One thing that has gone well has been the Olympic preparations.

有一件事进行得很顺利，那就是北京奥运的准备工作。

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Well aware of the responsibility he bears, Yao has begun his Olympic preparations as early as possible.

他深知承担的责任，姚明已经开始尽早他的奥运筹备工作。

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Its aim is to encourage more people to send their blessings for the Olympics, take part in the Olympics and follow the Olympic preparations.

目的是鼓励更多的人发送他们对奥运的祝福，参与奥运并进行一定的准备活动。

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After 7 years of preparations, the Summer Olympic Games were held in China for the first time.

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Other officials point to the several alarms sounded about preparations before the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece, which were staged successfully.

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Officials involved in Olympic preparations insist costs are closely monitored.

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This year is proving to be a difficult one for dissenters in China because of the government's anxiety about politically sensitive anniversaries (last year, preparations for the Olympic Games made the government twitchy).

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China's preparations to hold the Olympic Games that August further fuelled patriotic sentiment, which welled up again in the wake of the global financial crisis.

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