LA DOUBLE VIE DE VERONIQUE 里面的主角有双重的生活。她的另一种生活是一个有心脏病但是一定要唱歌的女高音，在音乐的高峰中猝死。故事里最有意思的地方，是主角出远门去，在街上看到了自己的另一个生活。“两”个人隔着大巴的窗户，意外地对视了一下。这个故事告诉我们，一个人不管去干什么，出多远的门，都不过是在照镜子找自己。

THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING 里面的主角照到了好几个影子。一个影子去了美国过“轻”的生活。一个影子得了癌症，连面包圈都不想吃了，这是“重”的生活。他从瑞士回到布拉格，同事劝他不要走，说“非如此不可么？”他答说“非如此不可。”在轻和重之间纠缠，显然“轻”更不可承受。故事的结尾，他做了选择终结了“重”的影子，才能有了了断。坠落山崖的时候，轻重终于可以分离了。

中国的新闻真好，提醒我们说美国人又捣乱了。不提醒，我们还真不知道。

人民日报的娱乐版“环球时报”发的消息，说美国人说了，他们的运动员在北京奥运上要戴面具，因为怕空气污染。http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-07-22/225215979296.shtml   我很无聊，就去WALL STREET JOURNAL 上找到了这篇东西，贴在最下面。

北京的空气质量，我们如果在北京呆过一阵子，都心里有数。我曾经说过，奥运多金的秘诀，就是让外国运动员统统被熏死，中国人反正早适应了。当然，现在北京拼命整治空气，好像是不准备采纳我的建议了。不过，这种临时的环境治理，效果到底如何，难免让人不放心。如果有人坚持要戴口罩，可能很难有除了政治理由以外的理由来制止。

我不觉得北京的愤怒是完全没有道理。1984年的洛杉矶奥运，或者几十年前的伦敦和巴黎，空气也很差，但是美国人不大会戴口罩的。而且，中国的污染，并不完全是中国人的责任。美国人英国人往包括中国在内的世界各地倒垃圾排废气好多年了。

但是，看一下那条新浪新闻下面的相关链接
北京对付空气的绝招，就是停开汽车。奥运之后，那车能永远不开么？对奥运期间的空气质量，充满信心。奥运以后呢？空气质量预报精确到场馆，那居民住宅呢？北京空气“基本”不损害那些个来北京一两个礼拜的“运动员”的健康，那么长期住在北京的非运动员们，他们的健康。。。奥运之外的人，奥运之后的事，果然都不存在了。



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U.S. triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker has a decision to make at the opening ceremony of the Olympics next month in Beijing: Should he strap on a mask?

Chinese officials insist the notorious Beijing air will be cleaner by August, making such contraptions unnecessary. Concerned about the pollution, the U.S. Olympic Committee is distributing a high-tech mask, developed in secrecy, to its more than 600 Olympians. If athletes deploy it, they risk insulting the hosts. Then there's the geek factor.

"I probably will want to wear it," says the 26-year-old Mr. Shoemaker, who plans to have his mask on nearly all the time he's in Beijing when not competing. "Whether I will be allowed to is a different issue."

Though the practice is less common today, Chinese for years have worn masks to protect their lungs from the country's heavy dust and pollution. But foreigners wearing them during the Games this summer -- particularly at the opening ceremony broadcast to billions of television viewers around the world? That's a different matter.

Having foreigners cover their faces at the Olympics could mean a loss of face for the Chinese. "When you're walking around with a mask on, you're basically saying, 'You guys stink,'" says Scott Schnitzspahn, performance director of the U.S. triathlon team.

The details of the mask, which the U.S. Olympic Committee, or USOC, spent more than two years developing, remain hush-hush. That contrasts with the USOC's usual openness, typified by its willingness to share its training complex in Colorado Springs, Colo., with teams from around the world.

"Some of our strategies and equipment are, quite honestly, 'top secret,' and we are hesitant to lay all our cards on the table for our competitors to mimic," explained Randy Wilber, the USOC's sport physiologist who oversaw the mask project, in an email.

The issue is highly charged for Chinese officials, who say recent measures, such as limiting vehicular traffic and shutting down factories, will make the Beijing air more than suitable for Olympic competition next month. Over the weekend, Beijing enjoyed unusually clear weather, as the city entered the final stretch of its crash effort to clean up the skies.

"When people come to this environment and get acclimated, they'll see they won't need" a mask, says Jeff Ruffolo, senior adviser to the Beijing Olympic Committee.

Mr. Shoemaker remains unconvinced.

The poor air quality during other triathlons in China that he has competed in made his lungs feel like someone was standing on his chest, he says. So last fall, when he arrived at a triathlon outside Beijing, he opted for a mask.

