London Olympic ticket resale platform reopens

 　　LONDON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The resale platform on the London Olympic ticketing website has reopened to ticketholders who want to sell their tickets from 3pm GMT on Tuesday.

　　The London 2012 Organizing Committee (LOCOG) has announced that holders¹ who wish to offer their tickets for resale can do so for a two-week period until 18:00 GMT on 3 February.

　　All tickets offered for resale through www.tickets.london2012.com during this period will be purchased directly by LOCOG at face value.

　　These tickets will then be made available to the public from April, and LOCOG will release² further information on the purchase process in due course.

　　"We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by the suspension³ of our ticketing resale platform," LOCOG Commercial Director Chris Townsend said, referring to some ticketing problems early in this month.

　　"We are delivering on that commitment⁴, and will buy any tickets that customers are no longer able to use at face value until 3 February. Every ticket we purchase from the public will be offered back to the public from April. We believe this system - purchasing the tickets back from customers now, and offering them again from April, will result in a better customer experience for everyone," the director added.

　　The resale process, aiming to help ensure the Olympic venues⁵ are full this summer, allow those who have bought tickets directly from LOCOG before 6 January 2012 but are no longer able to attend to sell them to other sports fans.

　　The program had started as planned on January 6 but after the problems developed with the site slow to update information, resulting in a system closing later on that day.

1 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

2 release   

vt.发布，发表，发行；释放，放开

参考例句：

• After my examination I had a feeling of release.考完试后我有如释重负之感。
• This medicine will give you release from pain.这药吃后会解除你的疼痛。

3 suspension   

n.悬挂，悬浮液，暂缓，未决，中止

参考例句：

• The local authorities decided to build a suspension bridge over the river.地方当局决定在这条河上建一座吊桥。
• A four-day suspension was imposed on her.她被勒令停职4天。

4 commitment   

n.奉献，忠诚，辛劳，委托，实行，承担义务，赞助

参考例句：

• The builder had a commitment to finish the work on time.那个承建商答应过准时完工。
• He made a commitment to pay the rent on time.他保证按时付房租。

5 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网