有關世界城市的英語閱讀
① 求助，全世界各國，各主要城市的英語
Angola 安哥拉
Afghanistan 阿富汗
Albania 阿爾巴尼亞
Algeria 阿爾及利亞
Andorra 安道爾共和國
Anguilla 安圭拉島
Antigua and Barbuda 安地卡及巴布達
Argentina 阿根廷
Armenia 亞美尼亞
Ascension 阿森松
Australia 澳大利亞
Austria 奧地利
Azerjan 亞塞拜然
Bahamas 巴哈馬
Bahrain 巴林
Bangladesh 孟加拉國
Barbados 巴貝多
Belarus 白俄羅斯
Belgium 比利時
Belize 貝里斯
Benin 貝南
Bermuda Is. 百慕大群島
Bolivia 玻利維亞
Botswana 波札那
Brazil 巴西
Brunei 汶萊
Bulgaria 保加利亞
Burkina-faso 布吉納法索
Burma 緬甸
Burundi 蒲隆地
Cameroon 喀麥隆
Canada 加拿大
Cayman Is. 開曼群島
Central African Republic 中非共和國
Chad 查德
Chile 智利
China 中國
Colombia 哥倫比亞
Congo 剛果
Cook Is. 庫克群島
Costa Rica 哥斯大黎加
Cuba 古巴
Cyprus 塞普勒斯
Czech Republic 捷克
Denmark 丹麥
Djibouti 吉布地
Dominica Rep. 多明尼加
Ecuador 厄瓜多
Egypt 埃及
EI Salvador 薩爾瓦多
Estonia 愛沙尼亞
Ethiopia 衣索比亞
Fiji 斐濟
Finland 芬蘭
② 用英語介紹兩個世界著名的城市
一、London 倫敦
Not much is known about the earliest London Bridge although it's location is thought to be near the present one. The second bridge a wooden one existing in Saxon times seems to have given rise to the nursery rhyme 'London Bridge is falling down' which it did in 1014. In 1176 the first stone bridge was constructed. Houses sprung up on both sides of the bridge and stood until it was pulled down in 1831, making way for a more elegant, classic structure. This bridge was replaced in 1967 as it could no longer cope with the amount of traffic. The present London Bridge is more 100 feet wide.The London Bridge preceding the current one was bought by the McCulloch Oil Corporation of California, which reconstructed it at Lake Havasu City, in a corner of America's Arizona Desert. Rumour has it that McCulloch's thought they were buying the much more spectacular Tower Bridge.The Construction of Tower Bridge began in 1885 and it was opened 9yrs later by Edward VII the then Prince of Wales, Amidst pomp and ceremony. It is the only bridge in London that can be raised to allow ships to pass. Since the Thames is no longer used much as a trade and shipping route, the complex lifting mechanism is only used 4 or 5 times a week. The Tower bridge is often mistaken for London Bridge which is ll in comparison.
二、Venice 威尼斯
What images come to mind when you think of a trip to Venice? No doubt you imagine yourselftaking a romantic gondola ride along narrow canals and under delicate bridges. Perhaps youpicture the beautiful old buildings and famous works of art that have made the city one ofEurope's leading tourist spots.
想到威尼斯一游，你的腦海中會浮現出什麼畫面？毫無疑問你一定會想像自己乘坐浪漫的平底船，沿著窄窄的運河航行，從一座座別致的橋下穿梭而過。也許你還會在腦海中勾勒出那些讓威尼斯成為歐洲一流旅遊勝地的美麗古老建築和藝術名作。
Venice was built on more than 100 islands and has about 150 canals. The best-known of these, the Grand Canal,functions as the"main street"in the part of the city most popular with visitors. The canal winds through eachof the six districts that comprise this historic city center beforereaching Venice Lagoon.
威尼斯建在100多個小島上，擁有大約150條運河。最有名的運河就是"大運河"，它位於市區遊客最多的地方，並發揮"大街"的功能。這條運河在構成這個歷史上的市中心的六個行政區間蜿蜒穿流，最後流入威尼斯湖。
One of these districts, San Marco, is home to many of Venice's main attractions, including St. Mark's Basilica. This spectacular church has five main arches and some extraordinary onion-shaped domes. It is decorated with priceless treasures, many of which were stolen from othercountries when medieval Venice was a leading seapower.
