开！幕！了！
今晚8点，第24届冬奥会开幕式在中国国家体育场鸟巢举行，
无注释原文：
Opening Ceremonies are underway as the Games begin
The Washington Post
Olympic athletes from around the globe are gathered at Beijing’s National Stadium for the Opening Ceremonies, which formally mark the start of the 2022 Winter Games. Speedskater Brittany Bowe and curler John Shuster are expected to serve as flagbearers for the United States, leading the American athletes in the Parade of Nations, which is underway. Like many other details of the spectacle, the identity of the person who will light the Olympic cauldron remains a secret. Follow along for live updates from the Games.
The Opening Ceremonies are only expected to last about 100 minutes, a significantly shorter time frame than previous iterations.
The event is expected to include a few thousand performers, but not as many as the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, when 15,000 performed. There is a sizable crowd of spectators inside the stadium.
Some Olympic events are already underway, including women’s ice hockey, where the U.S. recorded a victory over Finland on Thursday but lost Brianna Decker to an injury that will sideline her for the remainder of the Games. The U.S. figure skaters, meantime, are in first place after the first day of the team competition.
How is the parade of nations order determined?
Athletes from 91 countries will walk into National Stadium as part of the parade of nations during the Opening Ceremonies. The order is determined in alphabetical order of the host nation’s language, with a few exceptions.
Greece, the originators of the Olympics, always walks in first. The host country, this time China, always walks in last. The penultimate country to walk at these Games is Italy, because it will host the Winter Games in 2026.
Nearly 3,000 athletes are competing in these Winter Olympics, competing in more than 100 events across 15 sports.
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注：中文文本为机器翻译仅供参考，并非一一对应
含注释全文：
Opening Ceremonies are underway as the Games begin
The Washington Post
Olympic athletes from around the globe are gathered at Beijing’s National Stadium for the Opening Ceremonies, which formally mark the start of the 2022 Winter Games. Speedskater Brittany Bowe and curler John Shuster are expected to serve as flagbearers for the United States, leading the American athletes in the Parade of Nations, which is underway. Like many other details of the spectacle, the identity of the person who will light the Olympic cauldron remains a secret. Follow along for live updates from the Games.
来自全球各地的奥林匹克运动员齐聚在北京的国家体育场参加开幕式，这正式标志着2022年冬季奥运会的开始。速滑运动员布列塔尼·博尔（Brittany Bowe）和冰壶运动员约翰·舒斯特（John Shuster）预计将担任美国的旗手，带领美国运动员入场（目前运动员入场式正在进行）。与其他许多细节一样，点燃奥林扑克主火炬的人的身份仍然保密。请关注奥运会的现场更新。
underway
表示“正在进行的；正在发生的”，英文解释为“If something is underway, it is happening now.”举个🌰：
Economic recovery is already underway.
经济已开始复苏了。
curler
curler /ˈkɝː.lɚ/ 表示“卷发夹”，英文解释为“a small plastic tube that you twist hair around to make it curl” 此处显然不是这个含义。
📍curling表示“冰壶，冰上溜石游戏（将重石片滑向一目标）”，英文解释为“a game played on ice, in which players slide heavy flat stones towards a mark”，此处curler指的是人，冰壶运动员。
spectacle
spectacle /ˈspɛktəkəl/ 表示“壮观场面；壮观景象”，英文解释为“a public event or show that is exciting to watch; an exciting appearance”举个🌰：
The carnival was a magnificent spectacle.
嘉年华场面十分壮观。
the Olympic cauldron
表示“奥运会主火炬”，cauldron /ˈkɑːl.drən/
📍The Olympic Cauldron is the structure that is lit by the Olympic Torch at the end of the torch relay and opening ceremony of that particular Olympiad. Its design is up to the discretion of the host country's Olympic committee and often looks quite a bit different than a traditional cauldron.
The Opening Ceremonies are only expected to last about 100 minutes, a significantly shorter time frame than previous iterations.
