To my delight, I was being chosen from hundreds of applicants to attend the opening ceremony.

令我高兴的是，我从数百名申请者中脱颖而出，去参加开幕式。

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They flew there in order that they might be in time to attend the opening ceremony.

他们飞往那里以便能及时参加开幕典礼。

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They formally requested me to attend the opening ceremony.

他们正式邀请我出席开幕式。

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With each protest, the pressure mounts on Western leaders not to attend the opening ceremony for the games in August.

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America's George Bush and France's Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed they would attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Beijing .

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