【Native Speaker每日综合训练—36系列】【36-08】经管 Olympics

ffffionabear

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[speaker]
fact:There's an official report confirms that Olympic games boost London's economic,and the earning has exceeded the expenditure on holding it.However.for economists,those international matches are always proved to be unprofitable.
for:
The report worked out a model that the Olympic enhanced the local tourism and then boost the economic,which is supported by a well-known economist.
Turning point：
Scientists involved said the solution is garbling.In fact,some original data didn't support that positive solution.Only one side endorsed that Olympic game benefited the hosting country while the others opposed.  
conclusion:
The Olympic gamen never satisfied the economical needs of hosting country.
[speed]
2'02
After a tough competition,Japan succeed in being the hosting country of 2020 Olympic games.But why those countries so keen in holding Olympic games.Altought it's the biggest sport game in the world,holding this could be a costly work.The tourism enhancement won't be totally cover the financial lost.
2'07
The main reason for those cities to hold the game is always the externalities.Take China for example,it's a chance to show the government's organizational power and economic strength.However,it's to long to complete the entire process---from biding to ending.Who made the decision to join the biding always left the blame or the admiration to the successors.
54'
Five years pasted,China's economic just "business as usual",the Olympic games seemed to be no impact on the tourism boost,opener market or company investment.
2'35
To make the game unparalleled,China spare no effort to prepare,perfecting the foundation building,enhancing the traffic and monitoring the security.But those face-saving projects, such as water cube and bird's nest,become "ghost towns" after the game.What's worse,the tourism arrival falled during and after the game.
3'16
The Olympic games never change anything indeed.The air pollution problem return to the "usual" level when the games ended,and the spirit of Olympic games never last forever in the hosting cities.Government silence the dissenters and critics to maintain their "face",which maybe the main reason to host the game successfully.
3'30
Briton have an enconomic surge after hosting the Olympic-----unemployment rate declined,the housing price increased and the tourism arrival boosted.Even if the after-Olympic effect should have came to an end,the tourism benefits still worked in the recent year.Some argued that's related more to the governmental expansion of tourism than Olympic itself.
[obstacle]
5'43
question:Will hosting the Winter Olympic games boosst the Russia's economic?
for:
1.It will have a economic surge during Olympic because of the foreigners arrival,which will benefit the related industry.
2.Nowadays,the Olympic games are more held by developing countries such as China and Mexico,it create a challenge to prepare for the Olympic,especially for the city capacity part.Government investment on optimizing the city can be a long-term wrinkle.
3.It will create jobs vacancy and market demands,which will stimulate Russia's sluggish.
Against:
1.It's hard to estimate based on the historical data.Some countries benefits from it,others aren't.
2.Those demands created by Olympics are temporary.
solution:
If Russia can seize the opportunity to stimulate the market and take advantage of those Olympics foundation building,it will benefit its economy.(后面不太记得了(☍﹏⁰))

davideng

PartII: Speed 2:24
The Tyoko will host the 2020 Olympic Games and beat their major competition, Madrid, Istanbul. It was not the strongest candidate cities in Olympic history. Because hosting the Olympic Game can cause economic growth,and attract tourists come to visit. Therefore, many countries want to host it. Moreover, the spending of hosting Olympic Games is expensive. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Game have cost about $40billion.

Time3: 2:20
The main reason cities want to host the Olympic Game is that ,the are wildly popular with the voters who foot the bill. It's a high risk game.But the local government would like to achieve their goals through host the Olympic.

Warm up:00:55
The China want to show that she could do it faster, higher and stronger in Olympic Game, and she also hope that hosting Olympic game makes economic sense, increasing tourism and business investment.

Time 4:02:50
From 2001 to 2008, China has spent about $40 billion on expand the stadiums and facilities. But after the game, there is a long time to return the investment. As the number of tourists have fallen the year following Olympic Game, and these expensive cost stadiums become vacant.

Time 5:2:49
Take a deep breath.
The China control the air pollution,and reduce the coal consumption and restrict car numbers before the 2008 Olympics Games.But after that , the air quality return to previous level.
Spirit of the Games
Unfortunately today, events like Olympic Game have been became the politician's carrots,and they makes no economic sense.

