奥林匹克运动会英语作文及词汇 奥林匹克运动会TheOlympics Afterahard-foughtcampaign,Londonhasbeenawardedtherighttohostthe2012OlympicGames.TheUKcapitalsawoffcompetitionfromfourrivalcities:Paris,Madrid,MoscowandNewYork.LondonerscannowlookforwardtothetransformationoftheircityinthesamewayastheircounterpartsinBeijing.Indeed,therearemanysimilaritiesinthetwocitiesapproachtohostingthegames.Bothcitiesneedtoinvestindevelopingtheirinfrastructureinordertocopewiththedemandsoftheevent.However,thiskindofinvestmentisfarfromcheap-itisestimatedthatitwillcostaround$40billiontoprepareforthe2008games,muchofwhichwillbespentontransportlinks.Nevertheless,thebenefitsofbecominganOlympiccitycanbeenormousBarcelona,whichhostedthe1992games,wascompletelyregeneratedandhassincebecomeoneofthemostpopulartouristdestinationsintheworld.ResidentsofStratford,inLondonsdeprivedEastEnd,arehopingthattheirneighbourhoodwillundergoasimilartransformationasitisoneoftheareaswheremanynewsportsfacilitieswillbebuilt.OneoftheEastEndsmostfamoussons,DavidBeckham,hasgiventheOlympicshisblessing-tohavetheOlympicsinourmanorwouldbeaspecialthing.DavidBeckhamisnotaloneinsupportingthesuccessfulbid;ManchesterUnitedandEnglanddefender,RioFerdinand,says,Thiswillbeagreatboostforthewholeofthecountry.Imlookingforwardtobeingatthe100mfinalin2012.Onethingthatwillchangeinthe2012gamesisthenumberofsports.TheInternationalOlympicCommitteehasdecidedtoaxebaseballandsoftballfromthegames.IOCpresidentJacquesRoggeexplained,Needlesstosay,thesesportsarevery,verydisappointed,butitdoesnotdisqualifythemforeverasOlympicsports,hesaid.However,oneunlikelyBritishsportisattemptingtogainOlympicstatus.Asthenewestrecognisedsport,dartswouldbeproudtobeconsideredasthehostnationinvitationsportin2012.saysBritishDartsOrganisationchief,OllyCroft. GLOSSARY词汇表 tohost主办 sawoff击败了 counterparts对等的，相当的，同行 infrastructure结构，构造 investment投资 nevertheless虽然如此，但是 deprivedEastEnd贫穷落后的东城区 undergoasimilartransformation重新改造，改头换面 ourmanor我们的地区 boost援助，支持 toaxe取消，消减 gainOlympicstatus取得举办奥林匹克运动会的资格 darts飞镖，一种室内游戏 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/2278f420954bcf84b9d528ea81c758f5f61f293c.html