國際奧委會主席的第四次中國之行英語美文國際奧委會主席的第四次中國之行英語美文 Rogge upbeat about xx venues construction 北京時間10月30日上午7時30分 國際奧委會主席羅格和夫人乘坐法 航班機飛抵北京 開始了他從xx年當選國際奧委會主席后的第四次 中國之行 International Olympic Committee IOC President Jacques Rogge visits the construction site of Beijing Olympic venues October 30 xx He spoke highly of Beijing s preparations for the xx Olympic Games newsphoto International Olympic Committee IOC President Jacques Rogge spoke highly on October 30 of Beijing s preparations for the xx Olympic Games after having an inspection tour of venues for the Games Rogge who arrived in the Chinese capital Saturday morning in the afternoon visited the construction sites of the National Stadium the main Olympic stadium which resembles a bird s nest in shape and the National Swimming Center I m pleased with what I have seen The venues will leave a great legacy for Beijing and China said Rogge Still of course there s a lot to be done But we still have another four years now We re quite sure that the games will be absolutely excellent added the IOC chief In order to save costs and fine tune the design Beijing halted the construction work on several Olympic venues including the center piece National Stadium in August amid a nationwide drive to cut down on white elephant projects The city which plans to spend about 37 billion US dollars on the Games is also mulling to adjust the location of five venues planned for the Games Aording to Gilbert Felli IOC s Olympic Games Executive Director concerned sports are softball baseball hockey beach volleyball and tennis BOCOG wants to move the venues for above five sports but tennis closer to the Olympic Green which is planned to be located in the north part of the city Rogge said it would be convenient for both athletes and spectators if venues are to built within the Olympic Green Everything is very close to each other I think it s very good for the organization of the Games easy aess for the athletes he said Along with a group of IOC officials including Hein Verbruggen president of the IOC s Coordination Commission for the xx Olympics Rogge also watched a promotion film about the history present and future of the Chinese capital Rogge who is on his third visit to Beijing is scheduled to open the debriefing of the Athens Olympics here on Sunday The debriefing also serves as the official transfer of knowledge meeting between Athens organizers and their Beijing counterparts International Olympic Committee IOC President Jacques Rogge arrived in Beijing on Saturday morning to start a three day visit to the host city of the xx Olympic Games Rogge who is on his third visit to the Chinese capital arrived at the Capital International Airport at 7 40 a m Beijing time aboard flight AF128 Beijing vice mayor Liu Jingmin held a brief wele ceremony at the airport Rogge is scheduled to pay an inspection tour of some venues for the xx Games Saturday afternoon and hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao The IOC chief will open the debriefing of the Athens Olympics on Sunday The debriefing also serves as the official transfer of knowledge meeting between Athens organizers and their Beijing counterparts People s Daily Online Vocabulary resemble appear like b