For some - such as titanium, rhenium or lithium - Beijing is not even the dominant supplier, with Chile, the us, Congo, Australia and Russia being large producers too.

就拿钛、铼和锂等稀有金属来说，中国甚至不是占据主导地位的供应国，智利、美国、刚果、澳大利亚和俄罗斯等也是主要生产国。

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A couple of top-flight schools in Beijing began to teach students about the Olympics, even staging mock opening ceremonies or torch relays.

北京的几所一流学校开设了奥运课程，甚至举行了模拟开幕式和火炬接力。

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I will eat humble pie if they can match it or even do better than the 2008 Beijing one.

如果他们可以与2008北京奥运谐美，甚至做得更好…我会赔罪。

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In the rest of the country -- even the country's capital, Beijing -- residents boil their water or buy it in bottles.

CNN: Economic miracle, environmental disaster

Lots of people even have the private cars needed to drive an hour or two to the mountains near Beijing and some other urban centers.

FORBES: All uphill from here

There were even rumors of giving the Games back to Sydney (hosts in 2000) or letting Beijing have the Games four years earlier (hosts in 2008).

CNN: The price of the Games