2015年CRI 社会各界庆祝中国获得2022年冬奥会举办权

 

Crowds in Beijing wildly celebrated¹ being awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Thousands gathered in the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium to watch the announcement that was made at 6 PM local time.

The announcement was greeted by cheering, enthusiastic flag-waving from the crowd.

Chen Wanyi, a college student, cheers on the city.

"I feel especially happy to come here and be part of such a celebration, and I'm very happy! I'm so happy that Beijing has become the host of the Winter Olympics! Go Beijing!"

Huo Ge, a native of Zhangjiakou, says he is extremely proud.

"I'm definitely happy, because half of me is from Beijing, and half of me is from Zhangjiakou. I'm extremely proud that the Winter Olympics in my both of my hometowns."

Besides excitement, expectations are also on the rise that the city will benefit from hosting the event.

Wang Xiaobing, a professor at the China Academy of Sciences, believes that the Winter Olympics could bring possible improvements to Beijing's environment and reduce pollution, much like the Summer Olympics of 2008 and APEC summit of 2014 did.

"Since Beijing won the bid for the Summer Olympics, the surroundings and the environment has improved a lot, like with APEC Blue. I believe the government has the strength to adjust the infrastructure³ to lower pollution. I think it will make big improvements."

Meanwhile, people in the co-host city of Zhangjiakou are also looking forward to the games.

22 year-old student Jin Bo says she wants to be a volunteer for the event.

"I still don't know what I will do during the Olympics in 2022, because I have just graduated in university this year. But I think that when the moment comes I will come to Chongli and consider being a volunteer. I think this is a very good choice."

Beijing won 44 nods against Almaty's 40 in the IOC voting with one abstention, becoming the first ever city to host both summer and winter Olympics.

The city plans to use many of the buildings that hosted events in 2008, including the "Bird's Nest" stadium and "Water Cube" arena⁴, for the indoor ice events in 2022, while the snow and sliding venues⁵ will be at Yanqing county and the city of Zhangjiakou.

For CRI, I'm Luo Bin².

1 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

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 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。

4 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

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