第1740期：那年奥运，奥运那年。

作者：佛老

Translation: Fuolao

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那年奥运 That year of Olympia

奥运那年 That Olympic year

我住建外 I lived in Jianwai street

离秀水街不远 not far from the Xiushui market

那一年 That year

亦庄还没通地铁 Yizhuang did not have a metro line

房价不到三万 The home price was not yet 30,000

那年奥运 That year of Olympia

奥运那年 That Olympic year

汶川、北川、映秀、绵竹 Wen Chuan, Bei Chuan, Ying xiu, Mianzhu

两点二十八分 All the epicenters halted

一切都在那一刻停下 at 14:28

离开幕不到九十天 ’twas less than 90 days before the Games

那年奥运 That year of Olympia

奥运那年 That Olympic year

电视里24小时滚动着 Every TV channel broadcasted live

灾区的心碎 The victims wailing, quake-stricken

主持人念着念着稿子就哭了 The news anchors often read themselves into tears

亿万人都跟着抹眼泪 Millions wept along in front of the screens

守在电视机前 Heart-wrenching, donating, giving, deeply concerned, 24/7

那年奥运 That year of Olympia

奥运那年 That Olympic year

二十九个大脚印 The 29 giant footprints

走了那么多年 Strode along, what a long way

走过去那么多年了 Over so much suffering and pain

走远了，那么远 So many years have passed; gone in the wind.