With the approaching of the Olympic Games, voices and posters about the Olympic Games can be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys of Beijing. The atmosphere of welcoming the Olympic Games is getting stronger and stronger.
In the hot summer, people's enthusiasm for the Olympic Games has not diminished. Beijingers use activities such as "Thousands of Diabolos" and "National Song and Dance Performances" to express their joy in welcoming the Olympic Games.
This situation makes people care, "How will Beijing prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games?"
Olympic venues will be basically completed before the end of the year.
Seven years of sufficient preparation time and tens of billions of dollars of investment have made remarkable achievements in many aspects of China Olympic construction, and almost every project has been completed ahead of schedule.
With the approach of the Olympic Games, all Olympic venues including the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube have been unveiled. 12 newly-built venues such as National Stadium (Bird's Nest) and National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) have completed the main structural works, and are undergoing renovation and installation of electromechanical equipment. 1 1 The reconstruction and expansion project and eight temporary construction projects all started construction. Fengtai softball field has been put into use. Except for the National Stadium, which needs to be completed in early 2008 due to the opening ceremony, all other competition venues were completed by the end of 2007.
The Gymnasium of China Agricultural University has been basically completed in four venues distributed in the university area, and is undergoing completion acceptance. Peking University Gymnasium is undergoing exterior decoration, interior fine decoration and equipment installation and debugging. The gymnasium of Beijing University of Technology and the gymnasium of University of Science and Technology Beijing are undergoing indoor fine decoration and equipment installation and debugging.
The curtain wall construction of the venues located in the western community and the northern scenic tourist area and Wukesong Basketball Hall has been completed and is being renovated. The exterior decoration of Laoshan Bicycle Hall has been completed, and fine decoration and track decoration are under way. Shunyi Olympic Water Park has been basically completed and is undergoing completion acceptance.
The municipal infrastructure and landscape greening projects in the central area of the Olympic Park are progressing steadily in accordance with the overall construction plan. Underground communication channel, underground garage and underground commercial main structure have all been completed, and equipment installation is under way. 50% of the project with a water area of 6,543,800+0,850 square meters was completed, and water injection was completed in some areas to plant aquatic plants.
Digital Beijing Building will be completed and accepted at the end of August; The Olympic Park Tennis Center and Workers Gymnasium will be completed and accepted by the end of September.
On August 7, 2007, the "Good Luck Beijing" test competition (referred to as "the test competition" was held according to the requirements of the International Olympic Committee and Beijing's bid commitment, and its purpose was to test and verify the facilities, technical systems, planning, operation norms and support capabilities of the venue) also kicked off in the newly-built Shunyi Olympic Water Park.
From July this year to June 2008, 42 events will be held in Beijing and other co-host cities, including 14 international single top events and a number of comprehensive test events. Relevant departments of Beijing and BOCOG have also entered the state of "hosting the Olympic Games".
"The first village in the world" will embody the elements of China.
At the end of July, the mysterious Olympic village, known as the "world's first village", also began to appear. The Olympic Village is located in the northwest of Beijing Olympic Center, adjacent to the Olympic Park in the north and the main stadium community in the south. It consists of residential area and international area, covering an area of 66 hectares. More than 654.38+0.68 million athletes, coaches and delegation officials who come to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games will live here.
In the model room, we can see white walls, dark composite wood floors and light wood furniture, which make the interior of the apartment look fresh and elegant. On the walls of the bedroom and living room, seal cutting and calligraphy decorative paintings set off a rich China atmosphere, while the green plants scattered at will make the room full of vitality. The greatest feeling is the perfect combination of China characteristics and humanized design.
Residential area is the main part of the Olympic Village. In addition to athletes' apartments, there are athletes' comprehensive clinics, restaurants, multi-functional libraries, entertainment centers, leisure sports areas and other related service facilities. Among them, leisure sports areas include gymnasiums, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts and jogging tracks.
Of course, to host the Olympic Games, it is not enough to only have advanced facilities and a livable Olympic village, but also need complete urban supporting facilities to adapt to it. At present, as far as Beijing is concerned, the biggest problems are environment and traffic.
Accelerate the implementation of the concept of "Green Olympics"
Colorful green vegetation, clean building interface and bright night lighting ... At present, Chaoyang District has afforested and beautified 25 Olympic roads around the Olympic Central District. Before the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", the Olympic Landscape Avenue will be completed to show the public a clean and beautiful urban environment.
