我们当地的报纸是这么说的:
The Chinese have worked, buildings built and security secured in the lead-up to the 2008 Olympics. But something seems to have happened on the way to the arena:They forgot the fun.
.....Organizers of the Sydney 2000 Games hired street musicians and jugglers to perform outside venues , and invited those without tickets to picnic beside huge outdoor Olympic viewing screens.
Many of the best things about Beijing, the little corners , the characters, the outdoor cafe tables are being nibbled away by omnipresent police and neighbourhood snoops in security overdrive.
你们当地这报纸挺有水平的,跟在北京混的那批外媒记者比