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In the wake of the Boston Marathon explosions, police and race directors around the world will face heightened pressure to tightensecurity at outdoor competitions that draw tens of thousands of spectators.


波士顿马拉松赛(Boston Marathon)爆炸案发生后,全球各地警方和赛事总监都将面临更大的压力,他们必须在吸引了成千上万观众的户外比赛上加强安保工作。



It won't be easy.


这不是一项容易的工作。



'It's a soft target, stretched out across 26 miles. It would be very difficult to secure,' said Jim Reese, a former U.S. Army Delta Force officer whose security firm, TigerSwan, is preparing a security plan for some Brazilian clients ahead of the 2014 soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.


前美国陆军"三角洲部队"(Delta Force)军官里斯(Jim Reese)说,这是一个软目标,延伸达26英里(约合42公里)。保障比赛的安全将很难。在将于2014年在里约热内卢举行的世界杯足球赛前,里斯的安保公司TigerSwan正在为一些巴西客户制定安保方案。



More urgent is the question of security at the London Marathon, which takes place this coming Sunday.


更加迫在眉睫的问题是伦敦马拉松赛(London Marathon)的安保问题。伦敦马拉松赛将于本周日举行。



'A security plan is in place for the London Marathon. We will be reviewing our security arrangements in partnership with London Marathon,' said Metropolitan Police Chief Superintendent Julia Pendry in a statement released on the London Marathon's Twitter account.


伦敦大都会警察局高级警督彭德里(Julia Pendry)在伦敦马拉松赛推特(Twitter)账户中发表的一份声明中说,伦敦马拉松赛的安保方案已制定完成,我们将与伦敦马拉松赛主办方一起评估安保安排。



London has experience handling security at a big sporting event: last year's summer Olympics. The Games were preceded by years of concern that the city, which has faced major terrorist incidents in the past, could be targeted. The Olympics went off with no major security incidents.


伦敦有保障大型体育赛事安全的经验:去年的夏季奥运会。伦敦奥运会之前,很多年人们都担心伦敦可能成为攻击目标,因为过去伦敦曾经历过多起严重恐怖袭击事件。伦敦奥运会顺利落幕,期间未发生任何重大安全事件。



Security at the Boston Marathon is considered tight by marathon standards, involving a heavy police presence that includes bomb-sniffing dogs. After the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., police securing the Boston Marathon posted officers with rifles on top of Hopkinton High School along the marathon route.


按照马拉松赛的标准衡量,波士顿马拉松赛的安保算严格的,有大批警察在场,还动用了搜爆犬。2001年纽约和华盛顿遭到恐怖袭击后,负责波士顿马拉松赛安保工作的警察部门在比赛途经的霍普金顿高中(Hopkinton High School)的楼顶上部署了带着步枪的警察。



But while fans arriving at arenas and stadiums can be