但许多海外人士在奥运期间看到的却是中国打击异议并对往届奥运会街头庆祝活动的蔑视。

But what many outside China saw during the Olympics was a clampdown on dissent and a disdain even for the spontaneous street-party exuberance of previous games.

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令人惊讶的是，撒切尔夫人的一位亲密朋友说，撒切尔夫人早已料到在她死后会有这些侮辱和街头庆祝活动。

Surprisingly, a close friend of Lady Thatcher said she would have considered the insults and the street parties being organised to mark her death as a 'remarkable tribute'.

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这一消息使得卡扎菲的支持者涌上街头，进行了长达数小时的鸣枪和放烟火庆祝活动，同时司机们也在深夜喇叭长鸣。

That sent Gaddafi's loyalists into the streets for hours of celebratory gunfire and fireworks, while drivers honked their horns long after dark.

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