美国白宫发言人佩里诺在本周四表示，美国总统布什不会取消出席今夏北京奥运会的计划。布什还表示，奥运会应该属于运动员，不该是政治性的。上个月中旬，布什在接受英国广播公司专访时曾表示，他不会利用奥运会公开谈论政治问题。

George W. Bush

U.S. President George W. Bush is not to cancel his attendance at the Beijing Olympics this summer, said the White House here on Thursday.

"The president's position about the Olympics has been that this is not a political event but a chance for athletes to compete at the top of their class, " said presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino, asked whether the president would rethink his plans to go to this summer's Olympics after the recent riot in Tibet.

She added that Bush's position is "that this should be about the athletes and not necessarily about politics."

Bush agreed to go to the Olympics during a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Australia last September during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

A month ago, Bush told the BBC in an interview that he would attend the Beijing Olympics as scheduled. "I'm going to the Olympics. I view the Olympics as a sporting event," he said.

(Xinhua)

Vocabulary:

riot: 暴动，骚乱

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum: 亚太经合组织会议

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