五里河爆破拆除 中国足球福地转眼化为废墟
[ 2007-02-13 17:11 ]
2月12日下午,曾经见证了中国男子足球队世界杯出线的标志性建筑——沈阳五里河体育场被爆破拆除,中国足球少有的一段辉煌历史在一片尘土飞扬中变得模糊不清。伴随着一声轰隆巨响,五里河体育场在6.6秒后化为一片废墟,结束了18个年头的存在使命。在五里河体育场成为历史后,沈阳将新建一个奥林匹克中心,新建成后的奥体中心仍叫“五里河”。
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Smoke billows out from the demolition site of the Wulihe Stadium in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, February 12, 2007. The dated stadium, where China got its first ticket to men's World Cup finals after defeating Oman in 2001, will be replaced with shopping centers. A new stadium is scheduled to be built at another site in the city for soccer matches of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. [Newsphoto] |
Feb 12th witnesses theimplosionof Shengyang Wulihe Stadium in just 6.6 seconds, where Chinese soccer team has ever qualified for the Soccer World Cup,leadingweb portalsina.com reported yesterday.
China's soccer team won 1-0 in a match againstOmanthatadvancedthem to the Korea-Japan World Cup finals at this Stadium in the past four decades. Since then, Chinese soccer fans view the stadium as a place of good luck for the team and Chinese soccer.
Even though the local Soccer Fans Association did not receive authorization to organize any large-scale activity, a large number of people gathered nearby taking photos and videos of the demolition.
Security guards were stationed every five or six meters around the perimeter to maintain order as the destruction of the stadium is a sensitive issue for many fans.
(Agencies)
Vocabulary:
implosion:内爆拆除
web portal:门户网站
Oman:阿曼队
advance:出线
(英语点津陈蓓编辑)
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