行政區之一的聖馬可是許多威尼斯主要旅遊景的中心，包括聖馬可大教堂。這座雄偉的大教堂有五道大拱門和數座壯觀的洋蔥形圓頂。教堂用很貴重的珠寶裝飾，其中許多是在中世紀威尼斯稱霸海權時從其它國家掠奪來的。
③ 如下英語閱讀題---- 求解Three famous cities in the world
世界三個著名的城市，威尼斯
它是在義大利的東北部，它被建在120個小島周圍，這專座城市沒有陸地，反而屬人們使用船來穿過小河，平地曾經是主要的交通運輸，但是現在摩托艇很受歡迎，你應該看見St.Mark's ，它有美麗文藝復興建築。
④ 關於國外的著名城市 用英語說
世界著名城市英文名
America:
紐約 New York
洛杉磯 Los Angeles
芝加哥 Chicago
休斯敦 Houston
費城 Philadelphia
菲尼斯 Phoneix
聖迭戈 San Diego
達拉斯 Dallas
聖安東尼奧 San Antonio
底特律 Detroit
聖約瑟 San Jose
印第安納波利斯 Indianapolis
舊金山 San Francisco
哥倫布 Columbus
奧斯汀 Austin
巴爾的摩 Baltimore
波士頓 Boston
華盛頓 Washington D.C
帕索 Paso
西雅圖 Seattle
丹佛 Denver
夏洛特 Charlotte
沃斯堡 Fort Worth
波特蘭 Portland
新奧爾良 New Orleans
拉斯維加斯 Las Vegas
克利夫蘭 Cleveland
奧克蘭 Oakland
亞伯科基 Albuquerque
堪薩斯城 Kansas
弗吉尼亞 Virginia
亞特蘭大 Argentina
薩加門多 Sacramento
奧馬哈 Omaha
米尼亞波尼斯 Minneapolis
檀香山 Honolulu
惠科塔 Wichita
科羅拉多斯普林斯 Colorado Springs
聖路易斯 St. Louis
匹茲堡 Pittsburgh
聖塔安那 Santa Ana
阿靈頓 Arlington
辛辛那提 Cincinnati
Europe:
英國 England：
倫敦 London
多佛 Dover
劍橋 Cambridge
南安普敦 Southampton
利物浦 Liverpool
法國 France：
巴黎 Paris
里昂 Lyon
馬賽 Marseille
尼斯 Nice
圖盧茲 Toulouse
戛納 Cannes
波爾多 Bordeaux
德國 German：
柏林 Berlin
慕尼黑 Munich
漢堡 Hamburg
漢諾威 Hanover
法蘭克福 Frankfurt
瑞士Switzerland：
伯爾尼 Bern
蘇黎世 Zurich
日內瓦 Geneva
比利時Belgium：
布魯塞爾 Brussels
阿爾斯特 Aalst
哈塞爾特 Hasselt
保加利亞Bulgaria：
索非亞 Sofia
波蘭 Poland：
華沙 Warsaw
捷克斯洛伐克Czech Republic:
布拉格 Prague
布拉迪斯拉發 Bratislava
瑞典Sweden：
斯德哥爾摩 Stockholm
蘭德 Lund
哥德堡 Gothenburg
挪威Norway：
奧斯陸 Oslo
卑爾根 Bergen
芬蘭Finland：
赫爾辛基 Helsinki
丹麥Denmark：
哥本哈根 Copenhagen
奧爾堡 Aalborg
荷蘭Netherlands：
阿姆斯特丹 Amsterdam
鹿特丹 Rotterdam
義大利 Italy：
羅馬 Rome
米蘭 Milan
拿波里 Naples
都靈 Turin
威尼斯 Venice
佛洛倫薩 Florence
西班牙 Spain：
馬德里 Madrid
巴塞羅那 Barcelona
瓦倫西亞 Valencia
葡萄牙Portugal：
里斯本 Lisbon
波爾圖 Porto
希臘Greece：
雅典 Athens
Australia:
悉尼 Sydney
墨爾本 Melbourne
堪培拉Canberra
布里斯班Brisbane
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⑤ 英語閱讀,一個城市的起落是哪篇閱讀
lucy 正確
⑥ 急需一篇有關 城市 的英語文章
A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status.
