2006年VOA标准英语-With 4 Weeks to Go, Turin Working Feverish

By Sabina Castelfranco
Turin, Italy
14 January 2006

With less than four weeks to go to the opening of the Winter Olympics in Turin, there is still quite a lot of work to be done. There will be tight security in the city, which is not used to handling large numbers of tourists.

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Panoramic¹ view of Turin   
  

Residents of Turin say the city looks better, following efforts to get it ready to host the Winter Olympics next month, although the work is not completely finished.

Francesco is a 20-year-old student from Sicily who lives in Turin. He says the city has changed and that is thanks to the Olympic Games. He says, one of the reasons there has not been much talk of these games in Italy is because winter sports are not as popular as football.

He says he is not sure whether he will be able to attend Olympic events, because the tickets are too expensive for students. "They are not for everyone's pockets," he says.

Work continues at Piazza² Castello, in downtown Turin, where medals will be awarded to winners   
  
Loredana, a shop assistant from Turin, sat eating a slice of pizza in the central Piazza Castello, which opens up in front of the Royal Palace and is where the medal ceremonies will be held.

She pointed³ at workmen and steel scaffolding, and said she hoped everything would be ready in time. She added that she wanted visitors coming from all over the world to enjoy her city.

"We are happy," she says, "because it's an event. For us, it is opening a window to the world, and this is important to our city." Beyond that, Loredana says, she hopes the investments that were made will also benefit the city in the future.

Loredana said Turin is not accustomed to large crowds, and she worried about whether security would be sufficient for the numbers of people expected to arrive.

On the other side of the square, the prefect of Turin, who is responsible for security, said exceptional measures have been taken. He said extra police officers have already been deployed⁴ and there will be more.

The prefect, Goffredo Sottile, said every Olympic venue⁵ will have its own security system, with someone responsible for security there. There will also be a central office charged with Olympic security. 

Turin, Italy  
  
The Italian interior minister is scheduled to tour the Olympic venues⁶ in the city and in the mountains on January 23 to check on security arrangements.

Sottile says there has been no specific threat, but there are concerns that the Winter Games could be a target for international terrorists, or anarchists⁷ in Italy, who may use the opportunity to attract attention.

1 panoramic   

adj. 全景的

参考例句：

• Most rooms enjoy panoramic views of the sea. 大多数房间都能看到海的全景。
• In a panoramic survey of nature, speed is interesting because it has a ceiling. 概观自然全景，速率是有趣的，因为它有一个上限。

2 piazza   

n.广场；走廊

参考例句：

• Siena's main piazza was one of the sights of Italy.锡耶纳的主要广场是意大利的名胜之一。
• They walked out of the cafeteria,and across the piazzadj.他们走出自助餐厅,穿过广场。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

5 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。

6 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

7 anarchists   

无政府主义者( anarchist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Anarchists demand the destruction of structures of oppression including the country itself. "无政府主义者要求摧毁包括国家本身在内的压迫人民的组织。
• Unsurprisingly, Ms Baburova had a soft spot for anarchists. 没什么奇怪的，巴布罗娃女士倾向于无政府主义。