The torch relay is the curtain raiser for the Olympic games and is a very simple issue.

火炬传递是奥运会的序幕，是个很简单的问题。

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The India curtain raiser event proved to be a solid departure point for subsequent activities.

印度拉幕人活动成为以后活动的一个坚实的出发点。

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China seems to feel unusually bold before the Summer Olympics, seen here as a curtain raiser for the nation's ascent to pre-eminence in the world.

在夏季奥林匹克到来前，中国看来感到不同寻常的大胆，他们将此作为这个国家在世界上地位上什的窗口。

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As for the Junior Hurling, it was "a curtain-raiser because it was agreed there would be a curtain-raiser".

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The free concert on Thursday, which also acts as a curtain raiser to the new football season in the US, will see the band playing in Times Square and Giants' Stadium in New York.

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