ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The last time this happened— that is, the last time a former Soviet republic fromCentral Asia bid to host an Olympics — the entirething was a joke. A lark. A laugh.
哈萨克斯坦阿拉木图——这样的事情上一次发生时——也就是上一次一个中亚的前苏联加盟共和国申办奥运会时——整件事就是个笑话、是场闹剧,人们一笑了之。
This was in 1992, when Tashkent, the capital ofUzbekistan, bid for the 2000 Summer Games. At thetime, Tashkent’s committee leaders readily admittedthat, should they win, they would need to build 24venues including a regulation-size swimming pool as well as a few other nagging items, likehotels, an airport and a hospital. Just one year after the fall of the Soviet Union, the people ofTashkent were fully aware that they were dreaming.
那是1992年,乌兹别克斯坦首都塔什干申请主办2000年夏季奥运会。当时,塔什干奥申委的主管们很快承认,一旦申请成功,他们需要建设24处场地,包括一个符合规定大小的游泳池和其他一些麻烦的设施,如几家酒店、一座机场和一家医院。当时距离苏联解体不过一年,塔什干人民完全明白,这是在做梦。
More than two decades later, however, the executives in charge of bringing the 2022 WinterOlympics here, to Kazakhstan’s former capital and current commercial hub, are far moreserious.
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