北京期待申办2022年冬奥会

 　　Chinese organizers have reiterated¹ the country aims to host "sustainable" and "economical" games that can leave a "powerful legacy²" for China and East Asia by improving the winter sports market.

　　To reduce costs, Beijing has already announced that several 2008 Olympic Games venues³ will be re-used for the indoor events of the winter games, including figure-skating, curling and hockey.

　　However, the sliding and skiing events will be held at two mountain sites in Yanqing and Zhangjiakou, 70 and 180 kilometers away from Beijing respectively.

　　Speaking at the briefing in Kuala Lumpur, Beijing bid committee spokesperson Wang Hui said to host the games in three locations is not a weakness.

　　北京期待申办2022年冬奥会

　　"The question is, is this a disadvantage or advantage to have three different venues? Many people think this is the weakness of Beijing, which is wrong, because we need to consider about the sustainability of the venues. We don't think having all venues in one location will bring benefit after the games."

　　In terms of the scarcity⁴ of snow, the spokesperson indicates the city's organizational ability will be a very important factor for running the games.

　　"You can't have a successful winter Olympic just by having deep snow, because the winter Olympics needs the ability to receive the guests, to organize the games, support by the people working on ticketing, volunteers, and security. Beijing has showed it can do it through the 2008 Olympic."

　　China is also expected to be counting on snow-making machines in order to guarantee sufficient snow.

　　Beijing is now looking forward to being the first city to have hosted both the summer and winter Olympic Games.

　　A committee member with Beijing's bid team, Wei Zhizhong, says if Beijing wins the bid, the development of winter sports in the country could be profoundly enhanced.

　　"If eventually we succeed to become the chosen city for the 2022 Winter Games, this will create a tremendous boost towards developing winter sports in our country. Besides having improvements in the infrastructure⁵ of winter sports, we are also looking to capitalize on the increased popular participation⁶ of the sports among the public."

　　As Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan are the only two competitors remaining in the race, the final result will be decided⁷ on Friday following a final presentation.

　　For CRI, I'm Huang Shan.

1 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

2 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。

3 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

4 scarcity   

n.缺乏，不足，萧条

参考例句：

• The scarcity of skilled workers is worrying the government.熟练工人的缺乏困扰着政府。
• The scarcity of fruit was caused by the drought.水果供不应求是由于干旱造成的。

5 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。

6 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。