57歲老漢穿越世界:從中國到倫敦 圓奧運夢想(下)

So was the journey worth it?

所以這趟環球之旅真的值得嗎？

"London is especially beautiful," he says. "People are very friendly. They always show warmth towards me. "When I go back to China I want to tell them how civilized the English are."

“倫敦特別的漂亮。”陳冠明說。“人們都非常的友好。他們對我非常的友好。”“我回到中國，一定告訴人們英國人是多麼的文明有禮。”

Opening ceremony ambition

最終目標是奧運會開幕式

He wants to carry on spreading his message of peace and environmental protection, he says. "I'm a big fan of Olympic Games," he says with typical understatement. "I wanted to come here because I wanted the whole world to support the Olympics and be part of it."

他說，他希望能夠繼續傳遞和平和環境保護的理念。“我非常熱愛奧運會。”陳冠明用慣有的語氣說。“我之所以來這兒是因爲我希望全世界的人們都能支持奧運會，也能積極參與奧運會。”

Ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games he led a personal crusade against littering, encouraging people to respect their environment. To achieve this, he cycled to Beijing from his village, Erchen, in 2001 when China's bid was successful.

早在2008年奧運會之前，陳冠明就進行過反亂丟廢物的遊行 ，他鼓勵人們保護他們所居住的環境。爲了達成目標，2001年，在中國申奧成功後，陳冠明從他的村子出發，騎車到達北京。

He says he went through 1,764 cities, covering more than 90,000km. For three months he collected litter around Beijing and the Olympic Park. He litter picked everything from cigarette butts to plastic bottles and was rewarded for his voluntary work by the authorities with a seat at the closing ceremony.

他說他途經1764個城市，跨越了90,000公里的土地。他在奧林匹克公園義務撿垃圾長達三個月。他義務拾撿垃圾，從菸頭到塑料瓶，地上的所有垃圾他都拾起。後來，他的義務工作得到了官方的表揚和獎勵，在北京奧運會閉幕式上，他被安排坐在前排觀看。

Now, he wants to be in the opening ceremony to round off his Olympic journey.

現在，他希望能夠親臨倫敦奧運會開幕式現場使自己的奧運之旅圓滿結束。

Asking Mr Chen if he thinks it will be "difficult" to take part in the ceremony on Friday seems crass given the scale of his achievement in coming this far. And with his indomitable spirit, who's to say he won't achieve it?

考慮到一路走來他爲奧運會所付出的一切努力，如果這個時候再去問陳冠明週五去現場觀看奧運會開幕式是否很“困難”，那就顯得太傻了。憑着他這種不屈不撓的精神，誰還會說他不能圓夢呢？