In 2007, the Beijing Municipal Government invested 300 million yuan to start the greening project in key areas of the Olympic Games, which opened the prelude to urban environmental construction.
The greening reconstruction project of the Capital Airport Expressway has been approved. So far, five greening projects in key areas of the Olympic Games, such as the landscape greening of Minzu Avenue, the greening of the fourth ring road section of the Olympic Road connecting line, the greening of Chang 'an Avenue and its extension line, the greening of the Capital Airport Expressway and the greening of the China Millennium Monument, have all been approved, which is six times that of the urban greening projects invested by the government in previous years. At present, five greening projects have started construction one after another and are scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Beijing also spent about $654.38+03 billion to improve the environment, including increasing the use of clean energy, increasing the green area and moving factories to the suburbs. In 2006, nearly 28 million trees were planted in Beijing, achieving the planned greening goal two years ahead of schedule. Take air quality as an example. In 200 1 year, the number of days when Beijing's air quality reaches Grade II or better is 185 days, accounting for 50.7% of the total number of days in the whole year. In 2006, this index was 24 1 day, accounting for 66% of the total number of days in the whole year.
Since the implementation of the concept of "Green Olympics", environmental protection indicators such as air and water, which are closely related to people's lives, have been continuously improved through environmental improvement. Many "old Beijing" said, "Now, we can see the blue sky. In the past, the sky was gray. "
The "difficulty in traveling" has been alleviated to some extent.
The 2008 Olympic Games will be a test of Beijing's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and "travel" is the focus of Beijing citizens' attention.
Traffic has always been a persistent problem in Beijing. To welcome the Olympic Games, Beijing has invested 90 billion yuan to improve traffic facilities and control traffic congestion in stages.
Speed-up of railways, optimization of bus routes and new subway lines have all facilitated the Olympic Games. This year, the implementation of the low bus fare policy has further improved the urban bus situation.
Take subway construction as an example. Before the 2008 Olympic Games, Metro Line 5, Line 10 Phase I (including the Olympic branch line) and rail transit airport line will be completed, with an additional operating mileage of 84 kilometers, reaching a total of 198 kilometers.
At the end of July, the subway 1 and Line 2, which have been in operation for more than 30 years, began to be completely transformed. After comprehensive transformation, Metro 1 and Line 2 will reach the minimum train departure interval of 2.5 minutes. According to the forecast of subway passenger flow, during the 2008 Olympic Games, the minimum departure interval of Beijing Metro 1 and Line 2 needs to reach 2.5 minutes to meet the rapidly rising passenger demand. This departure interval will catch up with the operation level of the Hong Kong subway and rank among the top in the world. At the end of September, Beijing's first north-south subway line, Metro Line 5, was put into trial operation. By the eve of next year's Olympic Games, there will be six subway lines in Beijing. During the Olympic Games, passengers can also watch the wonderful Olympic Games in real time in the subway.
Line 5 intersects with the existing subway 1, 2, 13 and the subway 10 under construction. During the Olympic Games, a large number of spectators can be transported to various Olympic venues quickly and smoothly. Moreover, the mobile phone can be answered all the way on Metro Line 5, and there will be no signal.
The hotel industry is ready.
The industry that will benefit most from the Olympic Games will be the hotel industry in Beijing. According to the promise of the Olympic bid report, Beijing will provide 800 star-rated hotels and10.3 million rooms during the Olympic Games.
"From now on, Beijing should strengthen the construction and management of accommodation and ensure the reception capacity of at least 800,000 people." Mi, deputy director of BOCOG Games Service Department, said that accommodation was the earliest work after its establishment.
By the end of 2006, there were 700 star-rated hotels with rooms11.8000. There are 89 hotels under construction, reconstruction and ready to declare three-star to five-star hotels. At present, 1 12 star hotels have become BOCOG contracted hotels, and the rental rooms account for 70% of the total rooms in these hotels. By 2008, the total number of hotels and restaurants in Beijing will reach 800, with 65,438+300,000 rooms. They will undertake the task of "accommodation" for domestic and foreign tourists and others during the Olympic Games.
At present, 122 Olympic contracted hotels and three-star hotels have basically solved the problem of bilingual signs. Now many hotels are increasing investment in building barrier-free facilities, including barrier-free rooms, ramps, parking spaces and so on. This work will be completed by the end of the year.
