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Unit2TheOlympicGames话题诵读日积月累[导语]北京将成为全球首座既举办夏季奥运会,又举办冬季奥运会的城市。但是《财富》杂志就2022年冬奥会提出了几个问题。一起来看看吧!Questionsaboutthe2022WinterOlympicsTheChinesecityofBeijinghasbeennamedhostofthe2022WinterOlympics,beatingoutAlmaty,Kazakhstanintheprocess.Still,there'splentyofuncertaintyoverBeijing'sabilitytohostwintertimeathletics.HerearethequestionsFortunehasaboutthe2022Games:1.____________________________________________________TheprideofhostinganOlympiceventhaslostsomeofitslusterinrecentyears.HostingtheOlympicsmightseemlikeitaffordsinternationalbraggingrights,butinrealityit'sabigeconomicdrain.Greece's2004AthensSummerOlympicsleftthecountrywith$11billionindebt,accordingtoCNN.Beijing'sown2008SummerGames,meanwhile,cost$44billion.ThepreviousWinterOlympicGames,heldinSochi,Russia,costabout$50billion.2.____________________________________________________Beijingisnotexactlyawintercity—butthenagain,neitherwasSochi.Soexpectfakesnow.Lotsandlotsoffakesnow.Here'salittleonhowSochiachievedthewintermiracle,perTheNewYorkTimes:Machinesmakesnowthesamewaynaturedoes,byfreezingwaterdroplets.Buttheydoitafewfeetabovetheground,ratherthaninthemuchcolderconditionshighintheatmosphere.Snowmakingmachinesemployafewthermodynamictrickstohelp,butattimesthereisalimittowhatphysicscando.Temperatureiskeyinthisprocess.ShouldBeijingbetoowarmaroundthetimeoftheGames,thingsmaygetalittlerisky.Still,asCNNnotes,Beijingwillhosttheice-basedevents,whilecompetitionsrequiringsnowwillbeheldabout120milestoBeijing'snorthwestinZhangjiakou.3.____________________________________________________Beijingofficials,ofcourse,aredoingtheirbesttodissipatedoubtsregardingthecity'ssmogandpollutionissues.Forwhatit'sworth,thecitydidcurbpollutioneffectivelyin2008,soit'spossibleitcouldrepeatthoseefforts.XuJicheng,whohelpsleadBeijing2022'spressefforts,saidinastatementthat“technicallythepollutionhasbeenreducedandcontrolled,wehavesevenmoreyearstogoanditwillbesunshineandwhiteclouds.”[词海拾贝]1.lustern.光彩,光辉2.bragv.吹牛,自夸3.miraclen.奇迹4.thermodynamicadj.热力的,热力学的5.dis