In most parts of the world, cities are generally substantial and nearly always have an urban core, but in the United States many incorporated areas which have a very modest population, or a suburban or even mostly rural character, are designated as cities. City can also be a synonym for "downtown" or a "city centre".
A city usually consists of residential, instrial and business areas together with administrative functions which may relate to a wider geographical area. A large share of a city's area is primarily taken up by housing, which is then supported by infrastructure such as roads, streets and often public transport routes such as a subway or a metro rail system. Lakes and rivers may be the only undeveloped areas within the city. The study of cities is covered extensively in human geography.
"The city is a human habitat that allows people to form relations with others at various levels of intimacy while remaining entirely anonymous." (This definition was the subject of an exhibition at the Israeli pavilion at the 2000 Venice Biennale of architecture)
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The difference between towns and cities
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The difference between towns and cities is differently understood in different parts of the English speaking world. There is no one standard international definition of a city: the term may be used either for a town possessing city status; for an urban locality exceeding an arbitrary population size; for a town dominating other towns with particular regional economic or administrative significance. Although city can refer to an agglomeration including suburban and satellite areas, the term is not appropriate for a conurbation (cluster) of distinct urban places, nor for a wider metropolitan area including more than one city, each acting as a focus for parts of the area.
In the United Kingdom, a city is a town which has been known as a city since time immemorial, or which has received city status by letters patent — which is normally granted on the basis of size, importance or royal connection (traditional pointers have been whether the town has a cathedral or a university). Some cathedral cities, for example St. David's in Wales, are quite small, and may not be known as cities in common parlance. (See the City status in the United Kingdom.) Preston became England's newest city in the year 2002 to mark the Queen's jubilee.
A similar system existed in the medieval Low Countries where a landlord would grant settlements certain privileges (city rights) that settlements without city rights didn't have. This include the privilege to put up city walls, hold markets or set up a judicial court.
In Australia and New Zealand, city is used to refer both to units of local government, and as a synonym for urban area. For instance the City of South Perth is part of the urban area known as Perth, commonly described as a city. On the other hand, Gisborne in New Zealand is known as the first city to see the sun, despite being administered by a district council, not a city council.
An interesting phenomenon in American English is the generalisation of the term city to all settlements. Britons may be bemused by forms with fields headed, not Town and Postal code, but City and ZIP, even though the person needing to fill it in could be living in a city, a town without city status, or even a village or hamlet.
In turn, many Americans often talk of "City Halls" when referring to town halls in quite small European towns and villages.
Strangely, even though Americans are well aware that "village" means something smaller than a town, the word has often been co-opted by enterprising developers to make their projects sound welcoming and friendly. The result are so-called villages with 20 and 30-story high-rises, like Westwood Village in Los Angeles.
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Geography
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The geographies of cities, both physical and human, are diverse. Often cities will either be coastal and have a harbour or be situated near a river giving economic advantage. Water transports on rivers and oceans were (and in most cases still are) cheaper and more efficient than road transport over long distances.
Older European cities often have historically intact central areas where the streets are jumbled together, seemingly without a structural plan. This quality is a legacy of earlier unplanned or organic development, and is often perceived by today's tourists to be picturesque. In contrast, planned cities founded after the advent of the automobile tend to have expansive boulevards impractical to navigate on foot.
Modern city planning has seen many different schemes for how a city should look. The most commonly seen pattern is the grid, almost a rule in parts of the United States, and used for thousands of years in China. Derry was the first ever planned city in Ireland, begun in 1613, with the walls being completed 5 years later in 1618. The central diamond within a walled city with four gates was thought to be a good design for defence. The grid pattern chosen was widely copied in the colonies of British North America [1]. However, the grid has been used for a long time in history. The Greeks often gave their colonies around the Mediterranean a grid. One of the best examples around is the city of Priene. This city even had its different districts, much like modern city planning today. Also in Medieval times we see a preference for linear planning. Good examples are the cities established in the south of France by various rulers and city expansions in old Dutch and Flemish cities.
