悉尼歌劇院投射賽馬廣告引發(fā)爭議

A government push to use the Sydney Opera House's sails to advertise a horse racing event over the wishes of the building's management sparked uproar among many Australians over the commercialization of an iconic landmark.

近日，澳大利亞政府不顧悉尼歌劇院管理層的意愿，力推用這一標志性建筑物的帆船外墻為一項賽馬比賽做廣告。對于這一將悉尼歌劇院商業(yè)化的舉動，澳大利亞民眾群情激憤。

The A$13 million Everest race, which boasts the world's biggest turf race prize, is due to take place in Sydney this week and organizers are pushing to promote it on the white wings of the Opera House.

總獎金額高達1300萬澳元、號稱“世界獎金最高草地賽”的“巔峰杯”將于本周在悉尼拉開帷幕，其主辦方正在力圖推動在悉尼歌劇院的白色外墻上對賽事進行宣傳。

Critics say the World Heritage site should be protected from commercialization.

批評人士稱這一世界遺產(chǎn)地應被保護，免遭商業(yè)化。

"Sydney's landmarks are not the playthings of those with money, they are ours and let's keep it that way," social activist Mike Woodcock wrote.

社會活動家麥克·伍德科克寫道：“悉尼的標志性建筑并非有錢人的玩物，而是屬于我們的，讓我們來使它們保持原樣。”

The Everest, which ran its inaugural race last year, is run over 1200 metres.

第一屆“巔峰杯”是在去年舉辦的，賽程達到1200米。

"The version that is going to be displayed is much toned down from what the government was first presented with," the Herald reported NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian as saying.

《先驅(qū)報》援引新南威爾士州州長Gladys Berejiklian的話稱：“對比政府最初提出的廣告版本，即將展示的新版本會低調(diào)得多。”