万花筒 2008-04-21&-4-22 “鸟巢”体育馆一瞥
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：万花筒2008年
Well this is the centerpiece for Beijing's Games, officially it's called the National Stadium. It's better known as the "Bird's Nest" because of that avant-garde design of the interwoven steel beams 1 on the outside and until now that's all we’ve been able to see. Inside here, 91 thousand people are expected to gather for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the track-and-field competition and also the soccer finals.
There is still some last-minute work going on here but now construction of all Olympic venues 2 is complete, most of them finished well ahead of time. It took just over four years and about 400 million US dollars to build this stadium. And architects say the same project in the United States or Europe would have cost many times more and taken a lot longer, but here in China a cheap pool of labor 3, one stage as many as seven thousand workers kept cost down and kept construction on an almost nonstop seven-day week timetable.
And the original plans here had a retractable 4 roof but that was scrapped 5 because of cost. So there’s now some concern that it might rain during the opening ceremony but a bigger concern for Games' organizers is just who will be sitting up there on the second level. That's the area which is being reserved for world leaders and heads of state. Some have said they won't be coming, others have said they are checking their diary.
Now once the Olympics are finished, the designers say they hope that the stadium will become an icon 6 for Beijing, much like they say the Eiffel Tower is to Paris.
John Vause CNN Beijing.
- The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
- In front were five rooms with painted beams and carved pillars. 正面五间上房，皆是画梁雕栋。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- a knife with a retractable blade 弹簧刀
- So, any thoughts of what you want for the retractable bed kid? 那么想为那个睡折叠床的小子做什么？ 来自电影对白