姚明等人任形象大使申办冬奥会

 　　Six famous Chinese athletes, including former basketball player Yao Ming, were appointed as ambassadors for China's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday in Beijing.

　　The six athletes, namely Yao Ming, former figure skating pair Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo, speed skater Zhang Hong, aerial skier¹ Li Nina, and Paralympic Games champion Hou Bin², were called upon to promote Beijing's bid for the Games around the world.

　　Yao Ming says he is honored to contribute to Beijing's efforts to host the winter games.

　　"I can still remember that China bid for the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, when I was too young to make any contribution. Many of my predecessors³, as well as my former teammates, including Wang Zhizhi, have contributed a lot for the bidding. I am very happy and honored to have the chance to make my own efforts for Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games," said Yao Ming.

　　姚明等人任形象大使助力申办2022年冬季奥运会

　　Beijing would co-host the games with Zhangjiakou, a city in north China's Hebei Province, if granted the winning bid.

　　China's bid is going head-to-head with Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, after the other four candidates -- Oslo of Norway, Stockholm of Sweden, Krakow of Poland and Lviv of Ukraine -- withdrew their bids in 2014.

　　The winning bid is slated⁴ to be announced on July 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1 skier   

n.滑雪运动员

参考例句：

• She is a skier who is unafraid of danger.她是一名敢于冒险的滑雪者。
• The skier skimmed across the snow.滑雪者飞快地滑过雪地。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 predecessors   

n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 )；前辈；（被取代的）原有事物；前身

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。