都灵冬奥会圣火在雅典坏天气里点燃_奥运资讯

high priestess theodora siarkou here on sunday lighted the olympic torch with a backup flame in an official lighting ceremony for the turin 2006 winter olympic games.

because of the overnight heavy rain and heavy clouds hovering the ancient olympia -- the birthplace of the olympics, the backup flame, which were kindled with a concave steel mirror in a rehearsal on saturday, were used to light the olympic flame.

bad weather affected the ceremony for the sydney 2000 summer games, and the past two winter olympics -- at salt lake city in 2002, and nagano in 1998.

重点词汇

priestess n. 女祭司

torch n. 火炬，火把

backup a. 后备的，备份的

rehearsal n. 预演，排演

concave a. 凹入的，凹面的

nagano n. （日本城市）长野