GUANABARA

A more serious failure was Guanabara Bay , which has been perhaps the biggest target of criticism because of its high levels of pollution .

更严重的问题在于瓜纳巴拉湾，那里水质污染严重，可能是最受诟病的一个地方。

The Guanabara Bay basin takes in sewage from more than half of the 12m people living in Rio de Janeiro 's greater metropolitan area .

里约热内卢大都市区1200万居民逾一半人产生的污水，都排入瓜纳巴拉湾。

There is also the chronic pollution in the city 's Guanabara Bay and its main lagoon , which will be used for water sports , including sailing and rowing .

在里约热内卢市的瓜纳巴拉湾及其环礁湖，长期以来存在着污染。那里将举行包括帆船和赛艇在内的水上项目比赛。

Olympic organisers had pledged that the pollution would be cleared up at Rio 's Guanabara Bay but it has not proved to be the case .

奥运会主办方承诺过会清理掉里约瓜纳巴拉湾的污染，但事实证明并没有。

This month the vessel that will come to define early 21st-century trade between Latin America and Asia arrived in Guanabara Bay , the picturesque harbour of Rio de Janeiro .

本月，一艘将勾画出21世纪初拉丁美洲与亚洲之间贸易轮廓的轮船，抵达了美轮美奂的里约热内卢港口瓜纳巴拉湾。

Even some venues with higher levels of human waste , like Guanabara Bay , present only minimal risk because athletes sailing or windsurfing in them will have limited contact with potential contamination , they add .

他们还说，即便是人体排泄物含量较高的场地，比如瓜纳巴拉湾，对在那里参加帆船和帆板赛事的运动员构成的威胁也微乎其微，因为他们和潜在污染物的接触十分有限。

If a host city has a problem of Olympian proportions , such as that of the pollution in Guanabara Bay , then it is unlikely to be fixed just by holding the games .

如果主办城市存在一个极大的问题（比如瓜纳巴拉湾的污染问题），仅仅通过举办奥运会是不大可能解决这个问题的。

RIO DE JANEIRO - The brothers Dan and Anthony Rigney of Australia attended the Olympic weight lifting competition on Sunday and were not exactly mortified that the sport is more polluted than Guanabara Bay .

里约热内卢——澳大利亚的丹和安东尼•里格尼（DanandAnthonyRigney）兄弟去看了周日的奥运举重比赛。对于这个项目的受污染情况比瓜纳巴拉湾更甚这一点，他们并不觉得难堪。

Romario Monteiro , 45 , a second-generation fisherman who has spent a lifetime plying Guanabara Bay , recalls when the waters were crystalline and the fish were plentiful .

现年45岁的第二代渔民罗马里奥•蒙泰罗（RomarioMonteiro）在瓜纳巴拉湾打了一辈子的鱼。他很怀念那个水质清澈、鱼也很多的年代。

Despite the government 's promises seven years ago to stem the waste that fouls Rio 's expansive Guanabara Bay and the city 's fabled ocean beaches , officials acknowledge that their efforts to treat raw sewage and scoop up household garbage have fallen far short .

里约广阔的瓜纳巴拉湾及其久负盛名的海滩深受污染之害。尽管政府7年前就承诺要杜绝污染物的排放，但官员们承认，他们在处理未经净化的污水、清理生活垃圾方面做得远远不够。