Did you know that the 2012 Olympics are being held in London this summer? Of course you did. But did you know that London will enjoy some real advantages for hosting the Olympics? Everybody is waiting for it to start. Almost 4 billion people from across the world will be able to watch the opening ceremony and all the Olympic Games.

Compiled1) below is a list of 10 interesting facts about the 2012 London Olympics. I''''m sure you did not know about these facts and figures. At least not all of them.

你知不知道2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)將于今夏舉行？不用說(shuō)，你肯定知道。但你是否知道，奧運(yùn)會(huì)的舉辦將會(huì)給倫敦帶來(lái)諸多好處？人人都在盼望著倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)的到來(lái)，屆時(shí)全球?qū)⒂薪?0億人能夠觀看奧運(yùn)會(huì)開(kāi)幕式和各項(xiàng)比賽。

以下列出了有關(guān)2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)的十件趣事。我敢肯定，你還不知道這些事實(shí)和數(shù)據(jù)——至少不完全知道。

1. Olympics in London

London hosted the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948. This will be the third time for the city to host these games.

2. Number of Countries Taking Part

300 nations are expected to take part in the 2012 London Olympics; 147， in the Paralympics.

3. Stadium

The Olympic Stadium will have a capacity of 80，000. It is known to be the lightest Olympic Stadium ever built.

4. Construction

The construction of the park started in May 2008 and more than 5250 people have been working on it since then.

5. Cost

The 2012 London Olympics are expected to cost ￡20 billion. People from London contributed approximately2) ￡625 million to that amount.

6. Jobs

These Olympic Games are expected to produce 12，000 new jobs in Olympic Park. Huge!

7. Change in London Economy

Due to these games， the economy of London is expected to grow by $80 billion by the year 2015.

8. After the Olympics

After the Olympics， four arenas3) of the Olympic Park will be deconstructed and relocated to the other parts of the UK， along with the swimming pools and training pools.

9. Olympic Park

After the games have finished， the new Olympic Park will become one of the largest urban parks built in Europe for more than 150 years.

10. Charity

Sports equipment used in the Olympics will be donated to charities. How COOL is that!

1. 倫敦奧運(yùn)史

倫敦曾在1908年和1948年舉辦過(guò)奧運(yùn)會(huì)，此次是倫敦第三次舉辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)。

2. 參賽國(guó)數(shù)量

預(yù)計(jì)將有205個(gè)國(guó)家亮相2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)。而殘奧會(huì)的參賽國(guó)有147個(gè)。

3. 體育館

倫敦奧林匹克體育館可容納8萬(wàn)名觀眾，同時(shí)也是迄今為止最輕的奧林匹克體育館。(編注：該館使用了近一萬(wàn)噸鋼材。)

4. 施工

倫敦奧林匹克公園于2008年5月開(kāi)始動(dòng)工，迄今已有超過(guò)5250人參與過(guò)項(xiàng)目施工。

5. 成本

2012年倫敦奧運(yùn)會(huì)預(yù)計(jì)耗資200億英鎊，其中倫敦人貢獻(xiàn)了約6.25億英鎊。

6. 工作機(jī)會(huì)

這次奧運(yùn)比賽將會(huì)帶來(lái)1.2萬(wàn)個(gè)在奧林匹克公園工作的機(jī)會(huì)。真給力！

7. 倫敦經(jīng)濟(jì)變化

由于奧運(yùn)會(huì)的舉辦，倫敦的經(jīng)濟(jì)有望在2015年增長(zhǎng)800億美元。

8. 奧運(yùn)會(huì)之后

奧運(yùn)會(huì)結(jié)束后，奧林匹克公園的4個(gè)比賽場(chǎng)館將被拆除，并和泳池以及訓(xùn)練池一起遷移到英國(guó)的其他地方。

9. 奧林匹克公園

奧運(yùn)會(huì)結(jié)束后，新建的這個(gè)奧林匹克公園將成為150多年來(lái)歐洲最大的城市公園之一。

10. 慈善

奧運(yùn)會(huì)上用過(guò)的體育器材全部都會(huì)被捐給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。真好呀！