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《参考消息》2006年7月18日：北京奥运会赛事安排起争议
【英国《观察家报》7月16日报道】题：英国广播公司因奥运会一些赛事的“疯狂”开赛时间而战
BBC at war over 'mad' Olympic start times
Denis Campbell, sports news correspondent
Sunday July 16, 2006
The Observer
British sports fans will have to get up at 3am to see some of the biggest events at the next Olympic Games in Beijing because timings are being changed to s______① American television.
（1）Showpiece finals in swimming at the 2008 Games have been moved from their traditional evening slots to the morning to please US broadcaster NBC, which is a key sponsor of the Olympic movement. The finale of some athletics events, such as the men's 100m, the gymnastics and men's basketball tournament may also be moved for the same reason.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which runs the Olympics, has sparked a global row[1] with broadcasters in Europe and Asia, including the BBC, who accuse it of pandering[2] to American pressure and penalizing[3] audiences in the rest of the world. A senior BBC executive said: '_________________________________________. （如果游泳比赛的各项决赛像以往一样在北京时间的傍晚举行，那么英国人就能够在午餐时间前后观看这些决赛的直播。[注意虚拟语气的运用]）But the IOC seems to have agreed to NBC's request to the morning, which will force anyone who is keen to see them to get up at 3am, or stay up late. We will get low a_______②. People have to go to work, so they won't stay up.
The executive said that NBC had also asked for some other of the most g_______③ finals in the Olympic timetable - including track and field, gymnastics and basketball, all of which are popular in the US - to be switched. IOC president Jacques Rogge and senior colleagues are considering that request too.
（2）The BBC is in the forefront of angry broadcasters trying to get the decision reversed. It has asked the organisation British Swimming to lobby Fina, the sport world's governing body, to do what it can to b_______④ the IOC's plans, and it has asked two of Britain's three IOC members, Sir Craig Reedie and Sir Phil Craven, to use their influence.
A BBC spokesman said that the BBC was working with the European Broadcasting Union, which represents the continent's major broadcasters, and stressed EBU members' long-standing b_______⑤ for Olympic sports.
NOTES:
[1]row n.争吵；喧闹
[2]pander v. 迎合；拉皮条
[3]penalize v.处罚；置……于不利地位；为……设障碍
试一试：
1．根据首字母提示和译文，填入适当单词：
①to s______ American television（以适应美国电视台的需要）
②We will get low a_______（我们的收视率会很低）
③some other of the most g_______ finals（其它一些最精彩的比赛）
④to do what it can to b_______ the IOC's plans（尽一切力量阻止国际奥委会的计划）
⑤stressed EBU members' long-standing b_______ for Olympic sports（特别强调了欧洲广播联盟各成员对奥林匹克运动长期不懈的支持）
参考答案：
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①suit ②audiences ③glamorous ④block ⑤backing
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2．翻译划线部分英文：
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