Obstacles: 5:53
Sochi Olympic game

jokerking

spd : 1.50 Japan won the opportunity to host the 2020 olympic party. but this is a really costly project.
       2.14 one reason is the game is widly popular with the voters. another is government need this opportunity to gee up the economy. and politicians are seldom around when the fun begins.
      0.45 5 years after Olympic, china's economic seems no change.
      2.11 Olympic host country can make money by increasing tourists arrival, but china's strict visa requirement inhibit this trend.  Purpose-built stadiums do have a tendency to morph into white elephants.
      2.54 air pollution is still plagues the capital today. olympics unfortunately become political carrots. To the authorities, for whom face seemingly means everything, this falwless olympic perhaps  is enough.
      2.38 data shows that Britain’s tourism industry appears to be contributing to the economic bounce, but when comparing with what Britons spend abroad, olympic seems less helpful to B's economic recovery.

angel880319

Time2:02'40
Time3:03'08
Time4:02'53
Time5:03'24
Time6:03'44

hemodata

speaker: although a goverment document declares that the London Olympic Games makes net profit, experts insist that this concultion is skeptic and the total benefit may need much longer to evaluate.


speaker中一些关于投资的词汇和说法
- a massively expensive undertaking
- minister has estimated the cost at $51 billion
- the economics of hosting the Olympics
- bid on the games in hopes of bringing new investment, tourism and development
- happens on a large enough scale to outweigh the cost of the Olympics.
- investing in ... is not worth the investment
- end up with a very indebted city or host nation
- more than recouped the cost
- the payback on investment
- a very considerable net benefit
- is skeptical about the potential of these events to generate economic benefits
- promises an economic benefit

kun5850

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cyndichiang

Time2 1'56''
Japan won the bid of hosting 2020 Olympics
Olympics costs a lot,but why so many countries are keen on it?
Some statistics show that Olympics may be not as economic as people thought

Time3 2'12''
The main reason to want to host Olympics is against odds
Different countries have different goals by hosting Olympics
The 7 years gap between the bid and the host means that the next president will credit for the host

Time4 2'23''
Did 2008 Beijing Olympics bring China real economic sense?
China wanted to attract tourists but the tourism actually was limited by the Visa.
Though GDP increased during those years, the reason is the huge investment.
GDP go back to normal right after the Games and the theme park seems like "ghost town"

Time5 2'41''
During the Olympics time, Beijing had to close many industries and factories to keep the air clean, but after the game, the relaxed management came back and the air is still polluted now.
China wanted to improve image to the world ,but nothing much has changed in the following years
To the authorities, for whom face seemingly means everything, perhaps that is enough

Time6 2'21''
Increased foreign tourists brought England a economic growth in 2012 .
Government has been quick to attribute the tourism boom to the Olympics
Actually, according to some data, the impact has not lasted long after the Olympics.

Obstacle 4'51''
The Sochi Olympic Games may boost its economy but the impact is limited for several reasons
The Sochi Olympics costed much and the revenue didn't cover the huge costs at all. This Olympics may become a record of the highest cost.
Olympics can boost the employment rate ,but most jobs are temporary and the rate goes back after that
Data shows that Sochi Olympics' construction spending and employment creation lead to only a modest effect on economy
This Olympics did boost the regional long-term economy,but the Russia should put new construction into use in the future.
Hope: Russia will be a regional business hub in the South of Russia

little_prince

醒醒Shine 发表于 2014-5-9 20:36
[Speaker1]
Economics of hosting the Olympics
1-Fact:Some people think it not worth, but British gov ...

好厉害呀，还可以分析出正反态度，我只能知道大概是个什么意思

铁板神猴

Speaker

Expensive, 51 billion, investment never happens
Government, Worth? Disagree, all agree, not worthy of investment
Report, lose a lot of money
Commission, no impact on company, exclusive model, usable not just academics, outside advisors, robust prediction at first, cannot review model, comments are not from himself,
Only person who looked the research
Olympics is always uneconomical
Temptation for government,

Too soon to know if it’s worthy? 50+ billion

Speed

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2’11’’

Obstacle

ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE 2014 SOCHI WINTER OLYMPICS

Emerging countries tend to host these games, but usually cost much more.
Sochi Olympics is no exception

