央視國際 www.cctv.com 2006年06月14日 00:58 來源:
13日,在韓國隊2-1戰勝多哥隊之後,超過100萬的韓國人走上街頭,打著鼓,跳著舞,慶祝國家隊的首場勝利。
在比賽開始前四個小時,首爾市中心的街道就被大約36萬趕來參加狂歡活動的民眾堵得水泄不通。韓國著名的流行歌星現場獻唱,最後,韓國人用一場盛大的焰火慶祝勝利。
為世界盃而瘋狂的韓國甚至破例允許囚犯比平時晚一點睡覺以收看韓國隊的世界盃比賽。
鏈結:http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-worldkoreacrowds_picture&prov=reuters&type=lgns
原文:World-South Koreans take to street for massive party
World-South Koreans take to street for massive party
SEOUL, June 13 (Reuters) - More than a million South Koreans took to the streets on Tuesday to dance, bang drums and cheer their team to a 2-1 win over Togo in their first World Cup game.
About 360,000 South Koreans jammed the streets of downtown Seoul, near City Hall, for a party that started four hours before the match with a concert of the country's top pop music stars and ended with fireworks to celebrate the victory.
Crowds dressed in the national team colour of red gathered to watch the game on big screen TVs at stadiums, squares in big cities, ports at remote islands and a horse race track.
"This is a great party. I'll be here for the next match," said fan Lee Yoo-mi, an office worker who watched the game in downtown Seoul.
Many in the country are hoping for a repeat of 2002 when co-hosts South Korea went to the semi-finals.
"We are going to the next round after we beat France and Switzerland," said fan Jung Joo-hyung in Seoul.
Hundreds of thousands of the supporters, dubbed the Red Devils, wore plastic red horns equipped with lights, creating a sea of red dots that swayed with the emotion of the game.
South Korea even gave its prisoners a break by allowing them to stay up later then usual and watch the game at correctional facilities across the country.
Universities in Seoul set up big screen TVs so students could put down their books and watch the game on campus.
An hour after the game, people were still dancing in the streets of Seoul, shouting out cheers in support of their team in Germany.
"I am so excited. I watched the game in a bar in Seoul with my friends. Everyone got free alcohol, said Laura Pohl, 30-year old photographer. (With additional reporting by Kim So-young and Oh Jung-hwa)
作者-北京外國語大學 英語 柳瀚
責編:盧爽