今早，2016里约奥运会开幕了。你被这场低成本但热情、梦幻、具有南美风情的开幕式惊艳到了吗？那么这场盛会怎么用英文来描述呢？看看BBC和VOA的用语吧。
The 2016 Olympics have been formally opened with a colourful and pulsating ceremony at Rio's Maracana stadium.
pulsating 脉动的
The opening ceremony for Rio's Olympic Games got under way Friday evening with a roaring crowd of tens of thousands in Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium and a pop song expressing love for Brazil.
get under way 举办，进行
a roaring crowd 喧哗的人群
tens of thousands 成千上万（的人）
Broadcast to an estimated audience of three billion, it celebrated Brazil's history, culture and natural beauty, before former marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima lit the Olympic cauldron.
Olympic cauldron 奥运会主火炬
More than 200 Olympic teams participated, including the first team of refugees to band together and compete.
band together 联合起来
Fireworks and dozens of dancers set the show in motion with bright colors, shiny fabric and plenty of the passion for which Brazil is famous.
in motion 在开动中，在兴奋状态
Brazilian Grammy winner Gilberto Gil wrote the song "Aquele Abraco," that began the ceremony. Gil spent several yearsliving in exile in London when Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship. His song expresses love for his homeland, and specifically for Rio.
in exile 流亡
military dictatorship 军事独裁
Video screens around Maracana Stadium showed some of the lyrics, mostly in Portuguese, as fireworks went off and dancers clad in huge, multicolored wigs and red, yellow, white and orange outfits performed on the stadium floor.
clad 穿（衣）( clothe的过去式和过去分词)
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