The last time London hosted the Olympics, in 1948, the athletes were housed in former military hospitals and prisoner-of-war camps, student halls and a bunch of tents in Richmond Park. This year the 17,000 athletes will find themselves in a fortified city. London’s huge Olympic Village is grossly misnamed. This is a chunk of serious city poking its head and shoulders above the low-lying brick terraces of east London and it will be the most significant element in the Games’ legacy.
倫敦上一次舉辦奧運會是在1948年，當時運動員入住的是以前的軍隊醫院、戰俘營、學生公寓以及在里士滿公園(Richmond Park)臨時搭建的帳篷。今年的奧運會，17000名運動員屆時看到的是一座戒備森嚴的城市。倫敦規模宏大的奧運村(Olympic Village)顯得「不倫不類」。異常莊重的成片新建城區在倫敦東區低矮的平頂磚房面前，顯得鶴立雞羣，將是奧運會留給倫敦市最有意義的一筆遺產。
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