2008奥运英语知识

2008奥运英语知识
2008奥运英语知识

2008奥运英语知识
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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing, China from August 8, 2008 through August 24, 2008. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take plac...

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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing, China from August 8, 2008 through August 24, 2008. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at 08:08pm and 08 seconds.[a]
Some events, including football (soccer), sailing, and swimming's new marathon 10km events, will be held in other cities of China. With the equestrian events being held in Hong Kong, this marks the second time the same edition of Olympic Games has been hosted by two National Olympic Committees.
The official logo of the games, titled "Dancing Beijing," features a stylized calligraphic character jing, referencing the host city. The mascots of Beijing 2008 are the five Fuwa, each representing one color of the Olympic rings. The motto of the Games is "One World, One Dream."
The centerpiece of the 2008 Summer Olympics is the Beijing National Stadium, construction of which began on December 24, 2003. The Guangdong Olympic Stadium was originally planned, constructed and completed in 2001 for the Games until a decision was made to construct the Beijing stadium. Government officials engaged architects worldwide in a design competition. A Swiss firm, Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG, collaborated with China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition. The National Stadium will feature lattice-like concrete skeleton forming the stadium bowl and will seat 80,000 people. Architects originally described the overall design as resembling a bird's nest with an immense ocular—an opening with retractable roof over the stadium. However, in 2004 the roof part of the design was abandoned for cost and safety reasons. The Beijing National Stadium will be the site of the Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony as well as athletics events and soccer finals.
The events programme for the Beijing 2008 Games is quite similar to that of the Athens Games held in 2004. The 2008 Olympics will see the return of 28 sports, and will hold 302 events (165 men’s events, 127 women’s events, and 10 mixed events), one more than in Athens.
Nine new events will be held, including two from the new cycling discipline of BMX. Women will compete in the 3000m steeplechase for the first time. In addition, marathon swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometers, will be added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis will replace the doubles events. In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre will replace men's team foil and women's team epee
Plans for the Olympic Torch Relay were announced on April 26, 2007, in Beijing.[17] The relay, with the theme "Journey of Harmony", will last 130 days and carry the torch 137,000 km (85,100 mi.) - the longest distance of any Olympic torch relay. The relay will begin on March 25, 2008, in Olympia, Greece. From there, it will travel across Greece to the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, and then to Beijing, arriving on March 31. From Beijing, the torch will follow a route passing through five continents. The torch will visit cities on the Silk Road, symbolizing ancient links between China and the rest of the world. The relay will also include an attempt to carry the flame to the top of Mount Everest.[18]
The announced route includes a stop in Taipei; however, the government of Taiwan has rejected this proposal. The Beijing Organizing Committee has stated that negotiations on the issue will continue.[19]
The Olympic Torch is based on traditional scrolls and uses a traditional Chinese design known as "Lucky Cloud". The torch is designed to remain lit in 65 kilometer-an-hour winds, and in rain of up to 50 millimeters-an-hour.

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