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英语课

By Paula Wolfson
White House
16 September 2009


 
President Obama (r) and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley on the South Lawn of the White House, 16 Sep 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama is emphasizing his support for the Olympic movement at a crucial time for Chicago's bid to host the 2016 summer games. International Olympic Committee will make its choice on October 2 in Copenhagen.


Four cities are vying 1 to host the 2016 Summer Olympics: Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro.


The competition is fierce. Leaders from Spain, Japan and Brazil are all expected to go to Copenhagen to make one last appeal to the IOC.


President Obama says he will not be there because of the health care debate in Washington. Instead, he is sending Chicago-native, first lady Michelle Obama to Denmark.


But at an event at the White House with past and present American Olympians, the president made clear his support for Chicago's bid is strong.


"Chicago is ready! The American people are ready! We want these games," said President Obama.


Some members of the U.S. Olympic Committee have indicated Mr. Obama's absence in Copenhagen would be noticed, and could have an impact on the decision making process.


The president said no one should doubt his commitment. Standing 2 on the White House lawn, he delivered a message to the IOC.


"...if you chose Chicago, I will promise you this: Chicago will make America proud and America will make the world proud," said Mr. Obama.


Mr. Obama said he is sending - in his words - a "more compelling superstar" to make America's case in Copenhagen.


The first lady offered a preview, talking about the city where she was born and raised.


"What makes Chicago such a great host is its people! It is truly the people! Nobody loves sports like the people of Chicago," said Michelle Obama.


She said Chicago is an international city; home to people from more than 130 countries, who speak more than 100 languages. She said even athletes who have to travel halfway 3 around the world to compete, will come to Chicago and feel at home. 



adj.竞争的;比赛的
  • California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹,加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
  • Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
学英语单词
a horse of another color
agricultural surplus
ako
all-girl
Almirante Brown Canyon
Annobón, I.de
apricot jam
Aprigliano
Ashton Irwin
AZS automatic zero set
back away from
Bar Hebraeus
benzoglycolisacid
bezoglioxaline
brass alloys
capillary refill
capital cover
centralized school
chance events
clinical symptoms
compact nebula
composite functor
current-balance relay
damnably
dry unit
eiusdem generis
electrostatic oscillograph
elix
endoliths
Eulamellibranchia
eupelmus tachardiae
exchange-correlation
extraction eluting resin
family typhlopidaes
flyspecks
free-agents
ghotbzadehs
GMSS
gonostomatid
grouped column
hemiketal
hydro-vac power brake
instinct with
internal external rotary pump
intra-industry
jahorina
job subsidies
junk collector
kronrod bit matrices
Lagrange Peak
laminar model
light loadline
live guy
live-work
logical calculus
master-of-ceremonies
neoglycoconjugates
non-ionic surface-active detergent
noncoherent combing loss
off-site backup
oil immersed self cooled transformer
oligotoma greeniana
paratextualities
pfl-activase
phosphoglucosamine mutase
pinnatella ambigua
pitches
pledged asset
post-nuptial molt
propellant handling
protein maintenance requirement
pulse repetition frequency jitter
purpura scorbutica
quercus ilexes
radionuclide kinetics
re-jigger
regenerative oscillation
regiones dorsalis manus
restructurer
shaded pole type
shrouds
signalised
slow-spiral drill
solution Thiersch's
spatial charging
successio ab intestato
Sungaigerong
switch tender
tally charge
terminal sinus
thermal stabilizer
trig function
tsering
turbidity transmitter
uniformly absolutely continuous
upper oil-header
vena gastrica-dextra
Venetian School
warrantying
waveform changes
win a lawsuit
Xiao Hong