Finance, employment yet temporary and crowding out other jobs, labor costs,

Impact not on large economies but regional economies

Leverage the local legacy of Olympics

little_prince

Speaker：A research shows that most Olympic are always not worth their investment.
Time2---2’03’’
Main Idea: Tokyo beat other candidates, Madrid and Istanbul, will host the 2020 Olympic Games. What reasons for a batch of countries compete for hosting the Olympic Games? On the other hand, hosting a Olympic Games means spending a large amount of money. Tourism may help to offset part of the expense, but in fact, the bookings of hotel were decreased during the Beijing Olympic Games. Some stadiums of Greece now have few visitors.  
On the face of it 咋看起来，从表面上看
Offset 补偿，抵消
On course 在规定的过程中，在航线上
Modest 谦逊的，端庄的
Reckon 计算估算
Eclipse n.日蚀，月蚀 v. 使黯然失色
Stadium 体育场
Parthenon 帕台农神庙
Run-down 破败的
Triumphant 成功的，狂欢的
Fend off 挡开，避开
Tarnish 玷污，使。。失去光泽
Barton-charge BrE. 挥舞着警棍冲击
Privilege 特权，基本权利；给予。。特权
Keen 渴望的，热心的，敏锐的
Time3--- 2’22’’
Main Idea: one of the reasons why cities are so keen to host the Games is the most people supporting, even in London, eight out of tem thinks that it was worth the extraordinary cost. Popularity aside, there are some other aims such as showing spending, organizational power and stimulating economy. However, it is a high-risk game, for strong local support also means protesting against government waste and politicians can be left looking ridiculous.
Foot the bill 负担费用
Cynical 愤世嫉俗的
Bunch 群，串
In favor of 支持，赞同 in favor with 得。。的支持、宠爱
In spite of 尽管
Dissent vi.不同意，异议 + from
Gee up 命令向前跑，刺激
Protest 抗议
Ridiculous 可笑荒谬的
Massacre 残杀
Gap 间隙，缺口
Shepherd 牧羊人，看管，带领
Seldom ad. 很少，不常
In theory 理论上
Warm Up 58’’
Main Idea: the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games showed China could do faster, higher and stronger. Five years later, what’s the effect of the Games left?
Talked-about 议论纷纷，热点话题
Leading up to在。。之前
Prestige 威望，声望
Lavish 浪费的，丰富的大方的
Time4--- 2’30’’
Main idea: China government spend almost 40 billion dollar to impressed the world. The huge investment did not receive the expected returns. The number of tourist, for instance, was not increase immediately for tightened visa requirement. In any case, host countries increased GDP before the Games, due to the needs of massive capital investment. Stadiums, such as bird’s nest and water cube, became empty and unprofitable after the games.
Pull out all stops 全力以赴，用尽所有力气
Unprecedented 空前的，史无前例的
Infrastructure 基础设施
Pump up 用泵把。。抽起来，打气，使膨胀
Sewage 下水道
Splash 溅、泼 splash out on 随意花钱，大把花钱
Scenario 方案，情节，剧本
Barcelona 巴塞罗那
Surge 汹涌澎湃，大浪，激增
Recoup 收回，偿还，补偿
Outlay 花费，支出
Tendency 趋势，癖好
Morph 词态，语素，变体；v. 改变 morph into变成
White elephants 无价值的东西
Halo 光环
Wear off 磨损，逐渐消逝
In any case 无论如何，不管怎样
Time5---2’34’’
Main Idea: hosting the Olympics makes no economic sense.
Facet 方面
Warrant 担保
Nagging 唠唠叨叨的，使不得安宁的
Plague n. 瘟疫，麻烦，讨厌的人 v. 折磨，使痛苦
Restriction 限制，束缚
Catalyst 催化剂，刺激因素
Invoke 调用，引起，祈求
Carrot 胡萝卜，诱饵
Proponent 支持者，拥护者
Herald 先驱，报信者；通报，预示。。的来临
Epoch 纪元
In other quarters 在其它地方
Repressive 压抑的，镇压的
Skepticism 怀疑论，持怀疑态度 skeptic 怀疑论者
Hostility 敌意 hostile 敌对的，怀有敌意的
Impeccable 无瑕疵的，没有缺点的 Impeccability
Choreographed 精心设计，可以安排的 choreographer 编舞者
Time6---2’55’’
Main Idea: tourism was boosted by hosting the Olympic Games, as well as housing price and employee rate. Britain earn money from foreign tourists at the same time spend money oversea.
Obstacle  6’18’’
Main Idea: hosting the Olympic Games brings benefits to local economy, such as increasing employment and boosting GDP, however, the Games shows limited impact on the whole country. The challenge is how to make full use of the stadiums after the Games.
Sochi may become one of regional business hubs in the south of Russia.
Hub 中心，中枢
From hub to tie 从始至终