US volunteers come to Beijing for Olympics

时间：2007-08-27 06:34:44

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Chinanews, Beijing, Aug. 25 – Recently, three American college students came to visit the Olympic wrestling gymnasium1 at the China University of Agriculture. The three Americans are sophomores2 studying at the School of Journalism3 in the University of Iowa in US. They were among the first group of foreign volunteers after Beijing kicked off the "Good Luck Beijing" campaign.

 

Their main job will be to make interviews near the Olympic venues4 and write down what athletes have said about the events and provide the source to media groups.

 

“In reporting international news, it is very important to quote interviewees' own words in the news. Our job will be to tell the media what athletes have actually said after the competition. So it is a very important job,” said Michael, one of the volunteers.

 

When asked how they were selected in the US as the Olympic event volunteers, they said they were recommended by their classmates through voting.

 

Makus (sound translation), one of the three volunteers, has been learning5 Chinese for one year now. He can speak a little Chinese. Nelson (sound translation) is a smart editor in his class. He has been writing sports news and reports for his school and local sports media. Michael was an athlete before and he knows a lot about sports. Each of them excels6 in one specific area. So the school chose them to be the volunteers for the Good Luck Beijing.

 

The University of Iowa will send more English-speaking volunteers to work for the Beijing Olympic Games. Michael told this reporter that next year, about 23 students in his college would come to Beijing to serve as Olympic volunteers. He came to Beijing earlier for the "warming-up exercise" in this process. He would tell his classmates what he had seen and done in Beijing this time so that his classmates could make better preparations for the volunteering work next year.

 

Right now, Michael has kept a dairy7 about what he did in Beijing. So far, he has written 15 pages about his experiences and emailed them to his classmates back home.

 
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1 gymnasium be9xh     
n.体育馆，健身房
参考例句：
  • Our school has a big gymnasium.我们学校有座大型体育馆。
  • The game will be staged in the gymnasium.竞赛将在体育馆举行。
2 sophomores c294e4c3991ed4b33fb6555e4af50996     
n.（中等、专科学校或大学的）二年级学生( sophomore的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Over half the students in the course are sophomores. 听这门课的一大半是二年级学生。 来自辞典例句
3 journalism kpZzu8     
n.新闻工作，报业
参考例句：
  • He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师，可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
  • He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。
4 venues c277c9611f0a0f19beb3658245ac305f     
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点
参考例句：
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
5 learning wpSzFe     
n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词
参考例句：
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
6 excels f624fa0b9272cd566590f9400c0acf20     
优于，擅长( excel的第三人称单数 )； 胜过平时
参考例句：
  • He excels as an orator. 他是一个出色的演说家。
  • He excels in multiple-choice questions. 他擅长做选择题。
7 dairy jn5zA     
n.牛奶场，乳品店；adj.乳制品的
参考例句：
  • The yogurt sold by this dairy is delicious.这家乳品店出售的酸奶非常好喝。
  • He kept a few dairy cows.他养了几头奶牛。

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