怎么用英语回答中国举办奥运会对中国经济增长的意义

Two decades ago, the Americans made the Los Angeles Games the first ever money-making Olympics. They invented the concept of the Olympic economy.

Although so far no official announcement has been made, all the signs indicate that the recently concluded Athens Olympics made a financial loss. Even before the Games opened, Deputy Finance Minister Petros Doukas said the Greek government had committed a total of 3 billion euro. This far exceeded the original budget, which had been set at 1.14 billion euro. After the Olympic curtain rose, the Greek government twice raised its cost estimates first to 6 billion euro and then to nearly 8.6 billion euro.

Four years ago, the Olympics cost a well-prepared Australia only US$5 billion. However, time problems saw Greece run heavily into debt according to John Coates, chair of the Australian Olympic Committee.

As the Athens Games drew to a close, Beijing Mayor Wang Qishan accepted the Olympic flag from the hands of