4月 05 2009
Daily Quote: dark side of the moon
G20伦敦峰会在伦敦东郊的ExCel会议中心举行。这里是原来的伦敦港口码头(Dockland)，已经离伦敦市中心很远了，周围也很荒凉。《卫报》记者Simon Hoggart 在他的文章中把这个地方形容为 dark side of the moon – 无人居住，不见天日。
This summit took place on the dark side of the moon.
We…were ushered into a series of buses, swept past driverless trains, deserted roundabouts, abandoned building sites, empty docks, with not a single human being visible except for groups of police, holding back nobody.
《泰晤士报》记者 Ann Treneman (她和 Simon Hoggart 一样，正职都是“议会写生员” – parliament stretch writer，专门描写议会活动的) 没有直接写会议中心周围的景物，而是说：
The best way to explain the ExCel centre is to imagine a giant tin can on its side. We could not see out, which, given the view, may not have been such a bad thing.
举行多边首脑峰会时，选择偏远、交通不便的会址，然后在离会场很远的地方就设立警戒线，挡住示威者，已经成为主办方惯用的手段。
