美国官方早前宣布，代表美国申请主办2016年奥运会的城市将在洛杉矶和芝加哥之间产生。本周一，洛杉矶和芝加哥向美国奥委会递交了申请，随后美国奥委会将对两所城市分别进行为期两天的考察，并于4月14日决定代表美国申办奥运会的最终城市。

Schwarzenegger backs Los Angeles for 2016 Olympics

Los Angeles and Chicago submitted detailed¹ plans for the 2016 Summer Olympics to the U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday, a major step in the process to decide which city will bid for the games next year.

 
The so-called bid books contain 19 sections, detailing every aspect of the cities' plans to woo international decision-makers to their outline of their prospective² Olympic villages, venues³ and media operations.

The USOC evaluation⁴ commission will travel to Los Angeles on Feb. 28 and to Chicago on March 5 for two-day inspections⁵. The USOC will announce its applicant⁶ city on April 14.

The candidate city must be submitted to the International Olympic Committee on Sept. 15. The host will be chosen in 2009. Other cities that have expressed interest in hosting the 2016 Games are Madrid, New Delhi, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Tokyo.

The Los Angeles bid emphasizes Southern California's existing venues, its travel and tourism infrastructure⁷, and its close ties to the media and entertainment industries.

It includes the use of historic Olympic venues like the Coliseum and newer arenas⁸ such as Staples⁹ Center, Honda Center and Home Depot¹⁰ Center, which didn't exist when the city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Chicago's committee put together a 1,200-page outline that includes 25 athletic¹¹ venues, of which about 65 percent are already built, said Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky.

Vocabulary:

candidate city: 候选城市

Coliseum：体育场，竞技场