Tone: Humorous
Picture courtesy of NY Times
Questions
- Do you think they can accomplsih it by next year?
- Will we have to deal with the same problem if we host the Olympic Games in the Future?
Saturday, December 29, 2007
~*BEiJiNg’S OLyMpiC QuEsT: TuRn SmOggY SkY BLuE*~
Jim Yardley’s 2007 article for The New York Times entitled “Beijing's Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue” explains the dangers and health hazards caused by pollution in the city of Beijing and how it may affect the 2008 Olympic Games, which are being hosted by the Chinese city. The citizens of Beijing have even been warned to stay indoors due to the foul air. Yet most ignore the warning, already being accustomed to that type of air. The city has already been named one of the most polluted in the world, and it plans to make sure that next year, the athletes don’t end up grasping for clean air. During the past months, scientists have been using the city as a lab, studying the weather patterns and pollution rates to solve the problem. “We are determined to ensure that the air conditions meet the necessary standards in August 2008,” states Liu Qi, president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games. They can only hope that by august of next year, Blue Skies become permanent.
Tone: Humorous
Picture courtesy of NY Times
Questions
Tone: Humorous
Picture courtesy of NY Times
Questions
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wow, sis! interesting article! its a little funny how they accuse us of living in a very smoggy place (which we kind of do) but when you look at Beijing, its like "WOW!" i hope they fix their little problem so the Olympic wont be affected.i think they MIGHT be able to fix it. :) if we host the Olympics, obviously we're not in as deep a trouble as them, but we would need to clean up a little. :)
Mrs. Petrelli :P
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