A backup plan was successfully rehearsed yesterday to ensure that bad weather does not dampen the torch-lighting ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Games, today.
该报道中,torch-lighting 就是“火炬点火”或者“圣火采集”的意思,也可译成 flame-lighting。The torch-lighting ceremony of the Beijing Olympics就是“北京奥运会圣火采集仪式”。如果要表达“点燃火炬”的意思,可以用light the torch,light用作动词的时候,就是“点燃,变亮”的意思。