北京准备2022年冬奥会

 　　With high-standard venues¹, a high-speed railway between Beijing and Zhangjiakou under construction and promises to improve air quality over the next seven years, Beijing appears to be fully² prepared for the Games, and ready to make it a success.

　　Chongli is a small county in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei province, the joint³ bidder⁴ along with Beijing for the 2022 Games. The county will host snow events should China win the bid. It has four well-known ski resorts and 87 ski slopes with a total length of 69 kilometers. Chongli has developed into a popular ski destination over a decade and attracts millions of tourists from Beijing, Shanghai and even foreign countries.

　　One Swiss skier⁵ gives his thoughts on the sites.

　　北京准备2022年冬奥会

　　"It's my first time (to come here). But I like this place very much, because you can see facility, I mean the lifts (are) very good quality."

　　Beijing is also taking action to improve its transportation system within the bid area. The high-speed rail connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou is expected to reduce travel time to just 50 minutes.

　　Zhang Jiandong is the vice⁶ president of Beijing's bid committee for 2022 Winter Olympics.

　　"China is accelerating the implementation⁷ of its Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Intercity Rail Master Plan. The Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail is a part of the national railway network. It's being constructed independently regardless of the Olympic bid. Construction began in 2014 and it will be fully operational by early 2019."

　　In order to follow the IOC's goal of holding a more frugal⁸, sustainable and athlete-oriented game, Beijing promises that it will host the Games in an economical way. Thus the venues and facilities built for the 2008 Games will be reused.

　　The budget for infrastructure⁹ constructions and operations is $3.9 billion, a small fraction of the $51 billion spent by Russia on the 2014 Sochi Games.

　　The IOC says that it is delighted to see Beijing's effort to carry out the reforms outlined in the 'Olympic Agenda 2020'.

　　Alexander Zhukov is the chairman of the Evaluation¹⁰ Commission:

　　"You have maximized the use of existing world-class sports venues; you have taken advantage of your experience in hosting major international events; and you have identified clear legacy¹¹ goals."

　　The inspectors¹² concluded a visit to Almaty last month. The IOC will select the host city on July 31 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

　　For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 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

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 bidder   

n.(拍卖时的)出价人，报价人，投标人

参考例句：

• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
• The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。

5 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。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

8 frugal   

adj.节俭的，节约的，少量的，微量的

参考例句：

• He was a VIP,but he had a frugal life.他是位要人，但生活俭朴。
• The old woman is frugal to the extreme.那老妇人节约到了极点。

9 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

10 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

11 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

12 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》