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倫敦奧運火炬中途熄滅已用火炬網上拍賣
Olympic torch goes out after just three days in Britain

[ 2012-05-22 15:06]

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Relight my fire: Para-badminton star David Follett has his torch re-lit after the flames went out during his leg of the relay tour through Great Torrington, Devon(dailymail.co.uk)

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It's been going for just three days and 115 miles but the Olympic Torch Relay has already burnt out, organisers confirmed today.

Shortly before 10am the torch that was attached to the side of Para-badminton star David Follett's wheelchair went out during his leg of the relay in Great Torrington, Devon.

But just up the road in Hatherleigh, an extremely unofficial torch kept burning despite the wind.

Back in Great Torrington, a spokeswoman for LOCOG said: 'The flame went out due to a malfunctioning burner.

'It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons, for example, in extreme winds.

'A replacement torch was brought out from the convoy of vehicles and was lit from the mother flame.

'We keep the mother flame in specially designed miners' lanterns so if the flame does go out for some reason on the relay we relight it from the source of the flame,' the spokeswoman added.

The torch relay entered its third day today and will see dozens of unsung and hard-working individuals get their moment in the spotlight as they carry the torch from Exeter to Taunton.

However, some of the Olympic torchbearers have caused a stir after cashing in on their once-in-a-lifetime privilege by selling their torches on eBay.

Before the first day of the relay was completed, the gold torches appeared on the online auction site. A torch used during the relay on Saturday is currently attracting bids of more than ￡30,000.

The seller lists the item as: 'An amazing sporting souvenir, be one of the first to have one!' Other torchbearers have pledged to donate the proceeds from the sale to charity.

Sarah Milner Simonds, from Burnham-on-Sea, who is selling her torch to raise money for the project she represents, said she had received a bid of more than ￡150,000.

(Read by Emily Cheng. Emily Cheng is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

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倫敦奧組委今天證實，剛剛傳遞了3天、走過了115英里的奧運火炬傳遞中途熄滅。

當天的傳遞在英國德文郡的大托林頓進行。上午將近十點鐘，固定在英國輪椅羽毛球運動員大衛-弗利特輪椅一側的火炬就熄滅了。

但就在哈瑟利大道上，一個極其不正式的火炬卻在大風中熊熊燃燒。

讓我們把目光轉回大托林頓。倫敦奧組委的一位女發言人說：“火炬熄滅是由于燃燒器故障導致的。”

“火炬熄滅并非罕見，在極端大風的天氣等情況下都有可能發生。”

“工作人員從護送火炬的車上取了另一支替代火炬，而后用奧運火種點燃。

這位女發言人補充說：“我們把奧運火種保存在特制的‘礦工燈’火種罐里，因此當火炬因為某種原因在傳遞過程中熄滅時，我們就可以用奧運火種重新點燃。”

奧運火炬傳遞今天進入第三天，有數十名普通但勤勞的民眾會在今天成為媒體的焦點，把火炬從埃克塞特傳遞到陶頓。

但一些奧運火炬手在網上售賣他們的火炬，通過這一千載難逢的機遇賺錢，引發了爭議。

在火炬傳遞的第一天還沒結束時，就有金色火炬出現在拍賣網站上。上周六的一支傳遞過的火炬目前的報價超過三萬英鎊。

賣家描述稱：“這是一件令人驚嘆的體育紀念品，成為倫敦奧運火炬的第一批擁有者吧！”還有一些火炬手保證將出售所得用于慈善事業。

來自濱海伯納姆的莎拉-米爾納-西蒙德也在售賣火炬，并將把款項用于自己從事的慈善項目。她目前接到的最高報價已超過15萬英鎊。

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Vocabulary:

unsung: 未被詩歌贊頌的，埋沒的

cash in on: 趁機利用，賺錢

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