5 Worst Things About the Rio Olympics So Far 直至目前里約奧運最嚴重的五個問題
It’s hard
to believe there was a time when we were ever concerned about the athletes who
wouldn’t be participating. Sure, selfishly we always want to watch the best of
the best strut their stuff on the biggest stage. Yet, when it comes to the Rio
Games, one has to think about the stakes now more than ever. This isn’t about
winning gold anymore, this is about something much more: one’s health.
難以相信居然有我們需要擔心有運動員們可能不參加奧運的一天，當然，自私的我們總是希望能夠看到箇中好手們在最大的舞台展現他們的本領，但是，我們現在談的是里約的比賽，人們要顧慮的風險遠遠大於過去，現在重要的不再是贏得金牌，現在有一個遠比其金牌更需要被重視的：人們的健康。
We
honestly believed that by the time the Games rolled around Brazil would’ve
gotten its act together. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. These 2016
Rio Olympics have become a liability; there really is no other way to put it.
In fact, we can’t remember the last time the Olympics were in this much
disarray leading up to the Games themselves. But here we are in 2016, and yes,
it is that bad.
原本我們真的相信隨著巴西準備的時間變長，問題會迎刃而解，然而，看來似乎不是如此，現在2016年裡約奧運變成一個責任，沒有其他方法可以解決這些問題了，事實上，我們可不記得之前有在賽事前夕製造這麼混亂的奧林匹克是什麼時候了，但是我們現在是2016年，而且沒錯，整個情況就是這麼糟。
No matter
how you look at it, there is a laundry list of issues surrounding the Rio
Games. If we chose to list them all, we’d be here for days — possibly weeks.
However, since we don’t have that much time, we thought it’d be best to keep
the list reasonable. With that, here’s a look at the five worst things about
the 2016 Rio Games so far.
不管你怎麼看這次奧運，現在里約奧運有著一長串的問題，如果我們要把這些問題全部都列出來，我們可能會花上好幾天（甚至是好幾個禮拜），然而，既然沒那麼多時間，我們就最好還是讓整個清單變得簡單明瞭，以下是目前里約奧運五項最糟的事：
1.
Russian doping scandal 俄羅斯禁藥醜聞
We’ve
seen doping scandals before, but nothing quite like the one that’s going on
with Russia, as a recent report outlined a massive
“state-sanctioned doping system” going on within the country. While the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided against fully banning the country from the Rio Games,
the fallout has been massive, with at least 85 Russians officially
barred from these Olympics because of doping.
我們都有看過禁藥醜聞，但是從來沒有發生過像現在俄羅斯這樣的事，近期一份報告指出該國家內有國家允許的禁藥系統，隨著國際奧林匹克委員會決定全面禁止俄羅斯參加里約奧運，後續影響非常巨大，有至少85名俄羅斯人因為禁藥而被正式的被禁止參加奧運。
2. Zika茲卡病毒
After
determining that the Zika virus can cause birth defects, it was hardly a
surprise when the World Health Organization declared it to be a global public
health emergency. Due to legit fears of this virus, many of the world’s top
athletes have pulled out of the Rio Olympics, while others have opted instead
to freeze their sperm ahead of the Games. Any way
you look at it, this virus has forced extra precautions to be made.
在確定茲卡病毒會在生育上造成影響之後，世界衛生組織將之稱為全球公共健康緊急事件不讓人意外，因為對於這個病毒的恐懼，有許多世界的頂尖運動員已經退出了里約奧運，其他人則是選擇在比賽前冷凍他們的精子，不管你怎麼看，這個病毒的的確確迫使人們要提前做出額外的預防措施。
3.
Olympic Village is uninhabitable奧運選手村難以居住
Although
many aspects of the Olympic Village are beautiful, the conditions of the dorms
is not one of them. In fact, due to electrical and plumbing problems, Australia’s
Olympic team leader Kitty Chiller is keeping the team out of the complex until the problems are fixed.
儘管奧林匹克的選手村在很多方面的很出色，但宿舍的品質卻不在其中之一，事實上，因為電力和水管問題，澳洲奧運代表團負責人 Kitty Chiller將不會讓選手住在那裡直到問題被改善。
“There
was a strong smell of gas in some apartments and there was ‘shorting’ in the
electrical wiring,” said Chiller. “We have been living in nearby hotels because
the village is simply not safe or ready.” If you ask us, the idea of things not
being “safe” or “ready,” sounds a whole lot like these Olympics in general.
「在某些公寓有很強的瓦斯味，而且還有電線外漏，」Chiller表示「我們將會住在附近的飯店，因為選手村沒有準備好也不夠安全。」如果你問我怎麼說，以「不安全」、「沒有準備好」來形容，就像這整個奧林匹克整體都還沒準備好。
4. No way
to “catch ’em all”不能夠玩寶可夢GO
For all
of the “real” problems associated with the Rio Games, it’s crazy to think that
one of the recent complaints would center around an actual game. Unfortunately,
that seems to be the case.
所有有關這次里約奧運的真正面臨的問題，最近居然有人的不滿是關於真正的遊戲，很不幸的，看來這是事實。
According to one Olympian, American diver Abby Johnston, the
worst part about Olympic Village is that there is no Pokémon GO — the
horror! Of course, we can’t be certain that this is an genuine complaint,
however, given how quickly this game has turned into an obsession, we wouldn’t
be surprised. The fact is, when you “gotta catch ’em all” you “gotta catch ’em
all.
根據美國跳水奧運選手艾碧該·強絲敦所言，奧運選手村最糟的地方是不能夠玩精靈寶可夢GO，嚇屎人了！當然，我們不能夠確定這是一個真心的抱怨，然而，以這個遊戲爆紅的速度來看，我們並不驚訝。而且事實是，當你開始玩這個遊戲，你就會拼命的想要收集到所有的神奇寶貝。
5. The
water is crap — literally水質髒的像是糞池（真的！）
Just when
we thought that the water at the Rio Games couldn’t get any worse, we learned
that it actually did — get worse. Per a report from the New York Times, recent tests have shown that the
water is “full of diarrhea-causing rotaviruses and drug-resistant ‘super
bacteria.'”
正當我們認為里約奧運的水不能再更糟了，我們了解到，真的可以在更糟，紐約時報的報告指出，近期測試指出水裡面充滿「會引起腹瀉的輪狀病毒和具有抗藥性『超級細菌』」。
“Foreign
athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick
from all those microorganisms,” local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker told the
Times. “It’s sad, but also worrisome.”
‘Super
bacteria’ and crap — yeah, good luck with that.
「國外運動選手真的會像是在人類的糞池裡游泳，而且他們將要冒著被這些微生物感染生病的風險，」當地的小兒科醫生Daniel Becker告訴紐約時報「這很悲哀，但也同時令人很不安。」
「超級病毒」和糞便…是的，祝你們好運。
