The opening ceremony of the 2008 games will begin at 8.08pm on August 8th.

2008年奥运会开幕式将在8月8号下午8点8分开始。

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He says he will go to the Beijing Olympics, although the exact timing of his trip to China is not expected to be made public until just before the games begin.

布什说，他将前往北京观看奥运会。不过，布什前往中国的具体时间安排，不到奥运正式开始之前估计将不会对外公布。

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As the games draw closer, MI5 expects the number of intelligence leads to start mounting steeply, partly because other agencies will begin passing on “stuff” that they might normally ignore or filter.

随着奥运会的逼近，军情五处所要处理的情报线索也陡然增多，部分是因为其它机构已经开始向情报部门递交那些它们之前也许会过滤或者忽略的信息。

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Once the games begin, America will probably be knocked off the top of the medal tables by China.

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Bloomberg reported earlier this month that Zynga, which also makes Farmville and Mafia Wars, will begin promoting games from other developers within its own titles, taking a cut of any sales deriving from this promotion.

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And as the young people who grew up playing these games embark on their careers, they will begin to establish business and social connections through the same networks.

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