Winter Olympic Games

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Pyeongchang still awaits its Olympic payoff

平昌仍在等待冬奥会的回报

Across the hills of Pyeongchang, reminders of the 2018 Winter Games are everywhere: in banners boasting a "Peace Olympics" with North Korea; in scattered statues of the Olympic mascots.

在平昌的山丘上，到处是 2018 年冬季奥运会的回忆：高喊着与朝鲜共度“和平奥运”的横幅、零星分布的奥运吉祥物雕像。

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One of the biggest vestiges of the Games has already begun to look like a modern ruin. The site of the 35,000-seat Olympic Stadium has become a mound of grass vaguely in the shape of an amphitheater.

其中一个冬奥会最大的遗迹已经开始看起来像一个现代的废墟。曾经拥有 3.5 万个座位的体育场已变成了一个大草堆，环形剧场的形状依稀可辨。

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Many see in these Olympic remnants the signs of bygone glory — and of unfulfilled promises.

许多人从这些冬奥会遗迹中看到了昔日的辉煌和未兑现的承诺。

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The 2018 Winter Olympics were sold to Pyeongchang's residents as a chance to cultivate global tourism that would transform the struggling region. South Korea spent at least $13 billion on the Games, with some experts projecting returns on this investment of $58 billion within 10 years.

2018 年冬奥会作为一个发展全球旅游业的机会，被平昌居民们接受，这将在很大程度上改变这个在困境中苦苦挣扎的地区。韩国在冬奥会上至少花费了 130 亿美元，一些专家预计 10 年内这项投资的回报将达到 580 亿美元。

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Yet, so far, the outcome of the Pyeongchang Games "is not favorable," according to Andrew Zimbalist, a sports economist at Smith College. He doesn't expect it to get any better, either.

然而，据史密斯学院的体育经济学家安德鲁·津巴利斯特说，到目前为止，平昌冬奥会的结果“并不乐观”。他也不指望情况会有任何好转。

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"To me, it's a monument of waste," Zimbalist said.

“对我来说，这是一座被废弃的纪念碑，”津巴利斯特说。

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In the year after the Olympics, Pyeongchang did experience a 22% spike in visitors, according to South Korean news organizations. But foreigners accounted for less than 0.1% of the 6.1 million people who visited paid tourist attractions in the region in 2019, a Pyeongchang county government report stated.

据韩国新闻机构报道，在冬奥会后的一年里，平昌的游客数量的确激增了 22 %。但平昌县政府的一份报告称， 2019 年，在该地区付费旅游景点参观的 610 万名游客中，外国人只占不到 0.1%。

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Still, Jeon Jae-gu, a taxi driver, is grateful the Winter Games came here.

尽管如此，出租车司机全在谷还是对冬奥会的到来心存感激。

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"It was the best event of my life," he said. "I believe the Olympics gave us a chance for a new image."

“这是我一生中最美好的事情，”他说道，“我相信，冬奥会给了我们一个塑造新形象的机会。”

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重点词汇

payoff

/ˈpeɪ.ɑːf/

n. 回报；报偿；收益

相关词汇：pay off（获得成功）

例句：Her persistence paid off.

banner

/ˈbæn.ɚ/

n. 横幅，标语；旗帜

例句：The onlookers are cheering, and waving banners.

近义词：flag（n. 旗帜）

词义辨析： banner, flag

这两个词都有“旗帜”的意思，但 flag 多指物质意义，比如国旗一般用 flag；而 banner 除了物质含义，还表示信仰、忠诚等象征意义，常与 under 搭配，under the banner of 指“为了某个信仰或在某个旗帜之下”，如 under the banner of social reform（在社会改革的旗帜下）。

boast

/boʊst/

v. 自夸；夸耀；吹嘘

英文释义：to talk with too much pride about sth.

例句：I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak seven languages.

scattered

/ˈskæt̬.ɚd/

adj. 分散的；零散的

相关词汇：scatter（v. 分散）

搭配短语：a few scattered settlements

搭配短语：sunshine with scattered showers

mascot

/ˈmæs.kɑːt/

n. 吉祥物；护身符

vestige

/ˈves.tɪdʒ/

n. 残余；遗迹

搭配短语：the vestiges of some ancient religion

ruin

/ˈruː.ɪn/

n. 废墟；残垣断壁

词性拓展：ruin（v. 破坏）

搭配短语：the ruins of a bombed-out office block

mound

/maʊnd/

n. （一）堆；草堆

搭配短语：a mound of sand

搭配短语：a mound of paper

vaguely

/ˈveɪɡ.li/

adv. 稍微；含糊地

相关词汇：vague（adj. 模糊的）

近义词： slightly（adj. 轻微地）

例句：There was something vaguely familiar about her.

amphitheater

/ˈæm.fɪˌθɪə.tər/

n. 圆形竞技场；圆形剧场

remnant

/ˈrem.nənt/

n. 残余部分；剩余部分

搭配短语：the remnants of a meal

bygone

/ˈbaɪ.ɡɑːn/

adj. 很久以前的；遗忘的；过去的

搭配短语：a bygone age

搭配短语：bygone days

例句：Let bygones be bygones.

sell

/sel/

v. 使接受；使采纳（想法或计划）

英文释义：to try to make someone accept a new idea or plan

例句：She is hoping she can sell the idea to clients.

cultivate

/ˈkʌl.tə.veɪt/

v. 促进增长；养成；耕作

例句：to cultivate a positive attitude to life

project

/prəˈdʒekt/

v. 预测；估计

近义词： estimate（v. 预计）

近义词： forecast（v. 预测）

例句：A growth rate of 4% is projected for next year.

例句：The unemployment rate has been projected to fall. = It is projected that the unemployment rate will fall.

favorable

/ˈfeɪ.vər.ə.bəl/

adj. 有利的；赞成的

相关词汇：favor（n. 帮助；赞成；有利）

词根词缀：-able（能够）

monument

/ˈmɑːn.jə.mənt/

n. 纪念碑；墓碑

搭配短语：a monument to the dead soldiers

spike

/spaɪk/

n. （数量或比率）激增；急剧增加

英文释义：a sudden large increase in the number or rate of sth.

搭配短语：a spike in interest rates

grateful

/ˈɡreɪt.fəl/

adj. 感激的；表示感谢的

近义词：thankful（adj. 感谢的）

词义辨析： grateful, thankful

这两个词都有“感激”的意思，但 grateful 多指由于得到某人或某物的好处而怀有感激之心，如：I'm very grateful to you for your help.（我很感激您的帮助）；而 thankful 更多是自我庆幸避免了某种不愉快的遭遇，有点“谢天谢地”的味道，因此，感谢的对象往往不明确，暗示着自己逢凶化吉的好运气，如：She was just thankful that no one recognized her.（面对如此尴尬的场面，她庆幸谁都没有把她认出来）。此外，这两个词的副词形式，即 gratefully 与 thankfully 也有同样的情况，

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