奥运会徽的含义(三)

中国地质大学 万为东 供稿

Worldwide Harmony—the Emblem of the Twenty-Fourth Seoul Olympics“和谐世界”——第24 届汉城奥运会会徽

In 1988，Seoul witnessed the 24th Olympic Games with the theme of“Worldwide Harmony”.At the same time，the emblem of the Seoul Olympics was well-known for the sam-taeguk(三太极) pattern.The sam-taeguk pattern is made by three main colors which represent“the Sky，the Ground and the People”and is a traditional Korean pattern that often be used to represent Korean in the international situation.The emblem has two forms，centripetal (外旋) and centrifugal (内旋).The centrifugal motion represents the world’s boom while the centripetal motion stands for(代表) the gathering of worldwide people in Korean，thus symbolising(象征)worldwide harmony.

1988年汉城见证了以世界和谐为主题的第24 届奥运会。同时，汉城奥运会的会徽因为三太极的图案而为世人皆知。“三太极”是韩国的一种传统图案，经常用来在一些国际场合代表韩国的精神，构成三太极的三种颜色分别代表着“天、地、人”。会徽有内旋和外旋两种特征，外旋代表着世界的繁荣发展，而内旋则代表着世界人民齐聚汉城，从而突出了世界和谐这一理念。

Take Part in History—the Emblem of the Twenty-Third Los Angeles Olympics 参与历史——第23 届洛杉矶奥运会会徽

In 1984，with the theme of“Take Part in History”，Los Angeles hold a significance (重大意义的) Olympics the second time.In this year，in this Olympic playground，the Chinese team returned to the family of the Olympics after the former Los Angeles Olympics.The emblem of the Olympics is trying to encourage people to make greater history.The star is a symbol of the highest dream of the human.And the horizontal bars describe the pushfulness (冲劲) of the athletes pursuing the win，while the repetition(重复) of the star shape the spirit of equal competition between the outstanding sportsmen.

在1984年，洛杉矶城又举办了一届有重大意义的以“参与历史”为主题的奥运会。这一年，在洛杉矶的奥运场馆上，中国代表队自上一次洛杉矶奥运会后再度回归奥运会大家庭的怀抱。这届会徽意在鼓舞人们去创造更伟大的历史。会徽上的星星代表着人类的最高理想追求。而那些星星拖着的线条则描绘了运动员们争夺比赛胜利的冲劲。而重复的几颗星星则塑造了奥运会在同样出色的运动员间公平决胜的精神。