To the citizens of South Korea, however, the final count down has come to symbolize the 1986 Asian Summer Games and 1988 Summer Olympics. Throughout Seoul, its streets and buildings covered with a forest of signs publicizing these events, a sort of tense atmosphere prevails, one that seems to suggest that the Olympics are a test that South Korea cannot fail.
從漢城街頭到處林立的「倒數計日」牌，以及蠶室運動場軍人荷槍把關所透出的緊張氣息來看，奧運對韓國，確是一場只許成功、不許失敗的「考試」。