National Olympic Stadium Center is an important training base for the national athletes.

国家奥林匹克体育中心是国家队的重要训练基地。

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Examples include the new Olympic Park, the steel-wasteful Bird's Nest Olympic stadium, the exorbitant and "spectacular" CCTV Tower, and the energy-gorging National Centre for the Performing Arts.

可举的例子包括奥林匹克公园，浪费大量钢材的鸟巢体育馆，耗费巨资、堪称“奇观”的CCTV塔楼，以及耗噬巨能的国家大剧院。

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Official figures also highlight big increases in tourist Numbers in Beijing during the festival (the city's Olympic facilities, especially the "bird's nest" national stadium, are a big draw).

官方数据也强调了春节期间在北京的游人数量大幅增加(北京的奥运场馆，尤其是国家体育馆“鸟巢”具有很大的吸引力)。

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On China's Internet, blogs, bulletin boards and news sites carry photos of automobiles jerry-rigged to run on railroad tracks ("shanzhai trains"), fluffy dogs trimmed and dyed to look like the national mascot ("shanzhai pandas") and models of the Beijing Olympic Games' National Stadium made out of sticks ("shanzhai Bird's Nest").

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Callum, a two-time Optimist UK national champion, ran around the Olympic Stadium track along with the other teenagers after being passed the flame by Sir Steve Redgrave.

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