The Water Cube

Under a sky ablaze with fireworks, more than 600 drummers decked out in brilliant red filled the square between the Water Cube and Bird's Nest stadiums in Beijing last week to welcome leaders to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting.

焰火照亮的夜空之下，600多名身着鲜红服装的鼓手填满了水立方和鸟巢之间的广场。这是上周在北京举行的亚太经合组织（Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation）峰会欢迎各国领导人的仪式。

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I am honored to introduce The Water Cube to you.

我很高兴向大家介绍水立方。

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An underground ice skating rink will be built under the South Square of the Water Cube, and is set to open to the public in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to plans.

按照规划，水立方南广场将新建地下冰场，将于2017年第四季度对外开放。

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The crafty-designed Bird's Nest and the clear crystal Water Cube have been open to the public for test;

构思巧妙的鸟巢，晶莹剔透的水立方已经拖入测试性使用；

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National Aquatics Center, also known as the" Water Cube", is one of the2008 Beijing Olympic Games'landmark buildings.

国家游泳中心又称“水立方”，是2008年北京奥运会游泳、跳水和花样游泳的比赛场馆。

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People can see the inner structure of Water Cube from its semitransparent "wall".

透过“水分子”，水立方的钢架结构隐约可见。

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The Water Cube is set to make a splash for the2008 Olympics.

北京水立方势必在2008年奥运会引起轰动。

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No one in the Water Cube who witnessed the race knew who had won.

当时在水立方游泳馆观看比赛的人都不知道究竟是谁赢得了比赛。

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The National Aquatics Center, better known as the Water Cube, will be transformed into an ice arena for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Beijing Times reported on Monday.

据《新京报》本周一报道，国家游泳中心--更多地被称为“水立方”--将被改造成2022年冬奥会冰上运动场。

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The Water Cube pool is close to10 feet deep.

水立方大概深10英尺，比过去的泳池深3英尺。

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Tong Lei, who was standing beside Yao, said: "I hope to get tickets for the Water Cube, so I can see the Chinese divers become Olympic champions."

站在姚身边的童磊说：“我希望能买到水立方的门票，这样就可以看到中国的潜水运动员变成奥林匹克冠军的过程。”

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Then we visited "The Bird Nest" and "The Water Cube". The opening ceremony of the2008 Olympics and the swimming competitions would be held in these two stadiums respectively.

之后，我们还去了“鸟巢”和“水立方”，奥运会的开幕式和游泳比赛将在这里举行。

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Serbia immediately filed a protest once the results were shown on the Water Cube scoreboard.

水立方赛场的赛况显示牌上显示比赛结果后，塞尔维亚立即提出抗议。

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What a pity if not visit the nest and water cube when you come to Bejing!

来北京不看鸟巢，不看水立方，那就是遗憾！

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We wore our volunteer press credentials around our neck and were granted access to a fenced-off area across the street from the dragon-head and very near the Water Cube and Bird's Nest.

我们将志愿者证挂在脖子上，之后被允许进入同龙头建筑物仅隔一条街的一个用栅栏围起来的地方，这个地方非常接近水立方和鸟巢。

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Lisbeth Trickett who won the women's100-meter butterfly gold medal on Monday, are quick to praise the Water Cube.

她在星期一的女子100米蝶泳上赢得了金牌，她对水立方就是非常的称赞。

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The Water Cube is the main venue for aquatic events like swimming, diving, water polo, and synchronized swimming.

“水立方”是奥运会游泳、跳水、水球和花样游泳的比赛场地。

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The Bird's Nest and the Water Cube are world-astounding masterpieces, but how many Beijing citizens have jogged in the former or swum in the letter since the Beijing Olympics closed?

我们要指出，即使惊世之作的「鸟巢」和「水立方」，奥运过后，有多少北京市民曾到「鸟巢」跑步、到过「水立方」游泳？

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In the distance, beyond the Water Cube is the Bird's Nest for the29th Beijing Olympic Games.

在远处，水立方的那一边，是第29届北京奥运会的场馆鸟巢。

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Simply put, the effect is that the Water Cube looks like an enormous cube-shaped bundle of bubbles.

简单来说，水立方看起来就像无数个泡泡所组成的巨大立方体。

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Last year's gala was held at the Water Cube in Beijing.

去年的晚会是在北京水立方举办的。

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China expects to make a clean sweep in the Water Cube at home land.

中国跳水队希望在水立方包揽所有金牌。

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Yang Qiyong, general manager of the National Aquatics Center, said "After the revamp, the Water Cube will be capable of hosting the world's top curling events, as well as figure skating and short track speed skating events."

国家游泳中心总经理杨其勇表示；“改造完成后的水立方将具备承办世界顶级冰壶赛事、花滑赛事、短道速滑赛事的能力。”

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The magnificent bird nest and the magic water cube are so enchanting. I finally got a chance to visit them.

雄伟壮观的鸟巢和魔幻世界般的水立方是多么令人神往啊，这次我终于有机会看看了！

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The Beijing National Aquatics Center ( the Water Cube), is an aquaticscenter that was built alongside Beijing National Stadium ( the "Bird's Nest") in the Olympic Green for the swimming competitions of the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is one of the landmark buildings in Beijing.

国家游泳中心（“水立方”）位于北京奥林匹克公园内，是北京为2008年夏季奥运会修建的主游泳馆，也是2008年北京奥运会标志性建筑物之一。

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In2008, in Beijing, the water cube, he succeeded!

在2008，在北京，在水立方，他成功了！

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We call the national aquatic center "the water cube".

我们把国家游泳中心叫做“水立方”。

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I ran Paoa, went to the Water Cube, at this time, the Chinese team about to start the game.

我跑啊跑，跑到了水立方，这时，中国队的比赛正要开始了。

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One of the new buildings being constructed for the Beijing Olympics is the "Water Cube" or the National Swimming Center.

为北京奥运会所建的新建筑之一是“水立方”，也就是国家游泳中心。

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Built for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics' swimming and diving events, the Water Cube will host curling events during the 2022 Winter Olympics and wheelchair curling events during the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.

为2008年北京夏季奥运会的游泳、跳水赛事而修建的水立方将在2022年冬奥会期间举办冰壶赛事，在2022年冬残奥会期间举办轮椅冰壶赛事。

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