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Paris wants to make the Seine swimmable for the Olympics and the public
巴黎希望让塞纳河成为奥运会和公众可以游泳的地方
For decades, the Seine was the smelly companion of the City of Lights. Declared biologically dead in the 1960s, the river only ever appeared to awaken when floods threatened to spill brown mud water onto the Parisian cobblestone sidewalks. Advances in wastewater treatment have helped. But swimming has been officially banned since 1923. More than two-thirds of all French have a negative perception of the river.
几十年来，塞纳河一直是这座“光之城”的臭味伴侣。这条河在20世纪60年代被宣布在生物学上已经死亡，直到洪水将棕色的泥水溅到巴黎的鹅卵石人行道上时，它才似乎苏醒过来。废水处理技术的进步对此有所帮助。但自1923年以来，游泳已被正式禁止。超过三分之二的法国人对这条河持负面看法。
And yet when French officials unveiled their ambitions for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris this month, the Seine was treated like a resurrected national monument, “the most beautiful avenue of the capital” and a place of “unlimited possibilities.” In a break from tradition, the Opening Ceremonies won’t take place in a stadium. Instead, Olympic athletes and officials will float down the river, waving from more than 160 boats, as an estimated 600,000 spectators watch from stands and streets between the Austerlitz bridge and the Eiffel Tower.
然而，当法国官员本月公布了他们在巴黎举办2024年夏季奥运会的雄心时，塞纳河被视为一座恢复使用的国家纪念碑，“首都最美丽的大道”和一个“无限可能”的地方。打破传统的是，开幕式不会在体育场举行，取而代之的是，奥运运动员和官员们将在160多艘游船上向观众挥手致意，大约有60万观众在奥斯特里茨大桥和埃菲尔铁塔之间的看台和街道上观看。
In the following weeks, some athletes may not just float on the Seine, but also in it. The river is expected to accommodate the Olympic open water marathons and the triathlons. Once the athletes are gone, officials want to open the river to everyone. According to this vision, the Olympics would celebrate a turnaround in the river’s fortunes that has been decades in the making. But getting there will still require a final sprint. Authorities estimate more than $1 billion will be needed before people can safely follow.
在接下来的几周里，一些运动员可能不仅会在塞纳河上漂流，还会在塞纳河里漂流。这条河有望容纳奥运会露天水上马拉松赛和铁人三项赛。一旦运动员离开，官员们希望这条河流对所有人开放。根据这一设想，奥运会将庆祝这条河流数十年来的命运转机。但要达到这个目标仍需要最后的冲刺。当局估计，在人们安全跟进之前，需要筹集超过10亿美元的资金。
