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| An organizing committee staff shows a 2008 Beijing Olympics Games tickets order sheet April 15, 2008. More than 7 million affordable1 tickets are on sale for the 2008 Olympic Games, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) said on Sunday. |
| A Beijing resident logs on the official website of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) for information about sale of 2008 Beijing Olympics Games tickets in Beijing April 15, 2007. |
| Beijing, April 15 - Chinese nationals and foreigners living in China can now book more than seven million tickets available for the 2008 Olympic Games, organizers said on Sunday.
Orders can be processed on the website (www.tickets.beijing2008.cn) and at 1,000 designated Bank of China branches, but tickets will not be delivered until June 2008.
"All the tickets to the opening and closing ceremonies as well as half of the tickets to 28 sports are on offer in the first phase of sales which will last until June 30," Rong Jun, head of the Olympic Ticketing Center, told a press conference.
The second leg of domestic sales will kick off in October 2007 and run through December 2007. Remaining available tickets from Phase One and the other 50 percent of sports tickets for domestic public will be on sale in this period. The public can also book tickets in Phase Two by calling BOCOG ticketing call center (8610-952008).
Foreigners as well as residents in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan of China would be able to buy Olympic tickets through their National Olympic Committees or from designated outlets2 at the same price, said Rong.
"On the whole, about 25 percent of the seven million tickets will go to overseas public," he said.
Everyone is only allowed to buy one ticket each for the opening and closing ceremonies, two for high-demand sports sessions and three to five for other events.
"We want to maximize the number of people who have an opportunity to watch the Games," said Rong.
Excluding those reserved for the Olympic Family, sponsors, rights-holding broadcasters and security guards, some 63,000 tickets are available to the opening ceremony that will take place in the 91,000-seat National Stadium.
"The domestic public has access to about 40 percent, which is higher than the Athens Games in 2004," said Rong.
In an attempt to prevent terrorists and ticket scalpers, people need to submit their photos when booking tickets to the opening and closing ceremonies, and the tickets can be transferred only once with the consent of BOCOG in advance, said Rong.
"Advanced anti-counterfeiting technologies will be used in printing the tickets," he said.
Tickets to oversubscribed events will be allocated3 by random4 draw.
"It ensures that everyone has an equal chance of purchasing tickets," said Rong.
In an effort to make the Olympics affordable to average Chinese residents, about 58 percent of the tickets are priced at 100 yuan (12 U.S.dollars) or less, and 14 percent of all tickets would be reserved for Chinese students for 10 yuan (1.3 dollars) or less.
Ticket prices for the 28 sports sessions range from 30 yuan (3.50 dollars) to 1,000 yuan (127 dollars).
The most expensive tickets are for the opening ceremony on the evening of Aug. 8, 2008, which cost 5,000 yuan (646 dollars). The cheapest tickets for that event are 200 yuan (26 dollars).
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affordable
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| adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的 |
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- The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
- There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。
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outlets
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| n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店 |
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- 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》
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allocated
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| adj. 分配的
动词allocate的过去式和过去分词 |
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- The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
- More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。
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| adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 |
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- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
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