Inspire a Generation has been revealed as the official motto for the London Olympics.
伦敦奥运会发布官方口号:激励一代人。
With the Games just 100 days away, the slogan was officially unveiled at a ceremony at Kew Gardens by London organising committee (LOCOG) chairman Lord Coe and chief executive Paul Deighton.
昨天是伦敦奥运会倒计时60天,在昨天于英国皇家植物园举办的倒计时仪式上,伦敦奥组委主席科欧和行政长官保罗·戴顿正式宣布了官方口号。
Coe said: 'I am delighted to announce the motto Inspire a Generation. It is everything we have been saying since we have started this extraordinary journey, not just since we got across the finish line in Singapore.
科欧主席:“我非常高兴地宣布2012伦敦奥运会的口号为激励一代人。这是我们一直以来的承诺,自申办奥运开始的承诺,不仅仅是从我们在新加坡获得2012奥运会举办资格开始。”
IOC president Jacques Rogge said expectations were high but he was confident that London would deliver. Rogge said: 'Organising the Olympics is a team effort and over the next hundred days, people from all walks of life and from all around the world will play their part in helping to make London 2012 a Games that will inspire a generation.”
国际奥委会主席罗格表示自己对此次奥运会期待很大,但相信伦敦奥运会一定会圆满成功。他表示:“组织奥运会是团队的努力,在接下来的100天里,世界每个角落各行各业的人们都会发挥自己的作用,让伦敦奥运会真正成为激励一代人的体育盛会。”
奥运会的口号体现了一届奥运会所传递的精神和主题思想,而伦敦奥运会的“激励一代人”也体现了当初他们在申办奥运时承诺。奥运会口号也可以说是东道主向世界传达的一种理念,来看看历年奥运会的精彩口号吧:
1984年美国洛杉矶 Play a Part in History 参与历史
1988年韩国汉城 Harmony and Progress 和谐、进步
1992年西班牙巴塞罗那 Friends for life 永远的朋友
1996年美国亚特兰大 The celebration of the century 世纪庆典
2000年澳大利亚悉尼 Share the spirit 分享奥林匹克精神
2004年希腊雅典 Welcome Home 欢迎回家
2008年中国北京 One World One Dream 同一个世界同一个梦想
传说史上最成功的奥运口号:2002年美国盐湖城冬奥会 Light the fire with in 点燃心中之火