With the development of Olympic planning and preparation, Beijing has brought great changes in environment, transportation, cultural relics and tourism. Since 200 1, Changpuhe Park and Ming Great Wall Ruins Park have been newly built in Beijing, and a green isolation belt of 120 square kilometers has been built, and the 366-kilometer "Five Rivers and Ten Roads" greening project has been completed. In 2008, Beijing will also build eight rail transit lines, bringing the number of rail transit lines in Beijing to 300 kilometers. Beijing has also built a large number of cultural venues, such as Chang 'an Grand Theatre, Zhongshan Park Concert Hall, China Pingju Theatre, Beijing Theatre School Rehearsal Hall, Seven-color Children's Theatre, Capital Theatre, Municipal Broadcasting Building and Capital Library. The National Grand Theatre and the new Beijing Planetarium are under construction. Beijing will also restore the Dongbianmen Ming City Wall Ruins Park and the new Capital Museum. People have seen that in recent years, the sky in Beijing has become bluer and clearer, and the Olympic spirit is pushing Beijing to 2008 at an unprecedented high speed.
Therefore, IOC President Jacques Rogge said a few days ago that the Beijing Olympic Games is well prepared, so there is reason to believe that the 2008 Olympic Games will be a complete success.
Beijing still needs to work hard.
There is only one year before the opening of the Olympic Games. In this year, we can't relax at all. At present, there are still many shortcomings that need us to improve. A successful Olympic Games needs not only advanced facilities and venues, but also a civilized social environment.
It should be noted that bad habits such as spitting, littering, talking loudly and ignoring traffic regulations still exist, and observing public order and caring for the public environment is far from becoming a self-discipline requirement; Bad styles such as "almost", "getting by", "making do" and "average" can be seen everywhere, and seriousness and rigor are far from becoming the basic attitude in work and life; Violations of Olympic intellectual property rights have been repeatedly prohibited. ...
Details determine success or failure, and people's moral cultivation and civilized quality often appear in trivial details. Olympic athletes compete for gold and silver, showing the momentum of a nation's forge ahead; The civilized behavior of every China people also reflects the rational and mature tolerance of a nation.
In addition, as a world-famous sports event, Beijing Olympic Games needs to build a large number of sports facilities and urban infrastructure in just 16 days to meet the extraordinary demand of the Olympic Games. However, with the end of the Olympic Games, the demand has weakened, and this demand gap is the basic reason for the formation of post-Olympic risks. All industries also need to treat Olympic expectations rationally.
In view of this, as a preventive measure, the central government put forward the concept of "running the Olympic Games frugally and cleanly" several years ago, and the "slimming movement" of Olympic venues is being launched. The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Planning Commission also said that when planning and arranging the venues of the Beijing Olympic Games, the first thing to consider is how to use them after the games and how to better serve the people. It is reported that after the Beijing Olympic Games, the Olympic Village will be transformed into a residence.
The Olympic Games has undoubtedly played a great role in promoting a country's economic development. 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and 1988 Seoul Olympic Games not only promoted the rapid economic development of Japan and South Korea, but also accelerated the transformation of developing countries into newly industrialized countries, and improved the national quality and social civilization.
On this day next year, the Olympic Games will visit the East of the world again. There is no doubt that the Olympic Games has become a promoter of social development in China. When Olympic venues such as the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube spring up like mushrooms after rain, and when industries such as transportation, communication, tourism and culture develop rapidly, the ever-changing Beijing will amaze the world. At the moment, Beijing is attracting the world's attention, and the whole world is paying attention to it: how can an ancient civilization with a history of 5,000 years seize the opportunity of the Olympic Games? Can China take advantage of the Olympic Games to achieve economic take-off? How will Beijing Olympic Games leave a brilliant mark in the world Olympic history?
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be an opportunity for China to show the world the great achievements of China's economic construction, and also an opportunity to show the world China's civilization and etiquette.
In 2008, Beijing will hold high the banner of the Olympic spirit, open the way with sports and build bridges with culture, and show the world a splendid, harmonious and modern China Beijing, which will also reflect the rapid development of China's cultural undertakings and economic construction.
2. The appearance of the Olympic Games
The full name of the Olympic Games is "Olympic Games", and the word "Olympic" comes from the Greek place name "Olympia". Olympia is located in the Afis Valley, 360 kilometers southwest of Athens. It is picturesque and has a pleasant climate. The ancient Greeks built many temples here, so the ancients called this land Alphonse City, also known as "Holy Land" Olympia. According to the belief at that time, it symbolizes peace and friendship.
