The game followed a colourful opening ceremony before a crowd of seventy-four thousand.

紧随一场精彩的开幕式，该比赛在7.4万名观众面前拉开了帷幕。

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Tens of thousands of people have been rehearsing for the opening ceremony in the new stadium.

数万人一直在新体育场里为开幕式进行排练。

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To my delight, I was being chosen from hundreds of applicants to attend the opening ceremony.

令我高兴的是，我从数百名申请者中脱颖而出，去参加开幕式。

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The ceremony honored the school's first full class of graduates since opening in two thousand five.

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There is relief in Beijing that no Western government has yet called for a boycott of the opening ceremony of the games, let alone of the event itself.

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