奥运奖牌入住伦敦塔 尊享英国宝待遇

　　英国的伦敦塔由卫兵把守，这里保管着英国的皇家御宝。日前，伦敦奥运会与残奥会奖牌，也被锁入塔内。

　　The prized Olympic and Paralympic medals are now under lock and key at the Tower of London, where the crown jewels are kept under armed guard.

　　人们再想看到这些令人梦寐以求的奖牌，就要等到本届奥运会颁奖的时候了。

　　The next time the coveted gold, silver and bronze prizes will be seen in public is when they are draped around the necks of the winning athletes at the London 2012 Games.

　　伦敦奥运会一共设有4,700枚奖牌，它们分别将出现在30个多个奥运赛场，805个颁奖典礼中。

　　A total of 4,700 medals are to be awarded in 805 victory ceremonies that will take place in more than 30 London 2012 venues.

　　男子与女子10米气手枪的奖牌获得者将有幸成为批在赛场见到奖牌的运动员。

　　The winners of the men's and women's 10m air pistol should be the first athletes to receive their medals.

　　伦敦奥组委主席塞巴斯蒂安•科与伦敦奥运奖牌原料提供公司力拓集团董事长杜力石一同将奖牌送入保险库。

　　The medals were taken down to the vaults by London 2012 chairman Lord Coe and Jan du Plessis, chairman of mining company Rio Tinto, which is in charge of mining the precious metals for the medals.

　　塞巴斯蒂安曾两次夺得奥运1500米赛跑，他说，“奥运奖牌、残奥会奖牌对运动员来说，象征了他们无数次辛苦训练抵达运动顶峰的经历。”

　　Coe, who is a two-time Olympic 1500m gold medallist, said: "For an athlete, winning an Olympic or Paralympic medal represents the conclusion of thousands of hours of training and reaching the highest level in sport.

　　英国奥运大臣休•罗伯逊说：“对努力拼搏的运动员而言，奖牌和‘帝国皇冠’一样珍贵，将它们存放在这个标志性建筑里是再恰当不过的了。”

　　Olympics minister Hugh Robertson noted: "To the athletes competing to win these medals they are as precious as the crown jewels, so it is fitting that they should be stored for safe keeping in the same iconic location."

　　现场举行了一个特别的交接仪式，来自科林伍德号的皇家海军陆战队管乐队奏乐致敬。

　　A special handover ceremony was held, during which a fanfare by the trumpeters of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Collingwood hailed the medals' arrival.

　　伦敦塔的皇家近卫军仪仗卫士与150名伦敦东区的儿童参加了仪式。

　　The Tower's famous Yeoman Warders and 150 children from east London schools were also in attendance.