A large crowd had gathered from early afternoon in front of the Alpensia Ski Jump Stadium in Pyeongchang to watch the much anticipated announcement from Durban, South Africa, on a big-screen television.

　　Various performances had been staged to show support for the city's bid to host the Olympic Games. The gathering crowd zealously shouted "Yes Pyeongchang."

　　The atmosphere heated up even more when the news broke out that one among the three competing cities -- Pyeongchang of South Korea, Munich of Germany and France's Annecy -- won a majority of votes in the first round of a secret ballot of the International Olympic Committee.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）