Competitors teased him, telling him he looked ridiculous. Mr. Shoemaker himself worried about offending his Chinese hosts, who insisted there was nothing wrong with the air.

"I definitely got some comments, like, 'Come on, that's a little much,'" he says.

Still, he wore the surgeon-style mask for nearly his entire four days in China before and after competing. He took it off just seconds before his event. In the end, Mr. Shoemaker had the last laugh: He finished first among the Americans, by 12 seconds, qualifying him for the U.S. Olympic team now headed for Beijing.

"There is the uncool factor," says Mr. Schnitzspahn, the triathlon team official. "But it's not so uncool once you're on the team."

American athletes who have received the new USOC mask say they were instructed not to share details about it. Some have disclosed that it contains a carbon-filter insert and comes in different colors, including black and taupe.

The secrecy has irked some. "If we have something that will help these kids from developing bronchial problems, why not share that with the rest of the world?" says Frank Filiberto, the head doctor for the U.S. boxing team.

He saw firsthand the effects of the Beijing air on his boxers during a test event last November, he says. On a scheduled five-mile run one morning, the boxers were coughing. Five of the 11 boxers came down with bronchitis, and three required medical treatment, he says. The coaches decided to keep the boxers in their hotel for the rest of the week, where they trained in the hallways.

Many play down the need to wear masks, arguing that everyone will be coping with the same conditions. The International Olympic Committee has promised to postpone events should the pollution get too thick. Some point out that pollution fears before the 1984 Games in Los Angeles turned out to be unfounded.

"There's always somebody b------- about something," says former U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. "In Athens, athletes pulled out because they thought there were going to be terrorists -- they missed out."

At the moment, there is no stated policy on mask-wearing at the opening ceremony or during competition. Olympic officials believe it's up to the international federation of each sport to determine whether to allow masks during events.

The British Olympic Association has developed a mask that could actually be worn during competition, unlike the U.S. mask. Respro Ltd., a self-described maker of "urban survival equipment" in London, says it has supplied the British team with a device called the Sportsta. It is made of neoprene and features state-of-the-art valves.

This past spring, Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, took a stand on the issue -- sort of. "I recommend athletes not to wear masks because our experts say they are not efficient," Mr. Rogge said. "They can do whatever they want, but I'm telling them it's totally useless."

Matthew Reed, a member of the U.S. triathlon team, says that seeing Olympic athletes suffering from polluted air on the world stage might not be all bad: It could embarrass China into embracing stronger environmental measures. "It's just disgusting what they've done to that part of the world," says the 32-year-old Mr. Reed, who grew up in New Zealand.

At a soccer match last year in Beijing, foreign players on the sideline wore masks, prompting several Chinese fans to tell them they were insulting and unnecessary, according to an American Olympic official who witnessed the episode.

Kara Goucher, a runner on the U.S. Olympic track team who says she will likely wear a mask between events, knows what it's like to get stares. She started wearing a mask two months ago on flights to protect against catching a cold. "People ask if I'm sick and I have to be like 'No, I'm doing this to protect myself from you!'"

Tourists at the Games this summer will have to balance sensitivity to their Chinese hosts with how they feel about health and personal appearance. "It depends on how 'Michael Jackson' you want to get," says Scott Grody, chief operating officer of Fugazy International Travel/American Express, in Boca Raton, Fla.

But the big mask moment could well be the opening ceremony on Aug. 8.

Mr. Shoemaker, the triathlete who intends to wear his mask at the ceremony, says he might consider taking it off when TV cameras zoom in on the U.S. delegation.

For friends watching at home, he says, "I want to make sure they see the big smile on my face."

谢主席开掉了杜伊，报纸顺便捅出一件事，原来体育总局早就要求大家对外籍教练严防死守，搞不定就拿下（http://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2008-07-18/09043790811.shtml  看第三段）。我们知道，教练不行本来就该走人，这跟能力有关，跟国籍和奥运无关，也无须特别提醒，尤其用不着在奥运的动员会上专门提示大家开掉外教。可能是奥运当前，非我族类，其心必异。所以，女垒的美国教练、皮划艇的德国教练都得拿掉，这可都是八国联军的后代。

外教这些妖孽，也不知道是谁找来的，对付他们，还是需要跳大神、耍杂技、拆铁路、烧轮船。拿下外教，让中方一把手带队，政治上一定是可靠的，于是就不怕子弹了。

说他们是义和团，对团民是一种侮辱——团民不过是穷苦人，走投无路，拼了性命要讨一个公道，远没有体育官僚那么多龌龊下作的算计。不过“义和团”在中文网络上早成了贬义词，现在借用一下，大师兄二师兄红灯照在天有灵，不会怪我的。