英伦广角 2011-02-20 2012年伦敦奥运会场馆敲定

The battle to take over the London 2012 stadium has been as fierce and vocal¹ as pretty much any which will take place in it. Whoever wins this particular race will determine how this venue² will look in the decades to come, and just as importantly who among us will get to enjoy it. West Ham would keep the running track and use the venue for athletics³, football, cricket and concerts. Tottenham Hotspur would demolish⁴ much of the half a billion pounds of structure and rebuild the 60,000-seater stadium in its place, specifically for football. Two very different bids, getting the decision right is crucial.

There is so much of the aftermaths of many Olympic Games, has been marred⁵ by empty stadium, unused facilities, lots of public money appearing to have been wasted. We are not going to do that. We planned legacy⁶ into our Olympic park right from the start. It’s one of the reasons that we won.

While there’s been a lot of passionate⁷ discussion about the merits of each of the bids, the fact is they are both very strong. Spur is seemed to be the signed financial option, but they promised to deliver a legacy to helping⁸ regenerate⁹ the local area and investing in a national center for athletics at Crystal Palace. West Ham is considered to be the obvious legacy choice, but they say their finances are signed and calculations are based on the worst case scenarios¹⁰. So even the club is relegated¹¹ to the championship, they are still able to pay the bills. Here, meaning crucially, you and I won’t have to.

That’s not to say there hasn’t been one overall favorite in this competition. As well as being the local club, West Ham has most of their supporters and the athletics community on board. Something that spurs fans say shouldn't be a factor.

Why should Tottenham win it is because Tottenham's bid really makes more sense, and it’s much better commercially, and better for the tax payer, and better for the Olympic park a long term. Tottenham would become a great anchor, attraction if you like, for what would become a great place, a great experience place to go. The West Ham proposal, with the greatest respect to them, is flawed.

It is truly that the governments and the London mayor can still decline today’s recommendation for the stadium and it will a number of weeks of negotiating with the preferred partner until anything is signed. Whoever takes the lead today though or had a head start; that will be almost impossible to catch.

Orla Chennaoui, Sky News at the Olympic and Paralympic stadium in East London.

1 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

2 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

3 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

4 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

5 marred   

adj. 被损毁, 污损的

参考例句：

• The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。
• Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

6 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

7 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

8 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

9 regenerate   

vt.使恢复，使新生；vi.恢复，再生；adj.恢复的

参考例句：

• Their aim is to regenerate British industry.他们的目的是复兴英国的工业。
• Although it is not easy,you have the power to regenerate your life.尽管这不容易，但你有使生活重获新生的能力。

10 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

11 relegated   

v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类

参考例句：

• She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。
• I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》