PMTonyBlair&X39;sOlympicspeech
PMTonylair'Olympiceech英语演讲稿
TonyBlair:
(InFrench)
MrPresident,IOCmembers,distinguishedguests.IamsorryIcan’tbewithyouinperson.Myreoibilitya版权所有shostoftheG8summit,whichstartstoday,meaImustbebackintheUK.ItistheonlyreasonIamnotatyourhistoricseion.Iwas,however,honouredtomeetmanyofyouoverthelastfewdays,anddelightedtorenewoldfriendshi.
LastyearIwasprivilegedtoattendthesuperbOlympicGamesandParalympicGamesinAthe.Andproudtobeoneof20,000Brito,thelargestgroupofoverseasectators.Atheiiredme-andtaughtmemuchabouttheOlympicMovement.OurgoalistowitneitspowerinLondon.
(inEnglish)
ItisauniquehonourtoactasHostCity.Ialsounderstanditisanhonourwhichcomeswithagreatreoibility-andwhichrequiresthehighestlevelsofco-operationwiththeIOC.
Mypromisetoyouisthatwewillbeyourverybestpartners.Allofuswhohavemadeguaranteestoyouarereadytodeliveronthemnow.Onsecurity.Onfinance.Oneverysingleundertakingwehavegiven.IfyouawardLondontheGames,IpledgetoyoupersonallywewillcontinuetogivethehighestlevelofsuorttoSebCoeandKeithMillsastheyleadtheOrganisingCommittee,backedupbyourOlympicMinisterTeaJowell.
MyentireGovernment-andthemainOositionpartiestoo-areunitedbehindthisbid.Ithastotalpoliticalsuort.Itisthenation’sbid.Ithasexcitedpeoplethroughoutthecountry.Morethanthreemillionhavealreadyvolunteeredtheirsuort.Andthatsuortgoesbeyondourshorestoo.Wewerehonouredtoreceivetheendorsementofthemostiiringstatesmanofourage:NelsonMandela.Hesaidthis:`Ican’tthinkofabetterplacethanLondontoholdaneventthatunitestheworld.LondonwilliireyoungpeoplearoundtheworldandeurethattheOlympicGamesremainthedreamforfuturegeneratio’.
Thosewordsremindusthatasleaders,ingovernmentorort,wehaveadutytoreachbeyondourowntimeandborders.Tohaveavisionwhichservesthosewhocomeafterus.
Ourvisionistoseemilliomoreyoungpeople-inBritainandacrotheworld-participatinginort,andimprovingtheirlivesasaresultofthatparticipation.
AndLondonhasthepowerto