Patience will pay for ticket buyers

时间：2007-11-01 07:57:43

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Nov.1 - Those who tried for hours on Tuesday to get Olympic Games tickets only to see selling suspended will be served first when the booking service resumes.

 

The director of the Games' ticketing center, Rong Jun, said at a press conference Wednesday that the organizers will give priority to those who left their contact information after waiting outside Bank of China outlets1 or on the phone.

 

More details will be announced next Monday together with new ticketing information.

 

Sales of the second portion of Games tickets reserved for Chinese citizens were halted on Tuesday after the booking system crashed from the overwhelming demand.

 

The first-come-first-serve scheme saw 1.85 million tickets on sale through websites, a hotline and designated Bank of China branches. In one hour, 8 million people visited the website. And in the first three hours, 20 million people visited, when there were just 1.85 million tickets available.

 

Only 43,000 tickets were sold when the service was suspended at 6 pm.

 

Rong said organizers "underestimated the situation and enthusiasm of people, and did not prepare fully2 and have a good contingency3 plan".

 

Rong said ticket orders remain valid4 and those who got the tickets offline will have more time to pay.

 

Rong said organizers are working with the ticket service providers, a joint5 venture between the United States firm TicketMaster and two Chinese firms, to upgrade the system.

 

The Beijing Olympic Games, which will open next August, has 7 million tickets available, with about 75 percent reserved for domestic sale.

 
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1 outlets a899f2669c499f26df428cf3d18a06c3     
n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店
参考例句：
  • The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
3 contingency vaGyi     
n.意外事件，可能性
参考例句：
  • We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。
  • A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。
4 valid eiCwm     
adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的
参考例句：
  • His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
  • Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？
5 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

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