美文欣赏-Beijing-An Olympic Dream Comes True

15 Beijing- An Olympic Dream Comes True

(1)Beijing’s Four Rivals

In Asia, the city of Osaka represents the candidature¹ of Japan, which successfully set up for last winter games in Nagano. Japan also hosted the summer games in Tokyo in 1964.

Competing with Asia is the Canadian city of Toronto. Canada and the United States have always been very much involved in the games and both have the capacities² to set up the games once a decade. The last summer games in North America were in Atlanta in 1996.

Two European cities are also in competition. The first is Istanbul. It’s the third time in a row the Turkish capital has applied³ for the games. Turkey, being at the 1)crossroads of two continents, Europe and Asia, uses its successive⁴ candidatures as a way to improve its sports venues⁵ and provide the youth of the country with better sports 2)infrastructures.

Finally, Paris is the other European city competing for the games of 2008. The country of 3)Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the inspiration⁶ behind the modern games, hopes to host the summer games for the third time. The last summer games in the French capital were in 1924. In '96 Paris lost the bid against Barcelona. It offers a mixture of sport and culture.

(2) China wins

Li Lanqing (Vice Premier): Indeed, it is our delight to welcome all guests with open arms in Beijing in year 2008. I am sure you will have a great Games in Beijing.

Yang Lan: I believe Beijing will prove to be a land of wonders to all of you.

He Zhenliang: In seven years from now, Beijing will make you proud of your decision here today.

Sammaranch (The IOC president): The games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing.

(3) NBC on Beijing’s Win

Beijing exploded in joy tonight. Tens of thousands erupting in cheers as China won the gold and achieved its dream of hosting the Summer Olympics.

Sammaranch (The IOC President): The games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing.

China’s dream realized tonight and now the seven-year race to meet their Olympic goals begins. Ned Colt, NBC News, Beijing.

1、crossroad n. 交叉路；十字路口

2、infrastructure n. 基础设施

3、Baron Pierre de Coubertin 皮埃尔•顾拜旦男爵，法国人，现代奥林匹克创始人

15 北京--奥运梦想成真

（1）北京的四个对手

在亚洲，大阪市代表日本，他们在长野成功地举行了上一次冬奥会。日本东京在1964年也举办过夏季奥运会。

和亚洲竞争的有加拿大城市多伦多。加拿大和美国是奥运会的常客，且都有十年举行一次奥运会的能力。上一届在北美举行的奥运会是1996年的亚特兰大奥运会。

两个欧洲城市也在竞争行列当中。第一个是伊斯坦布尔，这是土耳其首都连续第三次申办奥运会，作为亚、欧两大洲的交会点，土耳其想利用其成功的侯选城市身份来改善自己的体育设施并为国家下一代提供更好的体育基础设施。

最后，巴黎是另一个申办2008年奥运会的欧洲城市。男爵皮埃尔•顾拜旦的国家，现代奥运会的精神来源，希望能第三次举办夏季奥运会。上一次在法国首都举行的夏季奥运会是在1924年。1986年，巴黎在申奥过程中输给了巴塞罗那。它现在（向世界）展示的是一种体育与文化的结合。

（2）中国赢了

李岚清（副总理）：确实，我们期待着2008年在北京张开双臂欢迎各位的到来。我保证，北京的奥运会将是一届伟大的奥运会。

杨澜：我相信北京将向全世界证明这是一块神奇的土地。

何振梁：七年后的北京会让你为今天所作的决定而感到自豪。

萨马兰奇（前国际奥委会主席）：2008年第29届奥运会主办城市为北京市。

（3）NBC对北京申奥成功的报道

北京今晚成为了一片欢腾的海洋。当中国实现自己的梦想，赢得了2008年奥运会的举办权时，成千上万的北京市民欢呼雀跃。

萨马兰奇（国际奥委会主席）：2008年第29届奥运会主办城市为--北京。

中国的梦想今晚实现了，现在，为达到奥林匹克目标的七年征程开始了。勒德•克尔特，NBC新闻，北京。

1 candidature   

n.候选人身份，候选人资格

参考例句：

• The task of the Commission, as noted in the Olympic Charter, is to examine each candidature for membership of the IOC and to establish a report on each candidature to the IOC Executive Board. 奥林匹克宪章规定，提名委员会的任务是对每位申请国际奥委会成员资格的候选人进行审查并向国际奥委会执行委员会提交对每位候选人的审查报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It is one means by which university committees assess and approve your research candidature. 这是招生委员会衡量并采用研究人员的方法之一。 来自互联网

2 capacities   

容量( capacity的名词复数 )； 才能； 性能； 生产能力

参考例句：

• It's important to draw out a child's potential capacities. 发掘孩子的潜在能力是很重要的。
• Silo usually have individual capacities of 1000 to 2000 tons. 竖仓单个的容量通常是1000到2000吨。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 successive   

adj.接连的，连续的，相继的

参考例句：

• He won three successive matches.他连胜三场比赛。
• In memory,instructions are stored in a sequence of successive bytes.在记忆体中，指令被存放在一个连续的字节序列中。

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

6 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！