时差N小时:眼见不一定为实

　　People say that seeing is believing-really? Take forexample the opening ceremony of the BeijingOlympic Games.

　　人们总说“眼见为实”，真是这样吗?举例而言，北京奥运会的开幕式……。

　　It went beyond the pale for organizers to fake a songbefore a live audience of 91,000 inside the "Bird'sNest" National Stadium, with billions also watching athome.

　　组织者们出格了——他们当着9.1万名现场观众和数十亿电视观众的面，在开幕式现场 “鸟巢”国家体育场让演唱者假唱。

　　Lin Miaoke, a cute nine-year-old girl, sang "Ode to the Motherland" in an angelic voice. Two dayslater, the Chinese media broke the news that Lin Miaoke had lip-synched the song, which was infact sung by a different girl, who is not as cute in appearance.

　　可爱的9岁女孩林妙可用天使般的声音唱了《歌唱祖国》这首歌。两天后，中国媒体爆料，林妙可当时是假唱——演唱者另有其人——只是那个女孩在外形上不如不如林妙可可爱。

　　It is unthinkable that Chen Qigang, general music director of the opening ceremony, couldlet such a thing happen in the first place. Maybe the pressure was too strong to let him stickto his principles. "The reason was for national interests," Chen said. "The child on stage shouldbe flawless in image, internal feeling and expression," Chen added.

　　对开幕式音乐总监陈其钢来说，让这样的事情发生在第一时间，这是不可想象的。也许是压力太大的缘故，让他无法坚持自己的原则。 “原因就是国家利益，”陈先生说， “舞台上的孩子应在形象上、内心感情和表达上完美无瑕。”陈补充道。

　　It is unacceptable, even immoral, to cheat an audience for whatever reason. The Olympicsare about fair competition and sportsmanship. That's why the International OlympicCommittee has been strictly enforcing its anti-doping program.

　　无论出于何种原因而欺骗观众都是不可接受的，甚至是不道德的。奥运会是公平竞争和体育道德的代名词。这就是为什么国际奥委会一直严格执行反兴奋剂计划。

　　Doping is defined as the use of a performance-enhancing substance by athletes incompetition. By extension, the use of somebody else's voice other than one's own is also anact of performance enhancing. It makes a travesty of the Olympic spirit.

　　兴奋剂是运动员在比赛中所使用的可以增强体力的药物。广而言之，使用别人的嗓音是另一种形式的兴奋剂。它是对奥林匹克精神的嘲弄。