Even if we accept that the US exerted pressure to stop the Beijing bid, had it not been built up into something that would "save China," the result might have been shrugged off as it was in Britain when Manchester was similarly disappointed.
即便我們承認美國曾經對此施壓；如果辦奧運這件事沒有先被渲染成足以「救中國」，那麼結果可能只是像處境相同的英國曼徹斯特一樣，聳肩了事。