而如今,和历届奥运会一样,主办城市正陷入恼人的秋后算账之中。
Today, true to Olympic tradition, the host city is dealing with a nasty financial hangover.
今天,100名曾经的运动健将和体育明星齐聚莫斯科,目睹了国际奥委会选择了北京--而不是巴黎、多伦多、土耳其的伊斯坦布尔和日本的大阪--作为2008年奥运会主办者的一幕。
Today, when some 100 former athletes and associated luminaries gathered in Moscow, the IOC picked Beijing over Paris, Toronto, Istanbul, Turkey, and Osaka, Japan.
1908年奥运会原本定在罗马举办,但是1906年意大利著名的维苏威火山的爆发给当地经济带来重创,以至于罗马不得放弃奥运主办权,而改由伦敦承办。
The plan was to have the 1908 Games in Rome, but in 1906 Italys notorious volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, causing so much damage that the Games were moved to London.
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