判總是誤判，或者說運(yùn)動(dòng)員們難以在其它項(xiàng)目中有所突破。讓這些言論愈演愈烈的是他們有種感覺——總有人挑中國(guó)的毛病或者中國(guó)總是吃虧。很少有人責(zé)備心愛的運(yùn)動(dòng)員們。

Some Chinese fans suggest there is too much emphasis on sports that western countries excel at, such as athletics, while the International Olympic Committee hasn't included sports that Asians are skilled in, such as Wushu martial arts.
有的中國(guó)觀眾提出建議，認(rèn)為奧運(yùn)會(huì)太重視西方國(guó)家的強(qiáng)項(xiàng)，如田徑；而國(guó)際奧委員卻沒有把亞洲人擅長(zhǎng)的運(yùn)動(dòng)加入到比賽項(xiàng)目中來，比如武術(shù)。

With a few days to go, could Britain retain their hold on second? How could the final table look?
比賽還有幾天就結(jié)束了，英國(guó)隊(duì)能不能保持住第二位的成績(jī)呢？最終的獎(jiǎng)牌榜會(huì)是什么樣的呢？

對(duì)此最終獎(jiǎng)牌數(shù)的排名，BBC做出了一個(gè)預(yù)測(cè)：

Great Britain and China will definitely add to their gold medal tally between now and the end of the Games. Simon Gleave, head of analysis at Gracenote, which produces a Virtual Medal Table for the Olympics, predicts a GB haul of 60 medals, with 22 golds. That is "unlikely" to be enough to beat China, reckoned Gleave, but he said the "gold medal race looks like it could be close".
當(dāng)然，英中兩國(guó)在比賽結(jié)束前一定都還會(huì)再拿到更多金牌。Gracenote的首席分析師西蒙·格利夫繪制了一幅奧運(yùn)會(huì)虛擬獎(jiǎng)牌榜，預(yù)計(jì)英國(guó)隊(duì)將拿到60枚獎(jiǎng)牌，其中包括22塊金牌。格利夫認(rèn)為，這樣是“不太可能”打敗中國(guó)的，但他說“兩國(guó)金牌數(shù)可能會(huì)非常接近”。

但是最終結(jié)果已經(jīng)不重要了，因?yàn)橥Ａ粼谶@一刻的英國(guó)人表示：我們超過了中國(guó)?。?！我們很強(qiáng)?。。?/p>

那么，問題來了，為什么這屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)上英國(guó)隊(duì)的成績(jī)會(huì)這么強(qiáng)呢？英語君總結(jié)了三條原因：

第一，“東道主紅利”。

這個(gè)很容易理解，如果一個(gè)國(guó)家是奧運(yùn)會(huì)舉辦國(guó)，那么它當(dāng)然希望自己的運(yùn)動(dòng)員在自己國(guó)家的運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)上取得最好成績(jī)。就像2008年北京奧運(yùn)會(huì)，我們拿到了51枚金牌，成為最大贏家。而2012年奧運(yùn)會(huì)在倫敦舉行，英國(guó)運(yùn)動(dòng)員們自然也就卯足了勁想多拿金牌，最終果然也29枚金牌的成績(jī)首次進(jìn)入前三強(qiáng)。雖然4年過去了，本屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)不在英國(guó)舉行，但英國(guó)的“東道主紅利”還在，因?yàn)闉榕e辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)修建的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)設(shè)施以及為拿金牌培養(yǎng)的運(yùn)動(dòng)員們還在發(fā)揮作用啊。

第二，“舉國(guó)體制”。

別看西方國(guó)家經(jīng)常用這個(gè)詞來抨擊社會(huì)主義國(guó)家，這種拿獎(jiǎng)牌的“不二法門”它們可一點(diǎn)也沒少用。1996年亞特蘭大奧運(yùn)會(huì)，英國(guó)僅收獲一枚金牌，一向把興趣看得比勝負(fù)重要的英國(guó)人也無法忍下去了。時(shí)任首相梅杰決定改革，不能讓恥辱重演。于是，英國(guó)體育協(xié)會(huì)網(wǎng)站上就出現(xiàn)了“每項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)我們都需要你”的口號(hào)，并開始為體育運(yùn)動(dòng)投入大量資金——可不是所有的體育運(yùn)動(dòng)哦，是能拿獎(jiǎng)牌的運(yùn)動(dòng)。哪項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)拿的獎(jiǎng)牌多，哪項(xiàng)運(yùn)到手的資金就多。比如自行車項(xiàng)目發(fā)展得好，就能從奧運(yùn)基金中撈一大筆金，而弱項(xiàng)的英國(guó)籃球卻拿不到什么錢。 你說論體育精神應(yīng)該“人人有份”吧，英國(guó)體協(xié)明確說了“資助是特權(quán)，不是權(quán)利”。

PS：據(jù)說這次他們的花費(fèi)是……3億英鎊……

第三，精神動(dòng)力。

這個(gè)不用多解釋了，當(dāng)我們中國(guó)人認(rèn)為已足夠自信，不再需要緊盯金牌榜爭(zhēng)榮譽(yù)的時(shí)候，剛剛脫歐又經(jīng)歷英鎊大跌的英國(guó)人現(xiàn)在非常需要從奧運(yùn)金牌榜上找自信。把運(yùn)動(dòng)當(dāng)興趣？NO!現(xiàn)在的英國(guó)吃瓜群眾們最感興趣的運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目就是能幫他們拿金牌的項(xiàng)目，比如原先幾乎一無所知的17世紀(jì)法國(guó)運(yùn)動(dòng)項(xiàng)目“盛裝舞步”。

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