Games Countries Play

摘要

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London involved weeks of celebrating and emphasising Britishness. It's not just the Brits that were sold on the Olympic dream. One American - my wife, a proud New Yorker - was enraptured by the performances of Mo Farah, a Somali-born longdistance runner who competed for the United Kingdom. That expats can become enthusiastic about national sport is understandable, but the level of national pride witnessed this summer, which began with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee flag-waving jamboree, sits uncomfortably with the traditional British reserve.