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里约热内卢获得2016年奥运会举办权 - 英语听力

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[00:01.71]BBC News with Joe Macintosh. [00:03.78]T...
[00:01.71]BBC News with Joe Macintosh.
[00:03.78]The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has been chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
[00:08.93]It'll be the first South American city to stage the event.
[00:12.03]Rio beat the Spanish capital Madrid in a final round of voting by the International Olympic Committee.
[00:17.89]The bookmakers' favourite,
[00:18.76]the city of Chicago,
[00:20.59]was eliminated in the first round,
[00:22.13]and Tokyo in the second.
[00:24.93]A United Nations agency has responded to a week of natural disasters in Asia by saying the region must invest more in preventative measures.
[00:32.68]The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction said Asia was highly exposed with regular earthquakes combined and extreme weather conditions,
[00:40.02]both of which are exacerbated by climate change and population growth.
[00:43.76]It said Asian countries should improve construction standards.
[00:47.23]This is the World News, from the BBC.
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