080808 its a significant day as we celebrates OLYMPIC 2008[BEIJING]
the motto for this olympic. '同一个世界同一个梦想 (One World, One Dream)'
introducing, the brand new olympic village!
Occupying a space area of 66 hectares and located at the northeast corner of the Olympic central area, the village is adjacent to the Olympic Green in the north and the cluster of Olympic venues in south. During the Olympics, it will be home to over 16,800 athletes, coaches and officials of national teams.
The village is divided into residential and international quarters. The residential area, the main component, will not only have apartments, but also a clinic, a restaurant, a multi-functional library, an entertainment center, a leisure and exercise quarter which contains fitness, swimming, tennis, basketball and walking facilities.
Covering an area of 370,000 square meters, the residential area comprises 22 six-story buildings and 20 nine-story buildings of the same style, with a per capital living area of 22 square meters.
To ensure the athletes' sweet sleep, each bed has been designed to be 2.2 meters long, and a special stool will be added to the end of the bed for giants like Yao Ming, whose body length is 2.26 meters.
Each athlete room is equipped with a wideband line, a telephone, network and closed-circuit TV programs, an infrared burglar-proof warning device and a fingerprint lock. An ID card will be issued to every athlete who can buy things online and contact family members online free of charge, and there are also places for religious worship in the village.
The 20,000-square-meter Olympic Square in the international area will be the most eye-catching spot when the 200 or so flags of the member committees of the International Committee will be waving there.
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and also, the newly built gorgeous stadium just for this event, also nicknamed as 'birdnest'. The stadium features a lattice-like concrete skeleton forming the stadium bowl and will have a seating capacity of over 90,000 people during the Olympics! ;
aww these athletes are just lucky~! they're really being treated like prince and princess over at beijing now! the Opening Ceremony would include performances by a cast of 15,000 and declared it would be the most spectacular Olympics Opening Ceremony ever produced! stars such as jay chou, celine dion, sarah brightman will perform for tonight's opening ceremony too!
til then!
have a nice day people!