Other forms may include a radial structure in which main roads converge on a central point, often the effect of successive growth over long time with concentric traces of town walls and citadels - recently supplemented by ring-roads that take traffic around the edge of a town. Many Dutch cities are structured that way: a central square surrounded by a concentric canals. Every city expansion would imply a new circle (canals + town walls). In cities like Amsterdam and Haarlem this pattern is still clearly visible.
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History of cities
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Towns and cities have a long history, although opinions vary on whether any particular ancient settlement can be considered to be a city. The first true towns are sometimes considered to be large settlements where the inhabitants were no longer simply farmers of the surrounding area, but began to take on specialized occupations, and where trade, food storage and power was centralized. Societies that live in cities are often called civilizations.
By this definition, the first towns we know of were located in Mesopotamia, such as Ur, and along the Nile, the Ins Valley Civilization and China. Before this time it was rare for settlements to reach significant size, although there were exceptions such as Jericho, Çatalhöyü and Mehrgarh. Harappa and Mohenjo-daro (in the Ins Valley Civilization) were the largest of these early cities, with a combined population of up to 150,000.
The growth of ancient and medieval empires led to ever greater capital cities and seats of provincial administration, with Pataliputra (in India), Changan (in China), ancient Rome, its eastern successor Constantinople (later Istanbul), and successive Chinese, Islamic, and Indian capitals approaching or exceeding the half-million population level. It is estimated that ancient Rome had a population of around 1 million people by the end of the last century BCE, which is widely considered the only city to reach that number until the Instrial Revolution. Alexandria's population was also close to Rome's population at around the same time (in a census dated from 32 CE, Alexandria had 180,000 alt male citizens). Similar large administrative, commercial, instrial and ceremonial centres emerged in other areas. Most notably Baghdad, which second to some estimates became the first city to exceed a population of one million instead of Rome.
During the European Middle Ages, a town was as much a political entity as a collection of houses. City residence brought freedom from customary rural obligations to lord and community: "Stadtluft macht frei" ("City air makes you free") was a saying in Germany. In Continental Europe cities with a legislature of their own weren't unheard of, the laws for towns as a rule other than for the countryside, the lord of a town often being another than for surrounding land. In the Holy Roman Empire (i.e. medieval Germany and Italy) some cities had no other lord than the emperor.
In exceptional cases like Venice, Genoa or Lübeck, cities themselves became powerful states, sometimes taking surrounding areas under their control or establishing extensive maritime empires. Similar phenomena existed elsewhere, as in the case of Sakai, which enjoyed a considerable autonomy in late medieval Japan.
Most towns remained far smaller places, so that in 1500 only some two dozen places in the world contained more than 100,000 inhabitants: as late as 1700 there were fewer than forty, a figure which would rise thereafter to 300 in 1900. A small city of the early modern period might contain as few as 10,000 inhabitants, a town far fewer still.
While the city-states, or poleis, of the Mediterranean and Baltic Sea languished from the 16th century, Europe's larger capitals benefited from the growth of commerce following the emergence of an Atlantic economy fuelled by the silver of Peru. By the late 18th century, London had become the largest city in the world with a population of nearly 1 million, while Paris rivalled the well-developed regionally-traditional capital cities of Baghdad, Beijing, Istanbul and Kyoto.
The growth of modern instry from the late 18th century onward led to massive urbanization and the rise of new great cities, first in Europe and then in other regions, as new opportunities brought huge numbers of migrants from rural communities into urban areas. In the Great Depression of the 1930s cities were hard hit by unemployment, especially those with a base in heavy instry. Today the world's population is about half urban, with millions still streaming annually into the growing cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
⑦ 英語短文:我最想去的幾個城市(寫一個也可以，在世界范圍內)
The place where I want to go most is Beijing.
Beijing is the capital of China, as well as the political center of China.
Beijing is an old city, in Beijing, lots of historical attractions around there, you can feel the air of history and culture there.
