VOA标准英语2012--London Olympics Offers Lessons for Rio de Janeiro
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
London Olympics Offers Lessons for Rio de Janeiro
London Mayor Boris Johnson says this year's games have provided a boost to tourism and to the image of both London and Great Britain. In a joint 1 news conference with Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes -- to talk about what Rio can learn from London when it hosts the games in 2016 -- Johnson said visitors have seen a city that "functions extremely well."
“There was a lot of anxieties about transport, about security, whether people would get behind the games. And you've seen some fantastic images of London beamed around the world. That's the winner for me,” Johnson said.
Mayor Paes praised London's established public transport system for its capacity to move large crowds with few major delays. He said Rio de Janeiro is already working to upgrade and improve its system for the games and for the longterm benefit of the people of the city.
“So only we carry 18 percent of all the population in high capacity transportation. With what we are doing now for the Olympics it will be more than 60 percent. So that means lots of changes for the city,” Paes said.
Taking note of some of the cheaper, temporary venues 2 that London constructed for the Olympics, Paes said Rio does not intend to waste money building huge structures like's China's "bird nest" stadium -- that has rarely been used since the end of the 2008 games.
“I mean we'll do as much temporarily as we can. Only if we need that after the games and we will use it as simple as we can. And not spend too much money on things that have to be teared down by the end of the games,” Paes said.
London's Mayor Johnson describes the successful experience of hosting the Olympics as “spine tingling 3 apprehension 4 and a steady growing sense of relief.” The only advice he offered his Brazilian counterpart in planning the 2016 games, was to ignore the skeptics in the news media.
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- 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
- My ears are tingling [humming; ringing; singing]. 我耳鸣。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- My tongue is tingling. 舌头发麻。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
- She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。