2014年冬奥会,索契见!

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  The Winter Olympics are just a few days away. The games, at more than $50 billion, promise to be remembered as a glorious[辉煌的] event, with a long-lasting transformative[有改革能力的] effect on Russia’s south.
  With the countdown to the grand opening ticking
  away[过去(形容时间一分一秒地流逝)], let’s take a look at the first-ever Winter Games to be held in Russia and some interesting facts about them.
  Sochi Olympic venues[比赛地点] are concentrated[集中] in two clusters[一群], one on the Black Sea coast and the other high in the Caucasus Mountains. With an average February temperature of 8.3°C and having a humid[湿润的] subtropical[亚热带的] climate, Sochi will be the warmest city to have ever hosted a Winter Olympic Games.
  In addition to building 11 sports venues (plus a grand plaza and accommodations[住处] for all the delegations[代表团]), the Olympic construction project includes massive infrastructure[基础设施] building. Hosting the games required a new international airport terminal[航站楼], upgrades to local power plants and building new ones, as well as many new roads, bridges, railway lines, and tunnels.
  The torch relay started in Moscow on October 7th, 2013, before passing 83 Russian cities and arriving in Sochi on the day of the opening ceremony[典礼], February 7th, 2014. It is the longest torch relay in Olympic history. The Olympic torch reached the North Pole for the first time via[通过] an icebreaker ship and has been passed for the first time in space. The torch also reached Europe’s highest mountain, Mount Elbrus, and even the depths of Siberia’s Lake Baikal.
  There are three mascots[吉祥物] for the Sochi Games—the Polar Bear, the European Hare, and the Amur Leopard. The mascots were chosen by a nationwide telephone vote.
  The Olympics in Sochi are the second Olympic Games Russia has hosted, the first being the 1980 summer games in Moscow. Both representing[代表] the 22nd hosting of the Winter and Summer Olympics.
  距离冬奥会只有短短几天了。这场耗资五百多亿美元的赛事必将是一场难忘的盛会,并且将为俄罗斯南部地区带来持久的变革性影响。
  让我们伴随着盛大开幕式倒计时的滴答声,来看看这届首次在俄罗斯举行的冬奥会概况以及一些相关的趣事吧。
  索契冬奥会的赛场主要集中在两个区域,一个是在黑海沿岸,另一个在高加索山脉高处。由于索契为湿润的亚热带气候,二月的平均温度可达8.3℃,因此索契将是举办过冬奥会的城市之中最温暖的一个。
  除了兴建11个运动场馆(另有一个大型广场以及所有代表团的住所)以外,本届冬奥会的建设项目还包括大规模的基础设施建设。举办本届冬奥会需要建设一个新的国际机场航站楼,升级当地原有的发电厂,建设新的发电厂,还要修建许多新的道路、桥梁、铁路和隧道。
  2013年10月7日,火炬从莫斯科开始传递,途经83个俄罗斯城市,于2014年2月7日开幕式当天抵达索契。这是奥运史上历时最长的火炬接力。奥运火炬曾经由一艘破冰船首次到达北极,并第一次在太空进行传递;这支火炬也曾到达欧洲最高的山脉——厄尔布鲁士山,甚至还到过西伯利亚贝加尔湖的深处。
  索契冬奥会有三个吉祥物:北极熊、兔子和雪豹,由全国电话投票选出。
  索契冬奥会是俄罗斯主办的第二届奥运会,第一次是1980年在莫斯科举行的夏季奥运会,两次奥运会分别代表第22届冬奥会和第22届夏奥会。
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  2014年索契冬季奥运会包括15个大项,98个小项。15个大项是冰球(ice hockey)、冰壶(curling)、速度滑冰(speed skating)、短道速滑(short track speed skating)、花样滑冰(figure skating)、有舵雪橇(bobsleigh)、无舵雪橇(luge)、俯式冰橇(skeleton)、冬季两项(biathlon)、北欧两项(Nordic combined)、高山滑雪(alpine skiing)、越野滑雪(cross-country skiing)、自由式滑雪(freestyle skiing)、跳台滑雪(ski jumping)和单板滑雪(snowboarding)。
  在小项中,女子跳台滑雪、冬季两项混合接力、花样滑冰团体赛、雪橇接力以及男、女U型槽双板滑雪这6个项目将首次成为索契冬奥会的正式比赛项目。
  索契在哪里?
  索契是俄罗斯最狭长的地区之一,位于黑海沿岸,格鲁吉亚和俄罗斯边界附近,距离莫斯科约1600公里。
  索契一直是俄罗斯国内很受欢迎的著名避暑胜地,被称作“俄罗斯的里维埃拉。”索契周围超过80%的区域都属于“高加索国家生物圈”国家公园。
  索契一直是俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京最喜爱的避暑胜地。在俄罗斯帝国时期,许多俄罗斯精英也经常到访此地。
  索契常住人口为34.3万,夏季高峰期间可增至数百万。2014年,必将有数百万来自世界各地的游客聚集到这座城市观看冬奥会。
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