The Flame 火焰

3)Is this the hope of the world in my hands 我手中的火焰是这世界的希望

I'll take this moment, to be all that I can 我将把握这一刻 尽我所能

4)Look to you to see the future 展望未来

Stronger and free 你将更加强壮 更加自由

Today we will show who we are 今天我们将展示我们的风采

We are the earth 我们就是地球

And we're together again 我们再次团结在一起

My friends, will you show us the way 我的朋友 你们愿意在这火焰的指引下

5)We travel on, guided by the flame 为我们指明前进的道路吗

The 6)fire within makes you 这火焰将使你最终达到你的目标
7)reach out to the goal

You 8)redefine 9)the best, 通过使灵魂伸展 你为最佳赋予了新的意义
by stretching the soul

A world 10)in need of inspiration 一个需要鼓舞的世界

And looks to you and me 正在注视着你和我

Today we will show who we are 今天我们将展示我们的风采

We are the earth 我们就是地球

And we're together again 我们再次团结在一起

My friends, will you show us the way 我的朋友 你们愿意在这火焰的指引下

5)We travel on, guided by the flame 为我们指明前进的道路吗

Since ancient times we've come together 自远古时代以来

in the light of the flame 我们就在这火焰的光芒下团结在一起

to stand for all the world to see 让全世界看到人们正在朝着伟大的目标迈进
people reaching out to greatness and all we can be

today we will show who we are 今天我们将展示我们的风采

we are the earth 我们就是地球

(together again )

today you will show who you are 今天我们将展示我们的风采

the best on earth, 我们是最强大的

and you bring the world together again 我的朋友 是你们让世界再次团结在一起

my friends, you have 11)shown us the way 你们为我们指明了道路

look to your heart 这火焰就在你们心中
you will find the flame


讲解：

1. 古典和现代奥运会简史 A brief introduction to the Ancient Olympic Games and Modern Olympic Games:
The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC and that's over 2700 years ago. At that time, the games had only one event, a sprint. The race was run by men who competed in the nude, which means naked. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece.
The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
But now Women are allowed to compete in the modern Olympic Games. The modern revival of the Olympic games is due in a large measure to the efforts of Pierre, baron de Coubertin, of France. They were held, appropriately enough, in Athens in 1896. And the IOC, the International Olympic Committee was held two years before that. And Olympic events for women made their first appearance in 1912. But the first meeting and the ones that followed at Paris (1900) and at St. Louis (1904) were hampered by poor organization and the absence of worldwide representation.
The first successful modern game was held at London in 1908; since then the games have been held in cities throughout the world.
A separate series of winter Olympic meets started in 1924 in France. Since 1994 the winter games have been held in even-numbered years in which the summer games are not contested. Until late in the 20th century, the modern Olympics were open only to amateurs, but the governing bodies of several sports now permit professionals to compete as well.

奥林匹克运动可以称得上是一个历史最为悠久的社会文化现象。奥林匹克运动的起源从有文字记载的历史可 以追溯到公元前776年。奥林匹克运动会简称“奥运会”，是由国际奥林匹克委员会主办的世界性综合运动会。奥林匹克运动会起源于古希腊，因举办地点在奥林匹克而得名。传说古代奥运会是由众神之王宙斯所创始 的。第1届古代奥运会于公元前776年举行，到公元394年共举行了293届。运动会每隔1417天即4年举行一届。直到罗马帝国统治整个希腊以后，奥运会在公元394年被废止。当时妇女是不准参加奥运会的，连做观众都不允许。但是随着近代体育的兴起，第一界现代奥林匹克运动会于1893年4月在雅典举行。国际奥林匹克委员会也于18 94年6月23日成立。而女性运动项目在1912年的第五界瑞典斯德哥尔摩奥运会上才正式开始进行比赛。
第二十八届雅典奥运会即将在8月13日开幕。奥运会又一次回到了它的故乡。

2.奥运圣火的来历 The history of the Olympic flame :
The tradition of the Olympic flame began during the ancient Olympic Games, over 2700 years ago in Greece. A flame was lit for each Olympics, every four years, and burned throughout the games. The flame symbolized the death and rebirth of Greek heroes. There was no torch relay in the ancient Olympics. The first torch relay occured at the 1936 games in Berlin, Germany.
2700 年前的古典奥运会上就有点燃奥运圣火的传统，来象征死去的和新生的希腊英雄，但是并没有圣火传递的仪式。现代奥运圣火于1936年在希腊奥林匹亚点燃,圣火表示古代和现代奥运会的持续性。Torch Relay 就是圣火传递的仪式。圣火象征着和平、正义、光明和友谊，同时也象征着青春和活力生生不息。在1936年的柏林奥运会上首次举行了圣火传递仪式。

3. Is this the hope of the world in my hands? 世界的希望在我手中。 这句话虽然是以问句的形式出现的，但是包含的意义是肯定的，相当于Isn't it the hope of the world in my hands? 明显是肯定的语气。

4.look to you to see the future, stronger and free 展望未来，你将更加强壮，更加自由。 这里的you 就代表了奥运会，作了拟人化的处理。奥运会的格言是： "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." 更快，更高，更强，这里就提到了这个stronger。

5. We travel on相当于we will go on. guided by the flame是这句话的状语。

6.the fire within 就是the fire inside us，再深一点理解就是the desire in our hearts，我们心中的理想和欲望。

7. reach out原意是伸出，向前伸， 比如：Reach out your hands. 伸出你的手。引申为追求，比如歌中唱到的reach out to the goal 追求你的目标。

8.redefine重新解释的意思，define是解释，re是一个构词前缀，表示重复的意义。如：reunite, repeat.

9.the best这里是一个名词词组，表示最好的一类事物。英语中这种用法很多，就是the 加上一个形容词表示一类事物，比如the blind 盲人，the rich有钱人，the poor穷人，the good好的东西，the bad不好的东西。

10. in need of 这个词组表示需要，a world in need of inspiration就是a world that needs inspiration，例如：The company is in great need of money. 那个公司急需大笔资金。

11.show someone the way 给某人指路，比如说，come on, I'll show you the way out. 来，我告诉你怎么出去，也就是说我来送你出去。 还有一个词组show someone around, 带某人参观某地，比如说：Peter is going to show me around the city. 彼得回带我游览全城。