On August 8, several thousand students stayed in the summer vacation had watched the live broadcast of the magnificent opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and spent a terrific sleepless night.
We have been long expecting the opening ceremony. The screen besides our school gate is scrolling a slogan “One world, one dream” again and again. On the main road of our campus comes an eye-catching banner “Wish Beijing Olympics a complete success”.
Before 19:30 that night, students came to the dining hall and watched the TV in all attention, expecting and exciting. 50s, 40s, 30s, 20s, 10s, 9s, 8s…3s, 2s, 1s, we held our breath and waiting for the historic moment. When 20 o’clock stroke, the atmosphere came to a climax. We were clapping and cheering for quite a long time. Some were raising their arms, yelling; some were waving our national flags or their clothes; some were weeping joyful tears…
In the majestic national anthem we stood up with excitement and pride. Li Xiaobin, student of Automation in School of Information Science on the north Zhongshan Road campus, told the journalist, “This time my dream comes true. I have watched a pageant full of Chinese characteristics and cultural flavor, seen our nation’s resplendence and heard the inner voice of my compatriots, which is “My dream comes true”.
“Life, Beijing and Olympics, together with laughter and tears, will be cherished all through my life”, said Sang Ke, a student from Psychology Department of our university, “No weak nation can hold so grand a celebration. I am proud of our nation and of being a Chinese man.”
Students on Minhang campus were also excitingly cheering and clapping all the time. When Li Ning lighted the grand torch in the national stadium, the atmosphere there came to a climax, too. “We have been waited for the opening ceremony since 17 o’clock after our supper,” said Fan of Mathematics Department. “The opening ceremony is magnificent with Chinese characteristics. People all over the world can see a strong and prosperous China. It is a chance for China. And China holds this chance! When I saw them passing the torch there, I really wanted to join in and to make contribution to our nation,” said Zhang Fan of Tourism Department.
