That cycle of relocation and demolition has become a constant backdrop in this capital -- never more so than in the year leading up to Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics.

搬迁和拆除的循环已经变成首都永恒的背景。 在北京为2008年奥运作准备的阶段，此风尤盛。

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The United States, a nation of 300 million, won nine gold MEDALS this year in the Winter Olympics. Norway, a nation of 4.7 million, also won nine.

美国，一个拥有3亿人口的国家，在今年的冬奥会上获得了9枚金牌，而挪威，一个只有470万人口的国家，也赢得了9枚金牌。

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Barbour had hoped to play for Ireland in this year's Olympics but their hopes were dashed at the qualifying tournament earlier this year.

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Some might wish, or fear, that the tumult of this Olympics year will set in motion a Soviet-style collapse of authority.

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We even had three meets in Europe leading up to the Olympics this year where we brought our relay pool together and ran a couple of teams and had no problems whatsoever.

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