There are lots of foreign friends in Beijing, so that you can make friends with lots of foreigners.
意思是：我最想去的地方是北京
北京是中國的首都，是中國的政治中心
北京是一座回歷史古城。在北答京，有很多歷史名跡，可以感受歷史和文化的氛 圍
在北京有很多外國朋友，因此可以交上認識很多朋友
⑧ 世界每個國家和主要城市的英語名稱
Countries and Regions 國家或地區 國際域名縮寫
Angola 安哥拉 AO
Afghanistan 阿富汗 AF
Albania 阿爾巴尼亞 AL
Algeria 阿爾及利亞 DZ
Andorra 安道爾共和國 AD
Anguilla 安圭拉島 AI
Antigua and Barbuda 安地卡及巴布達 AG
Argentina 阿根廷 AR
Armenia 亞美尼亞 AM
Ascension 阿森松
Australia 澳大利亞 AU
Austria 奧地利 AT
Azerjan 亞塞拜然 AZ
Bahamas 巴哈馬 BS
Bahrain 巴林 BH
Bangladesh 孟加拉國 BD
Barbados 巴貝多 BB
Belarus 白俄羅斯 BY
Belgium 比利時 BE
Belize 貝里斯 BZ
Benin 貝南 BJ
Bermuda Is. 百慕大群島 BM
Bolivia 玻利維亞 BO
Botswana 波札那 BW
Brazil 巴西 BR
Brunei 汶萊 BN
Bulgaria 保加利亞 BG
Burkina-faso 布吉納法索 BF
Burma 緬甸 MM
Burundi 蒲隆地 BI
Cameroon 喀麥隆 CM
Canada 加拿大 CA
Cayman Is. 開曼群島
Central African Republic 中非共和國 CF
Chad 查德 TD
Chile 智利 CL
China 中國 CN
Colombia 哥倫比亞 CO
Congo 剛果 CG
Cook Is. 庫克群島 CK
Costa Rica 哥斯大黎加 CR
Cuba 古巴 CU
Cyprus 塞普勒斯 CY
Czech Republic 捷克 CZ
Denmark 丹麥 DK
Djibouti 吉布地 DJ
Dominica Rep. 多明尼加 DO
Ecuador 厄瓜多 EC
Egypt 埃及 EG
EI Salvador 薩爾瓦多 SV
Estonia 愛沙尼亞 EE
Ethiopia 衣索比亞 ET
Fiji 斐濟 FJ
Finland 芬蘭 FI
France 法國 FR
French Guiana 法屬蓋亞那 GF
Gabon 加彭 GA
Gambia 甘比亞 GM
Georgia 喬治亞 GE
Germany 德國 DE
Ghana 迦納 GH
Gibraltar 直布羅陀 GI
Greece 希臘 GR
Grenada 格瑞那達 GD
Guam 關島 GU
Guatemala 瓜地馬拉 GT
Guinea 幾內亞 GN
Guyana 蓋亞那 GY
Haiti 海地 HT
Honras 宏都拉斯 HN
Hongkong 香港 HK
Hungary 匈牙利 HU
Iceland 冰島 IS
India 印度 IN
Indonesia 印度尼西亞 ID
Iran 伊朗 IR
Iraq 伊拉克 IQ
Ireland 愛爾蘭 IE
Israel 以色列 IL
Italy 義大利 IT
Ivory Coast 象牙海岸
Jamaica 牙買加 JM
Japan 日本 JP
Jordan 約旦 JO
Kampuchea (Cambodia ) 柬埔寨 KH
Kazakstan 哈薩克 KZ
Kenya 肯亞 KE
Korea 韓國 KR
Kuwait 科威特 KW
Kyrgyzstan 吉爾吉斯坦 KG
Laos 寮國 LA
Latvia 拉脫維亞 LV
Lebanon 黎巴嫩 LB
Lesotho 賴索托 LS
Liberia 賴比瑞亞 LR
Libya 利比亞 LY
Liechtenstein 列支敦斯登 LI
Lithuania 立陶宛 LT
Luxembourg 盧森堡 LU
Macao 澳門 MO
Madagascar 馬達加斯加 MG
Malawi 馬拉維 MW
Malaysia 馬來西亞 MY
Maldives 馬爾地夫 MV
Mali 馬里 ML
Malta 馬爾他 MT
Mariana Is 馬里亞那群島
Martinique 馬提尼克
Mauritius 模里西斯 MU
Mexico 墨西哥 MX
Moldova, Republic of 摩爾多瓦 MD
Monaco 摩納哥 MC
Mongolia 蒙古 MN
Montserrat Is 蒙特塞拉特島 MS
Morocco 摩洛哥 MA
Mozambique 莫三比克 MZ
Namibia 納米比亞 NA
Nauru 諾魯 NR
Nepal 尼泊爾 NP
Netheriands Antilles 荷屬安的列斯
