2022冬奥会英语演讲稿.doc

2022while many nations, including the united states, have hosted both the summer and winter games, no single city had been able to persuade i.o.c. voters that it had the requisite infrastructure, financial resources and climate necessary to pull off such a double.iocjason lee/reutersbeijing, it should be noted, did not necessarily do that, either, but it won over the delegates with an elaborate plan that uses some well-known venues from the summer games, including the birds nest stadium and the water cube arena, in addition to relying on an elaborate artificial snow-making operation to account for the fact that its surrounding region has few mountains and, generally, fewer inches of actual snow.2022330001.86summer or winter games, they all represent the olympic ideals, yao ming, the former n.b.a. star who retired in 2011, said at a news conference before the vote. its the right time, the perfect time, for the olympics to return to beijing.2011nbaiocbeijing plans to stage the so-called city events hockey, figure skating and speed skating downtown, while the sliding and skiing events will be held at venues in yanqing and zhangjiakou, about 40 and 90 miles outside beijing. a planned high-speed rail line to zhangjiakou is supposed to cut travel time to less than an hour, though chinese organizers no doubt wary of the i.o.c.s renewed sensitivity to skyrocketing olympic budgets have said repeatedly that the rail project should be seen as separate from the olympic bid.40901451ioc1870%ioc6030ioc(thomas bach)2020(olympic agenda 2020)this election was the final one before the rules of the agenda 2020 program take effect, and many critics of the bidding process noted that it was, in many ways, a fitting coda. bidding for the winter olympics, which are both significantly smaller and less popular than the summer games, has always been difficult, but this race was particularly rocky.2020four european cities, including winter havens like oslo and stockholm, pulled out of the race after initially expressing interest; all cited various political or financial concerns, as well as soft public support. those departures left behind only two viable candidates, both of which came with question marks.the global political concerns with chinas government are well known, and minky worden, the global initiatives director at human rights watch, said the current human rights situation in china might best be described as the worst crackdown in the post-1989 period across the board. there was also concern over beijings environmental situation, as air pollution has continued to be a problem and some experts have questioned how the proposed snow-making operation would affect the region ecologically.(human rights watch)(minky worden)1989almaty, too, would have presented its own political and human rights issues. a former soviet republic, kazakhstan has been led by the same president, nursultan nazarbayev, since 1989 and only gained its independence in 1991. government-imposed limitations on free speech and freedom of assembly through arrests and violence, as well as exhaustive media censorship, are just some of the restrictions faced by kazakh citizens, according to local activists.19911989(nursultan nazarbayev)mr. bachs agenda 2020 plan would, hypothetically, make these sorts of problems more germane to future bidding votes, but it was not clear what sort of role if any human rights concerns played in fridays decision.20204002008he added: if the i.o.c. award the 2022 games to beijing, we will keep our promise, too.2016_2016_2016202220162022,2022it is a great honor for me to address you today and to present the bid of sochi to host the olympic winter games in 2014.the bid has enthusiastic support of the whole of russia.we pledge to make the stay of olympians and paralimpians, spectators, journalists, guests in sochi a safe, enjoyable and memorable experience.sochi is a unique place. on the seashore you can enjoy a fine spring day. but up in the mountains its winter.i went skiing there six or seven weeks ago, and i know C real snows guaranteed.the ancient greeks lived around sochi. i also saw the rock near sochi to which as legend has it prometheus was chained. it was prometheus who gave people fire, fire which ultimately is the olympic flame.ladies and gentlemen!the city of sochi has exclusive offers: we are working on a list of special privileges for participants and guests of the games.for example we plan to lift all restrictions on the minimum stay for delegations. this will be backed up by a special law.(i have already signed a decree to this effect).and one more special privilege:no traffic jams! i promise!the recent world ice hockey championship in moscow was a big success.russia is ready to host winter olympic and paralympic games in 2014. the olympic family is going to feel at home in lions of citizens of russia are united by the olympic dream. winter sports are very popular in russia. our athletes have scored many victories and have made major contributions to the olympic movement.but we have not yet had the honor to celebrate the winter olympics.our national pledge to you is: the choice of sochi is the best choice.but whatever decision you make sochis olympic bid has already brought its benefits.the olympic cluster in sochi will be the first world class mountain sports centre in the new russia. let me point out that after the break-up of the soviet union russia has lost all sports venues in the mountains. would you believe it?even today our national teams have no mountain venues in russia for training.the state-of-the-art sochi