In ancient Greece and other countries in the Mediterranean region, people often hold grand gatherings and carry out various entertainment and competitions during festivals and harvest seasons, which is very lively. At first, this kind of activity was scattered all over the country, not regularly, but the gathering in Olympia was the biggest.
In 884 BC, war broke out in ancient Greece, and wars raged everywhere, plagues ran rampant and crops failed. Greek civilians were so eager for peace that they missed the celebration of that year. Therefore, the king of Elis city-state where Olympia is located contacted the kings of other city-states, and reached an agreement to hold sports meetings in Olympia on a regular basis, and stipulated that a "Holy Truce Day" should be implemented in the sports year. The duration of the "Holy Truce Day" is three months. In the meantime, no one is allowed to start with a sword. Even the warring parties should lay down their weapons and prepare to go to Olympia for the sports meeting. Since then, there has been an all-Greece championship. By 776 BC, the safe name of the winner was recorded in words for the first time. This is what later generations called the first ancient Greek Games. Since then, this kind of competition will be held every four years. Therefore, the venue of the competition is Olympia, also known as the ancient Olympic Games, or simply the ancient Olympic Games. From 776 BC to 349 AD, the ancient Olympic Games were abolished by the emperor of the Roman Empire and held 293 times.
The ancient Olympic Games were not all interesting.
The ancient Olympic Games didn't mean joy to the ordinary Olympic audience. A typical Olympic spectator, if starting from Athens, must trudge more than half of the Peloponnesus along the rugged ancient The Way, with the hot summer sun in the Mediterranean above his head, and spend two weeks walking from Athens to Olympia with the help of mules and horses. If you come from an overseas colony, it will take longer to go by sea.
When the exhausted audience finally arrived at Olympia, the real test had just begun. The infrastructure in Olympia is extremely rudimentary, and there is only one decent hotel, which is only open to diplomatic missions and officials. The nobles with insufficient rank can only set up their own tents to solve the accommodation problem. As for the other 80,000 ordinary spectators-nearly half of them are vendors selling food and souvenirs-they have to help themselves in the wilderness near the Temple of Zeus. As a result, during the Olympic Games, it became a campsite with poor sanitary conditions.
The stadium in Olympia has no audience and no shade. For religious reasons, spectators are not allowed to wear hats at the Olympic Games. People can only stand in the middle of dusty stadiums from morning till night and be exposed to the scorching sun. Due to the cut-off of rivers and the shortage of well water supply in summer, dehydration and heatstroke often happen to the audience. At that time, Greece did not have a perfect sewage system, and the dry river bed became a temporary toilet for tens of thousands of people. The garbage is piled up on the spot, and the sanitary condition can be imagined.
It was under such conditions that the ancient Olympic Games was held for 1000 years. It is said that the mess of the Olympic Games is shocking, so that there is a saying that the master will say to the unruly slaves in a threatening tone: if you don't obey, you will be punished to watch the Olympic Games in Olympia! (Southern Weekend 8. 19 fugue)
Olympic anthem
The first modern summer Olympic Games opened in Athens on April 6th. In the opening ceremony, solemn classical strings were played, and 1958 was designated as the Olympic anthem by the International Olympic Committee. The composer of this song is Greek samaras and the lyricist is palamas.
Olympic flag
19 13, Coubertin, France, proposed to set up the flag of the International Olympic Committee, which was designed with a boundless white background and five rings of blue, yellow, black, green and red in the center from left to right, representing Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the United States in turn. A white background means that all countries can compete under their own flags. In July 2004, the Olympic flag was raised for the first time. 1920, the Belgian Olympic Committee, which hosted the 5th Summer Olympic Games, presented the same national flag to the International Olympic Committee, which was hung during the Olympic Games and then customized. The flag was handed over from the host city of the last Olympic Games to the last Olympic Games and kept by the host city. During the competition, only borrowed items are hung in the main stadium. 1952, Oslo presented the flag of the Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee in the same way as the Summer Olympics. 1970, the international Olympic Committee gave the Olympic flag a new meaning in the fourth issue of Olympic review: it symbolizes the unity of five continents, and athletes gather at the Olympic Games in a fair and frank competition and friendly spirit.
