Olympic Tickets Go on Sale 倫敦奧運會門票開始銷售

來源：查字典奧運會網  發布時間： 2016-07-05

  Olympic Tickets Go on Sale 倫敦奧運會門票開始銷售 英語學習點: Buying and Selling 購買與銷售

   Be sure to buy yours from an official vendor

  Will Usain Bolt set another Olympic record? And will 2012 be Liu Xiangs year again? Now you can make sure you will be in a perfect position to answer these questions.

  Tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games have gone on sale online, with sessions priced between 20 (212 yuan) and 2,012 (21,000 yuan).

  Children under 17 will be able to pay-your-age on some events and there are special concessions for old people too.

  The new ticketing website for residents of the UK and some European nations is not run on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors have until 26 April to apply for tickets, after which time all applications will be treated equally.

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  Oversubscribed events will be decided by a ballot. On the UK site, there is no upfront cost, but money will be debited from Visa cards in May and June.

  Lord Coe, the chairman of London 2012, thinks the Games will be a sell-out.

  Fewer than twenty-five per cent of the tickets are being reserved for fans outside Europe, which can be bought from specially-appointed organisations.

  In an effort to stop ticket touting, the British government plan to raise the maximum penalty from 5,000 (53,000 yuan) to 20,000 (212,000 yuan).

  However, there are likely to be many online scams, so before you part with your hard-earned cash, check that you are buying tickets from your countrys authorised vendor.

  Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞) pay-your-age票價和年齡相同 concession減免 ticketing售票的 on a first-come, first-served basis 先到先得 oversubscribed超額預定的 ballot投票表決 upfront cost預先支付的費用 debited from從 劃賬 a sell-out賣光、一售而空 ticket touting倒票 scam詐騙 part with something與 分手、再見 hard-earned cash來之不易的錢 vendor銷售商家