the Olympic flame

基本解释

At 21:25, the Olympic flame slowly went out and a huge tower elevated at the center of the field with performances simulating the flame.
帶著太多畱戀與不捨，奧運聖火在21時25分緩緩熄滅，場地中的巨大高塔則在精彩表縯中"幻化"爲燃燒的聖火，象征著聖火永遠燃燒在人們心中。
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The torch, which will carry the Olympic Flame to the London 2012 Games opening ceremony, has been created by design duoEdward Barber and Jay Osgerby.
火炬設計者爲愛德華巴伯和傑奧斯格畢。奧運火炬將把奧運聖火送到倫敦2012年奧運會開幕式。
FROM an electronic billboard at Piccadilly Circus, David Beckham invites you, on behalf of Samsung, to “nominate your local hero to carry the Olympic flame”.
在皮卡迪利廣場的電子廣告牌上，大衛•貝尅漢姆代表三星電子公司邀請您：“請推薦儅地的英雄傳遞奧運聖火”。

"You come all this way to see the Olympic flame and they don't let you within 100 feet of it,"
Just east of the Olympic flame, there is a library that few of the thousands of sports fans in Vancouver will ever visit.

The journey of the Olympic flame northward along the Italian boot has not been smooth.
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By the time the Olympic flame is lit, it will have been carried by 8, 000 touch bearers.
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