100. Japan Olympic

The 2020 Summer Olympics May be Postponed About a Year

The 2020 Summer Olympics were originally slated to kick off in Japan's capital on July 24, but there has been mounting pressure for organizers to postpone or cancel the Games due to an ongoing pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organization warned Monday is "accelerating."

2020年东京奥运会原定于7月24日在日本首都东京开幕，但是世界卫生组织在本周一发出警示称，新冠肺炎仍在加速蔓延。随着疫情的发展，主办方的压力也与日俱增，或将推迟或取消奥运会的举办。

"I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100% agreement," Abe told reporters in Tokyo Tuesday, referring to Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee.

在周二，安倍晋三在东京对记者说：“我提议推迟大约一年，国际奥委会主席托马斯·巴赫表示完全同意。”

"The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present," the statement said. "Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020."

声明称：“双方一致认为，在当前的困难时期，东京奥运会可以成为世界的希望灯塔，奥林匹克圣火可能成为当今世界所处困境的曙光，因此奥林匹克圣火将继续保留在日本。双方还同意，本届赛事的名称依旧为‘东京2020年奥运会和残奥会’。”

The Summer Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world, typically bringing more than 10,000 athletes from around the world together every four years, The New York Times reports. It's extremely rare for the Summer or Winter Olympics to be postponed or canceled. Since 1896, when the modern Olympic Games began, it has happened only six times—and it usually requires a war.

据《纽约时报》报道，夏季奥运会是世界上规模最大的体育赛事，一般每四年举办一届，有来自世界各地的一万多名运动员参加。夏季或冬季奥运会被推迟或取消的情况极为罕见。自1896年现代奥运会开始以来，这种情况只发生过6次，而且通常发生在战争时期。

originally  原来

kick off  开始

postpone 延期

cancel  取消

flame  火焰

beacon 灯塔

Therefore 因此

athletes 运动员

extremely 极其