With this symbolic gesture, those "unforgettable, dream Games" came to an end, and the eyes of the world turned from GREece to China, where the Olympic Games will be held for the first time.

随着这一富有象征意义的举动，那届“难忘的，梦幻般的运动会”落下帷幕，全世界的目光从希腊转向中国，转向这个即将首次举办奥运会的国度。

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While China had the resources to cover any possible losses from the 2008 Games, Greece had to borrow heavily to stage the event in 2004.

虽然中国有资源足以支付2008年奥运衍伸的所有损失，但是希腊却借贷了庞大的费用才能在2004年举办这个活动。

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Alchemy was practiced in much of the ancient world, from China and India to Greece.

炼金术在古时候世界各国都曾出现过，从中国、印度到希腊都有。

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The book romps through history at a terrific rate: from ancient Greece through the Islamic empire of the 13th century, 15th-century China and Renaissance Europe to 20th-century America.

ECONOMIST: History of science

Rather, the idea of a relay from Greece to the Olympic venue was revived by the Nazis for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which is hardly a precedent China wants to advertise.

ECONOMIST: China and Myanmar