晨读英语美文60篇六级41

Olympic Economy-A Huge Temptation

From 2001 to 2008,Beijing will invest 280 billion yuan in the Olympic Games project,of which 180 billion will go to the construction of infrastructure¹.Such a huge investment will be a stimulus² to the economic development of Beijing and the country as a whole. According to the spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics,during the 7 years from 2001 to 2008,the average annual GDP growth,driven by "Olympic economy",is expected to increase 0.3 to 0.4 percentage point.

Economic experts have predicted that the 2008 Olympic Games will exert an extensive and far-reaching influence on China's economic and social development and that the influence on such specific industries as sports,tourism,construction,building materials,communication and commercial services will be more direct.Olympic Economy will be a new growth factor for China's economy,which will create over 1 million job opportunities.Motiveated by the Olympic Games,China will witness a high-speed development in its economy during the first decade of the 21st century.

By hosting the Olympic Games,Beijing will earn a direct income of approximately US＄3 billion from the TV relay rights,the Olympic Partners program of the international Olympic Committee subsides³ from the Central Government and the Beijing Municipal Government,support from businesses and franchises,and sales of commemorative coins and stamps and admission tickets to the games.It is estimated that the indirect income to be gained by Beijing will reach US＄5.4 billion,and it is impossible to work out a correct figure of the derivative⁴ income to be brought to Beijing and the whole country.

The Beijing Olympic Games will help to improve Beijing's environment and enhance its scientific and technological⁵ levels.In the coming five years,Beijing will earmark 45 billion yuan for environmental improvement,and 30 billion yuan for the building for its information industry,laying a foundation for a"digital Beijing" that initially⁶ fertures e-government,e-business and distance education.Meanwhile,Beijing will accomplish the task of demolishing⁷ more than 9 million square meters of dilapidated houses and building new homes for the relocated resdents,making available living space of 18 square meters per capita.

The Olympic Games will greatly speed up the pace of building Beijing into a modern international metropolis⁸.Beijing has worked out this strategic plan for its development in the new century:by 2010.Beijing will be the first city in the country in realizing initial modernization,forming a basic framework for a modern international metropolis;by 2020,it will have developed into a modern international metropolis;and by the mid-21st century,the city will have been completely modernized⁹ and become a first-class modern international metropolis in the world.

1 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。

2 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

3 subsides   

v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的第三人称单数 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上

参考例句：

• Emotion swells and subsides. 情绪忽高忽低。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His emotion swells and subsides. 他的情绪忽高忽低。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 derivative   

n.派(衍)生物；adj.非独创性的，模仿他人的

参考例句：

• His paintings are really quite derivative.他的画实在没有创意。
• Derivative works are far more complicated.派生作品更加复杂。

5 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

6 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

7 demolishing   

v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。 来自《用法词典》
• Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。 来自辞典例句

8 metropolis   

n.首府；大城市

参考例句：

• Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
• He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。

9 modernized   

使现代化，使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 )； 现代化，使用现代方法

参考例句：

• By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
• He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国，使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。