Olympic flame
1934, the Athens meeting of the International Olympic Committee decided to restore the old system of the ancient Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame burned in the main stadium. The flame was taken from the Olympic Games and passed to the host country through the torch relay. Prior to this, 1928 the 9th Olympic Games was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
There is a tall tower in the main stadium, burning with fiery fireworks from beginning to end. This is the first time that this kind of activity has been held in the Olympic Games. 1936 On July 20th, Olympia held the lighting ceremony of 1 1 Summer Olympic Games. After that, everyone held the torch and ran the relay of 1 km, passing through Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia, and arrived in Berlin on 1 in August, with a total distance of 3075 km. The International Olympic Committee officially stipulates that lighting the Olympic flame is an essential ceremony for the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. In addition, the flame is lit to commemorate the soldiers who died in World War I, and the torch relay symbolizes the spread of peace and friendship around the world.
Pierre, the founder of the modern Olympic Games? De? Coubertin
Pierre De Coubertin is the founder of the modern Olympic Games. He was born in a noble family in Paris. After graduating from high school, I went to Paris University to study law and politics, and then I went to England to study pedagogy. At that time, outdoor sports in Britain had a great shock to Coubertin. He is determined to go back and change France's indifference to sports. He is more eager to expand world sports exchanges. 1863, Coubertin proposed to hold a competition similar to the ancient Olympic Games, but he did not copy it, but extended the ancient Olympic Games, which used to be confined to Greeks, to the whole world. Although Coubertin's idea was resisted by some opposition parties, with his unremitting efforts, 20 countries finally sent representatives to hold the first "International Conference on Rebuilding the International Olympic Games" at the University of Paris in June 1894. On the evening of June 23, the Committee officially announced the establishment of the International Olympic Committee, which is of epoch-making significance to the development of world sports and the Olympic Movement. Many countries regard this day as a sports festival, and China also designated this day as the Olympic Day in 1986.
The history of modern Olympic Games
The Olympic Games has a history of 1200 years since it was held in Olympia, Greece in 776 AD. At that time, there were five events (including discus, javelin, long jump, running and wrestling), running, boxing, wrestling, Pankration (a mixed sport of boxing and wrestling), carriage race and horse riding.
The revival of the Olympic Games began in 1896, when Athens, Greece hosted the first modern Olympic Games. At that time, 245 athletes from 14 countries participated in the competition. Since then, the number of participating athletes, participating countries and participating events has increased day by day. In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in Australia, more than 65,438+000,000 athletes from 65,438+099 countries participated in the competition.
Winter sports first joined the Olympic Games in 1908, when it was figure skating. Ice hockey increased from 1920. 1924, the Winter Olympic Games was held in Nice, Tchami for the first time. Because 1994, the Winter Olympics is scheduled to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, so the current Olympic Games are held every two years, and the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics are held alternately.
The first Athens Olympic Games
The Second Paris Olympic Games
The Third St. Louis Olympic Games
The 4th London Olympic Games
The Fifth Stockholm Olympic Games
The Seventh Antwerp Olympic Games
The Eighth Paris Olympic Games
The 9th Amsterdam Olympic Games
The 10 Los Angeles Olympic Games
1 1 Berlin Olympic Games
The Second World War
14 London Olympic Games
15 Helsinki Olympic Games
16 Melbourne Olympic Games
17 Rome Olympic Games
18 Tokyo Olympic Games
19 Mexico city Olympic games
The 20th Munich Olympic Games
2 1 Montreal Olympic Games
The 22nd Moscow Olympic Games
23rd Los Angeles Olympic Games
The 24th Seoul Olympic Games
25th Barcelona Olympic Games
26th Atlanta Olympic Games
The 27th Sydney Olympic Games
The 28th Athens Olympic Games
3. Names of Olympic athletes:
Shooting 4 people: Jia Zhanbo, Zhu Qinan, Wang Yifu, Li Du
Five weightlifters: Chen Yanqing, Shi Zhiyong, Zhang, Liu Chunhong and Tang.
9 swimmers: Luo Xuejuan Guo Pengbo Lao Lishi Yang Ting
Volleyball player: Feng Yanan Hao Song Gong Ruxin Li Na Zhou Suhong
Table tennis: Zhang Lin
Badminton: Zhang Ning, Zhang Jun, Yang Wei, bonita, Gao Ling.
Track and Field: Xing Huina, Liu Xiang
Taekwondo: Chen Zhong Luowei
Judo: Xian Dongmei
Gymnastics: Teng Haibin
Tennis: Li Ting, Sun.
Canoeing: Yang Wenjun, Meng
Wrestling: Wang Xu