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 .
