伦敦角逐2012奥运（London is Bidding for Olympics）

越来越多的国家和城市意识到举办奥运会的重要性，因为竞争举办权的激烈程度也可以和竞技体育本身相媲美。CNN带你去了解伦敦为竞争争取2012年奥运会举办权都做了哪些准备工作。

ANCHOR
Thousands of new jobs and a whole different look around the cards for one of London’s most rundown neighborhoods. British are preparing a bid for the 2012 games to be held in the impoverished area of Hackney. Jim Bolden reports significant investments will be needed to realize Britain’s Olympic dreams.

主播
伦敦最破旧的地区之一，将出现成千上万的新的工作机会并可能会呈现完全不同的城市面貌。英国准备申请举办2012年奥运会并计划在哈克尼等贫困地区举办。金•博顿报道说，英国要想圆奥林匹克梦需要花费巨大的投资。

JIM BOULDEN
A victory on this day, but London’s mayor knows the race has just begun. The British government has said it will financially back a bid by London to go for the 2012 Olympics. Now comes two years of intensive lobbying to convince the International Olympic Committee.

金•博顿
虽然今天赢了，但是伦敦市市长知道，竞赛才刚刚开始。英国政府称，将在财政上支持伦敦争办2012年奥林匹克运动会。从现在开始接下来的两年，伦敦政府将进行集中的游说工作，争取赢得国际奥林匹克委员会的信任。

KEN LIVINGSTONE, LONDON MAYOR
The three key cities there stand here ahead of the others and that’s Paris, and London and Madrid. I do think that we got a one in three chance of winning this. And if we can do that, we’re talking about thousands of billions of pounds of actual investment in London over the decade to come.

肯•利维史通，伦敦市长
有三个主要城市处在领先于其他竞争城市的位置，它们是巴黎、伦敦和马德里。我确信我们有三分之一的胜率。如果赢得举办权，在未来的十年内，伦敦将得到数万亿的实际投资。

JIM BOULDEN
Other cities including Toronto and Moscow may bid to join London and the bookies’ favorite, New York City.

金•博顿
包括多伦多和莫斯科在内的其他城市将和伦敦携手竞争，还可能包括纽约－－冒险家的乐园。

JIM BOULDEN
Paris, Madrid, New York and London. Or more accurately, East London. The mayor’s plan is to build the Olympic venues in one of the poorest parts of Western Europe. His idea, to take this derelict dog track and make an Olympic stadium.

金•博顿
巴黎、马德里、纽约和伦敦。更准确地说，伦敦东部。按照市长的计划，伦敦将在西欧最贫穷的一个部分建造比赛馆。他的想法是将这个曾被人们抛弃的地方建成一个奥林匹克体育场。

JIM BOULDEN
The mayor revealed that his team has been quietly buying up land in and around Stratford, East London, an area that has missed out on regeneration. Spending several billion dollars on infrastructure and housing would certainly transform the area. That’s what worries some residents.

金•博顿
市长透露，他的工作组已经秘密地将斯特拉特福德、东伦敦等未被改造地区的周边土地全部买下。投入数十亿的美元用于基础设施和房屋建设，一定会改变这一地区的面貌。然而，这正是使一些居民感到烦恼的事情。

ANNE WOOLLETT, HACKNEY ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM
We’re afraid that this area’s just gonna get concreted over. And that while the games would be fun, it will only be for a few days. We’ll all be left with all the tacky kind of concrete and whatever that’s left behind.

安•伍雷特，哈克尼环境论坛成员
我们担心该地区将被混凝土所覆盖。虽然开奥运会可能很有意思，但是奥运会也就持续几天。奥运会结束后，留给我们的全部都是些俗不可耐的混凝土和其它的遗留物。

JIM BOULDEN
What also worries critics is the deficit left behind. Some Olympic cities have suffered financially from the games. But British athletes say it’s money well spent.

金•博顿
令批评家担心的还有留下的财政赤字。一些举办奥林匹克运动会的城市在财政上蒙受了损失。但是英国的运动员说，这些钱其实是花得值得的。

TESSA SANDERSON OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST
The Olympic Games, I feel, having done six games, brings a lot of business to certain areas. So there’s a lot of things that the legacy could be that after the games have gone, you still have some great sporting facilities that people can use.

特莎•桑得森，奥运会金牌获得者
根据我目睹的6届奥运会，我认为奥运会给一些地区带去了巨大的商机。在奥运会结束后，大量的财产可以成为奥运遗产留给了城市，市民还能得到很多可以利用的大型运动设施。

JIM BOULDEN
And well cities have found it hard to use all the facilities left after the games, Barcelona for one is still benefiting from a successful Olympics eleven years ago.

金•博顿
很多城市都会发现奥运会给他们留下了用之不竭的各种设施。作为举办过奥运会的城市之一，巴塞罗那仍然在受益于11年前成功举办的奥林匹克运动会。

MELVIN GOLD, HOSPITALITY CONSULTANT
The city has now got 3 or 4 new convention centers and has really taken the opportunity to put itself on the map. And with the advent of Budget Airlines as well, Barcelona is now an essential destination whereas previously it was a backwater in Spain.

梅尔温•高尔德，医疗设施顾问
该城市现在已经拥有三到四个新的会议中心，并且确实利用这一机会一举成名，而且随着由政府补助的飞机航线的出现，巴塞罗那现在已经成为一个真正的名胜。而在以前，巴塞罗那只是西班牙的落后地区。

JIM BOULDEN
Taxes will go up if London gets the games. The city also has a creaky transport system. And many of its civil projects come in over budget and after the deadline. But the mayor insists his team will get a gold medal for this Olympic effort. Jim Bolden, CNN London.

金•博顿
如果伦敦取得奥运会举办权，赋税将进一步上升。该城市拥挤的交通系统就是个大麻烦。许多民用工程都是政府投资的而且都没有如期建成。但是市长仍然强调，如果申办成功，他的工作小组将获得金质奖章，作为对本次奥林匹克工作的表彰。美国有线新闻网金•博顿伦敦报道。

注释：

1. rundown adj. 破败的，脏且失修的    2. bid n. 出价，投标
3. impoverished adj. 穷困的           4. lobby n. 游说团
5. bookie n. （俚）赛马的赌注者       6. derelict adj. 被抛弃了的
7. regeneration n. 重建               8. tacky adj. 俗气的
9. legacy n. 遗留（物），遗产（祖先传下来）
10. convention n. 大会         11. advent n. （尤指不寻常的人或事）出现，到来
12. backwater n. 停滞不进的状态或地方   13. creaky adj. 残破的，破旧的