外国语学院2001级4班  谢强英

A welcoming sea, a white marble, a bright rhythm and an olive tree. All these ask for respect, modesty, purity and love from all over the world. The Hellenic dream will be forever engraved in many memories. As soon as the curtain came down in Athens, the Olympia's journey ends here, while the Great Wall's begins.

The Chinese will constantly cherish the 28th Olympics in mind, in which our team reeled in their best-ever haul of 32 gold medals, second only to the United States. Although we should admit medals alone do not justify China is a “sporting power”, the stunning harvest of medals in Athens is a result of a marvelous training system that has molded promising Chinese athletes into world champions; a system that has secured Chinese dominance in table tennis, diving and weightlifting but more importantly achieved a breakthrough in traditionally weak sports events like track-and field, tennis, boxing and swimming. Hardly could we dismiss Liu Xiang's vigorous dash from our mind; hardly could we disregard Guo Jingjing's elegance and excellence; hardly could we be untouched by women volleyball team's sunny smile and strong will…It is their outstanding performance that buoys national pride, stimulates the public enthusiasm for sports and guarantees China's pivotal position in the Olympics.

It is all known that the Olympics, as a magnificent meeting for extraordinary athletes around the world and a rare opportunity to publicize the country, have aroused increasingly considerable favor. Many countries are anxious to host the Games, including China. Although China still needs to exact continuous improvement to match its status as Olympics host, the growing popularity of sports at home, the thorough understanding of the values the Olympics represent and the incentive of the Chinese team's glory in Athens offer plenty of reasons to believe Beijing will be able to honor its pledge to host a successful Olympics in 2008. We need an Olympics to promote the “nationwide-body-building”, to make our citizens physically and mentally strong. We need an Olympics to deter people from materialistic desire and aim for fairness, friendship and harmony. We need an Olympics to completely strengthen our nation as we build our society into a moderately prosperous one.

With the unremitting development of the Olympics, China is facing the greater challenge in hosting the 2008 Olympics. As long as organizers and people adhere to the real values of the Olympics and beef up our endeavor to prepare, it should be no problem for China to present an exceptionally grand Olympic Games.