都灵冬奥会圣火在雅典坏天气里点燃

High Priestess Theodora Siarkou here on Sunday lighted the Olympic torch with a backup flame in an official lighting ceremony for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games%26#46;

Because of the overnight heavy rain and heavy clouds hovering the Ancient Olympia -- the birthplace of the Olympics, the backup flame, which were kindled with a concave steel mirror in a rehearsal on Saturday, were used to light the Olympic Flame%26#46;

Bad weather affected the ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Summer Games, and the past two Winter Olympics -- at Salt Lake City in 2002, and Nagano in 1998%26#46;

重点词汇

Priestess n%26#46; 女祭司

torch n%26#46; 火炬，火把

backup a%26#46; 后备的，备份的

rehearsal n%26#46; 预演，排演

concave a%26#46; 凹入的，凹面的

Nagano n%26#46; （日本城市）长野