All kidding aside, these aren't small matters for a host country. Team GB spent nearly $500 million the past four years to produce a home-soil surge that is typical for the Olympics. The Wall Street Journal projected the Brits would come away with 22 golds and 66 overall, and like most prognosticators had Team GB finishing fourth behind the U.S., China and Russia in the medal standings. (Beating the Germans is still very big around here.)

玩笑归玩笑，这些事对一个东道主国家确实非同小可。过去四年，英国队投入了近5亿美元，目的就是想在本国举办的奥运会上实现奖牌数的答大幅增长。以往奥运会的主办国一般也都是如此。《华尔街日报》曾预测本届奥运会英国会获得22枚金牌，66块奖牌，像许多其他预测者一样，《华尔街日报》认为英国将在奖牌榜上排名第四，前三位分别是美国、中国和俄罗斯。（重要的是打败德国）

With two golds and nine medals overall, the Brits have left themselves plenty of work. Cyclist Mark Cavendish has come up empty. Swimmer Rebecca Adlington won a bronze instead of an expected gold in her first race. This wasn't the way it was supposed to go.

英国目前只获得两块金牌，奖牌总数是九块，因此英国接下来的任务很艰巨。自行车选手卡文迪什(Mark Cavendish)已经空手而归。游泳选手阿德林顿(Rebecca Adlington)在第一场比赛中摘金的希望也落空了，仅获得了铜牌。这些都在意料之外。

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