As the architecture transmits the civilization and the progress of The Times, the architect plays a runner's role in the torch race of the evolution of the history.

但建筑在历史上传达着时代的文明和进步，从这一点看，在历史文明的接力长跑中，建筑师是火炬手。

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In 2008, I was the torch bearer for the Nagano leg of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games torch race and the flag bearer for the Japanese national team at the opening ceremony.

2008年，我在北京奥运会火炬接力活动的长野站中担任火炬手，并在北京奥运会开幕式上以旗手身份率领日本代表团入场；

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In the race of life each of us ought to try to hand on the torch of progress at the end of his stage.

在生活的赛跑中，我们每一个人在行程终结时都应努力将进步的火炬传给下一代。

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Nowadays Barack Obama is boxed in by a pincer movement of political correctness: his race on one flank, his squeaky-clean image as the torch-bearer of hope and change on the other.

BBC: Washington diary: Political humour