In a last-ditch attempt for Games glory, Australia's tabloid media have tried different tactics to boost the nation's sporting achievements - including creating a new country "AusZealand".
为了竭尽全力展示奥运会的荣耀，澳大利亚的小报用了各种方式增加他们国家在运动方面的成就，其中就包括了创造了一个新的国家：“澳西兰”。
Sydney's Daily Telegraph has decided to combine Australia's success with its neighbour, which is in a respectable ninth place. Australia has only won a single gold medal, compared to the Kiwis' three.
悉尼每日电讯报决定把澳大利亚与他的邻国结合在一起，成功的到达了奖牌榜的第九位。澳大利亚只获得了一块金牌，而新西兰则有3块。
The newspaper's Richard Hinds wrote: "In London, Australians are finding themselves constantly compared to the buoyant British who, by Friday night, had won eight gold medals.
报社的记者Richard Hinds这样写道：“在伦敦，澳洲人比起那些轻浮的英国人更努力，并且在周五晚上赢了8块金牌。”
The fierce rivalry between the neighbours has led Australia's Channel 9 to only show the top nine places in the Olympic medal table, cutting off New Zealand who were at the time in tenth place.
两个邻国之间的激烈竞争使得澳大利亚9频道只展示奥运奖牌榜的前9位，把第十位的新西兰排开在外。
New Zealand has just a fifth of Australia's population - just four million people. On a medal table based on national population New Zealand would be in first place.
新西兰人口只有澳大利亚的5分之一，只有400万人。而在此前根据“人均金牌产出率”的另类奖牌榜上新西兰排第一。
