万花筒 2009-09-30&10-01 国庆盛典，安保第一

Beijing has planned every moment, every detail of Friday's celebration to mark 60 years of communist rule. And to ensure everything goes according to plan, a massive security force, similar in size to last year's Olympics has hit the streets.

"The way the government here celebrates is not so much by having a good time, but making sure that other people know that it's in charge."

Part of the crackdown patrols by heavily-armed soldiers and police. Cars coming into the capital are stopped and searched. On the subway, airport style screening obeyed. Residents have been ordered not to fly kites and balloons. And domestic pigeons have been grounded. And for those who live along the parade road where there have already been three late night rehearsals¹, orders to keep windows closed on the big day, not to stand on balconies. During the military procession, outgoing commercial flights will be suspended at Beijing Airport.

"The Chinese do it extraordinarily² well. When they mobilize, they mobilize on a scale that, I think, nobody else in the world can do. They are very, very, very good at it."

The focus of the celebrations will be Tiananmen Square, swarming³ with police and soldiers for weeks now. Despite all of that, just over a week ago, not far from here, two separate knife attacks left two people dead and a dozen wounded. Two men have since been arrested. And the government has banned all knife sales. It was a rare act of violence though in a city widely considered one of the safest in the world. The security clampdown extends all the way to Tibet with a temporary ban on foreign tourists. Riots erupted in the provincial⁴ capital last year with monks⁵ demanding greater freedom from Beijing. And social network sites like Facebook and Twitter remained blocked ensuring dissidents or protestors don't organize online. So the only party in town on Friday will be the communist party, just like it's been for the past 60 years.

John Vause, CNN, Beijing.

1 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

3 swarming   

密集( swarm的现在分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。
• The beach is swarming with bathers. 海滩满是海水浴的人。

4 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

5 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》