Netherlands 荷蘭 NL
New Zealand 紐西蘭 NZ
Nicaragua 尼加拉瓜 NI
Niger 尼日 NE
Nigeria 奈及利亞 NG
North Korea 朝鮮 KP
Norway 挪威 NO
Oman 阿曼 OM
Pakistan 巴基斯坦 PK
Panama 巴拿馬 PA
Papua New Cuinea 巴布亞紐幾內亞 PG
Paraguay 巴拉圭 PY
Peru 秘魯 PE
Philippines 菲律賓 PH
Poland 波蘭 PL
French Polynesia 法屬玻利尼西亞 PF
Portugal 葡萄牙 PT
Puerto Rico 波多黎各 PR
Qatar 卡達 QA
Reunion 留尼旺
Romania 羅馬尼亞 RO
Russia 俄羅斯 RU
Saint Lueia 聖露西亞 LC
Saint Vincent 聖文森特島 VC
Samoa Eastern 東薩摩亞(美)
Samoa Western 西薩摩亞
San Marino 聖馬利諾 SM
Sao Tome and Principe 聖多美和普林西比 ST
Saudi Arabia 沙烏地阿拉伯 SA
Senegal 塞內加爾 SN
Seychelles 塞席爾 SC
Sierra Leone 獅子山 SL
Singapore 新加坡 SG
Slovakia 斯洛伐克 SK
Slovenia 斯洛維尼亞 SI
Solomon Is 索羅門群島 SB
Somali 索馬里 SO
South Africa 南非 ZA
Spain 西班牙 ES
Sri Lanka 斯里蘭卡 LK
St.Lucia 聖露西亞 LC
St.Vincent 聖文森特 VC
Sudan 蘇丹 SD
Suriname 蘇利南 SR
Swaziland 史瓦濟蘭 SZ
Sweden 瑞典 SE
Switzerland 瑞士 CH
Syria 敘利亞 SY
Taiwan 台灣省 TW
Tajikstan 塔吉克 TJ
Tanzania 坦尚尼亞 TZ
Thailand 泰國 TH
Togo 多哥 TG
Tonga 湯加 TO
Trinidad and Tobago 特立尼達和多巴哥 TT
Tunisia 突尼西亞 TN
Turkey 土耳其 TR
Turkmenistan 土庫曼 TM
Uganda 烏干達 UG
Ukraine 烏克蘭 UA
United Arab Emirates 阿拉伯聯合大公國 AE
United Kiongdom 英國 GB
United States of America 美國 US
Uruguay 烏拉圭 UY
Uzbekistan 烏茲別克 UZ
Venezuela 委內瑞拉 VE
Vietnam 越南 VN
Yemen 葉門 YE
Yugoslavia 南斯拉夫 YU
Zimbabwe 辛巴威 ZW
Zaire 扎伊爾 ZR
Zambia 尚比亞 ZM
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Beijing, a city in northern China, is the capital of the People's Republic of China. Beijing is also one of the four municipalities of the PRC, which are equivalent to provinces in China's administrative structure. Beijing Municipality borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.
Beijing is China's second largest city in terms of population, after Shanghai. It is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and expressways entering and leaving it in all directions. It is also the focal point of many international flights to China. Beijing is recognized as the political, ecational, and cultural center of the People's Republic of China, while Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in economic fields.
Beijing is one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. It will also host the 2008 Summer Olympics.