开幕式预计只持续约100分钟，比以前的开幕式时间明显缩短。
time frame
表示“（安排进行某活动的）时间框架，时间范围”，英文解释为“a period of days, weeks, months, etc. within which an activity is intended to happen”举个🌰：
Have you set a time frame for completing the job?
你给这项工作定完成时限了吗？
iteration
1）表示“反复（通常为了作出改善而重复做某事）”，英文解释为“the process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it, or one of the times you do it”如：the repetition and iteration that goes on in designing something 在设计某物时的重复与反复修改。
2）表示“迭代，叠代（数学里若干次使用一个数学法则得出的量）”，英文解释为“an amount that you get when you use a mathematical rule several times”。
The event is expected to include a few thousand performers, but not as many as the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, when 15,000 performed. There is a sizable crowd of spectators inside the stadium.
该活动预计将包括几千名表演者，但没有2008年北京夏季奥运会时那么多，当时有15000人表演。体育场内有不少观众。
sizeable/sizable
表示“相当大的”，英文解释为“fairly large”，如：a sizeable amount of money 数目可观的一笔钱，举个🌰：
Part-time students make up a sizeable proportion of the college population.
非全日制学生在大学生总人数中占了很大的比例。
spectator
表示“（尤指体育赛事的）观众”，英文解释为“a person who watches an activity, especially a sports event, without taking part”。
Some Olympic events are already underway, including women’s ice hockey, where the U.S. recorded a victory over Finland on Thursday but lost Brianna Decker to an injury that will sideline her for the remainder of the Games. The U.S. figure skaters, meantime, are in first place after the first day of the team competition.
部分奥运赛事已经开始，包括女子冰球，美国队周四战胜了芬兰队，但布里安娜·德克尔（Brianna Decker）受伤，将无缘接下来的奥运会比赛。同时，美国花样滑冰运动员在第一天的团体赛后排名第一。
ice hockey
表示“冰球运动”，英文解释为“a game played on ice between two teams of players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a puck (= a small, hard disc) into the other team's goal”
sideline
作动词，表示“使退出比赛，使停止参赛”，英文解释为“If a sports player is sidelined they are prevented from playing or competing, and can only watch.”举个🌰：
He has been sidelined through injury.
他因伤退出了比赛。
figure skater
figure skater表示“花样滑冰运动员”，figure skating示“花样滑冰”，英文解释为“a type of skating that involves circular patterns and often includes jumps”。
How is the parade of nations order determined? 运动员入场式国家顺序是如何确定的？
Athletes from 91 countries will walk into National Stadium as part of the parade of nations during the Opening Ceremonies. The order is determined in alphabetical order of the host nation’s language, with a few exceptions.
来自91个国家和地区的运动员将在开幕式上组成入场队列走进国家体育馆。顺序是按照主办国语言的笔画顺序确定的，但有几个例外。
parade
表示“（庆祝）游行”，英文解释为“a large number of people walking or in vehicles, all going in the same direction, usually as part of a public celebration of something”如：a victory parade 胜利游行。
alphabetical
alphabetical /ˌæl.fəˈbet̬.ɪ.kəl/ 表示“按字母排序的”，英文解释为“arranged in the same order as the letters of the alphabet”如：an alphabetical list 按字母顺序排列的名单。
Greece, the originators of the Olympics, always walks in first. The host country, this time China, always walks in last. The penultimate country to walk at these Games is Italy, because it will host the Winter Games in 2026.
希腊是奥运会的发源地，总是第一个入场。东道国，这次是中国，总是走在最后。在这届奥运会上，倒数第二个入场的国家是意大利，因为它将在2026年举办冬季奥运会。
penultimate
penultimate /penˈʌltɪmət/表示“倒数第二的”，英文解释为“The penultimate thing in a series of things is the second to the last.”举个🌰：
He won gold on the penultimate day of the contest.
他在大赛的倒数第二天赢得了金牌。
Nearly 3,000 athletes are competing in these Winter Olympics, competing in more than 100 events across 15 sports.
近3000名运动员参加这些冬季奥运会，在15个项目的100多个项目中竞争。
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