伦敦奥运前奏泰晤士河千帆竞过0602pdf汇总.docx

1、伦敦奥运前奏泰晤士河千帆竞过0602pdf汇总伦敦奥运前奏 -6月 3日泰晤士河千帆竞过 皇家钻禧大钟为女王登基 60周年钻禧大庆铸造的八个巨钟,已经准备就绪,将参加泰晤 士河千帆竞过活动。八座巨钟分别以英国王室高级成员的名字命名,最大的一个是伊莉萨白,其 它的还有飞利浦、查尔斯、安妮、安德鲁、爱德华、威廉和哈里。八座皇家大钟将被架设在一艘特别的钟船上面,沿途由八名皇家敲钟人负责 敲钟。仿古帆船仿都铎时代的帆船将参加千帆竞过的活动,重演亨利七世国王泰晤士河 上的荣景。仿古帆船因为高度无法通过泰晤士河上的桥梁,必须在停泊在船帆大道 (Avenue of Sail上。到时候, 获得邀请的宾客将登上

2、仿古帆船, 在上面欣赏 千帆竞过 的盛况。 残障人士2000年建成的帆船顽强号(Tenacious,设计成适合残障人士驾驶的 帆船。这艘船将从大西洋对岸航行 3,000多英里来到伦敦泰晤士河参加千帆 竞过活动。船舱上有适合残障人士使用的设备,随船医疗人员说,残障人士参与帆船 航行有益他们的身心健康。 康复之路在阿富汗战场上受过伤的退伍老兵也将乘窄船(narrowboat通过运河来伦 敦参加庆祝活动。沿途,他们将航行三个多星期,穿过运河上 200多个水闸,最终来到伦敦。 战场上受过伤的士兵表示,一路航行到伦敦最大的收获是观看泰晤士河千帆 竞过的活动,这对我们的体能是一项巨大挑战,但也是一条康复之

3、路。 乘客渡轮泰晤士河上常见的乘客渡轮也是航行船只之一,一共有 67艘观光渡轮参与 航行。各家观光渡轮的营运公司都对外售票,让游客也能参与难得的泰晤士河游船活 动。 私人游艇全国各地的游艇俱乐部一共推出 60艘私人游艇作为代表,共襄盛举。 航行的船队中,还包括了 140多艘军用船只。 皇家全国救生艇协会(RNLI也会派出救生艇参加活动。 格罗丽亚娜金碧辉煌的格罗丽亚娜号(Gloriana将近 90英尺长,是英国最大的人力 划的船。这艘皇家平底船是专门为英女王登基 60周年庆典建造的,用查尔斯王 子私人领地种植的栗树为材料。格罗丽亚娜号将带领船队航行在泰晤士河上,但女王和爱丁堡公爵将乘坐 另一艘

4、船只。 除了各種有動力的船隻之外,參加船隊河上游行的還包括 15艘人力劃的龍舟。 皇家平底船:查特韋爾精神號女王和愛丁堡公爵將乘坐皇家平底船:查特韋爾精神號 (The Royal Barge: The Spirit of Chartwell參與航行。他們將坐在金黃色的帳篷底下,威廉王 子夫婦和哈里王子也將一同乘坐這艘船。查特韋爾精神號將布置得富麗堂皇,古色古香,還用皇家公園裏種植的 花來裝飾。“欢天-蓝舵”号中国传统帆船令人极其遗憾的“欢天-蓝舵”号!这是一条中国传统帆船,原本要参加 女王登基六十周年钻石庆典-泰晤士河巡礼仪式的一条令人惊喜的帆船。泰晤士河千帆聚会是“欢天-蓝舵”号中国传统帆船

5、赴英参加的三项庆祝 活动内容第一项,但因载“欢天-蓝舵”号中国传统帆船德国 WILMA 货船在北非 苏伊士运河受堵,致使“欢天-蓝舵”号中国传统帆船迟于预期抵运泰晤士河,“欢天-蓝舵”号中国传统帆船未能赶上参加女王登基六十周年钻石庆典-泰晤士河巡礼仪式,但庆祝还在继续!伦敦奥运即将开始,满载中国文化符号 与祝福的“欢天-蓝舵”号中国传统帆船将展示古老东方的丰姿。 英国星期日电讯报遗憾地报道:因为苏伊士运河拥堵的原因,中国帆船未 能出席英女王登基钻石大庆的泰晤士河千帆聚会:Star of Thames Jubilee Pageant stuck in Suez CanalA Chinese ju

6、nk travelling all the way to Britain from Hong Kong to take part in this Sundays Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames will miss the event after it got held up in the Suez Canal, it has emerged.The organisers of the 1,000-boat flotilla had billed the Huan Tian as one of the highlights of the event,

7、as it will be the first authentic junk to appear on the Thames since the Great Exhibition of 1851.But in the middle of its epic voyage from China, it had to wait a week to pass through the Suez Canal because of what the events organisers described as a “major traffic jam”.The junk left Hong Kong on

8、April 28 and had been due to arrive in London this week after a month-long journey.But having cleared the Suez Canal only days ago, it is still in the Mediterranean and cannot make up time because the transport ship carrying it across the oceans only has a top speed of 18 knots.Michael Lockett, chie

9、f executive of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Foundation, said the junk was one of several boats that were not expected to make it in time, adding that the Huan Tians difficulties typified the monumental efforts being made by some of the participants to get to London from all over the world.The junk, wh

10、ich will now be on the Thames during the Olympics, would have been one of 105 vessels moored on either side of Tower Bridge as part of the Avenue of Sail, comprising vessels too big to fit under the 13 bridges on the Pageant route.Yesterday the Prince of Wales visited the static flotilla and boarded

11、 the royal barge Spirit of Chartwell, on which he will accompany the Queen on her journey down the Thames on Sunday.The Prince met craftsmen who have helped transform the passenger cruiser into a regal flagship, including Alan Lamb, who said he had barely seenhis wife since he started working on a g

12、ilded sculpture for its prow on Christmas Day.The Prince also visited the Belem, a three-masted barque from France, where the French ambassador Bernard Emie presented him with a gold commemorative medal for the Queen, adding that the French were “fascinated” by the Royal family.Meanwhile forecasters have warned that the River Pageant could be hit by rain.Met Office forecaster Ruth Steele said the outlook for London was “much cooler than we have experienced over the past couple of weeks and the rain is going to be pretty unpleasant”.