The most obvious is that it lets churches put on extravaganzas .

最明显的就是能让教会组织一些盛大的活动。

The bodies that oversee these extravaganzas are avowedly non-political ; they argue that such contests promote international goodwill .

监管这些比赛的机构声称它们不考虑政治因素；它们认为这样的赛事能促进国际亲善。

But the biggest thrill for voyeurs of excess is in reading about those who pump cash into one-off extravaganzas .

但是，对于喜欢打探奢侈行为的人而言，最大的震撼莫过于听说有人把钱像水一样扔到一次性的豪华场面中。

Only toward the end of this film do the special effects ramp up into spectacular extravaganzas .

直到影片的最后，特效才达到了极至，炫目夺采。

Neither do china 's leaders , who watch impassively from a podium in the sweltering heat dressed in near identical suits . Performers move in perfect unison or in regimented choreography in a way that would make north korea , a master of such extravaganzas , envious .

酷热的中国的领导人穿着差不多一样的服装做在台上无动于衷的看着表演，他们也觉得不舒服.演员们整齐的移动，严格的舞台设计让北韩都嫉妒了---北韩精通于这种表演.