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Buying and Selling 购买与销售

Will Usain Bolt set another Olympic record? And will 2012 be Liu Xiang's 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 concessions1 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.

Oversubscribed events will be decided2 by a ballot3. On the UK site, there is no upfront cost, but money will be debited4 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 touting5, 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 country's authorised vendor6.

Glossary 词汇表

pay-your-age 票价和年龄相同 

concession 减免 

ticketing 售票的 

on a first-come, first-served basis 先到先得 

oversubscribed 超额预定的 

ballot 投票表决 

upfront cost 预先支付的费用 

debited from 从… 划账 

a sell-out 卖光、一售而空 

ticket touting 倒票 

scam 诈骗 

part with something 与… 分手、再见 

hard-earned cash 来之不易的钱 

vendor 销售商家


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1 concessions 6b6f497aa80aaf810133260337506fa9     
n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权
参考例句：
  • The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
  • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
2 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 ballot jujzB     
n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票
参考例句：
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
4 debited 672fc006864dde4f9f82e2b164e7a094     
v.记入（账户）的借方( debit的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Your current account is automatically debited with the amount of your purchase. 你购物的金额会自动记入账戶借方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The money will be debited from your account. 钱会记入你账戶的借方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 touting 4d75f17b3549c92164bbfc96b4ef2275     
v.兜售( tout的现在分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报
参考例句：
  • He's been touting his novel around publishers for years. 他几年来一直到处找出版商兜售自己的小说。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Technology industry leaders are touting cars as a hot area for growth. 科技产业领袖吹捧为增长热点地区的汽车。 来自互联网
6 vendor 3izwB     
n.卖主；小贩
参考例句：
  • She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.她厌恶地望着那个前几天曾经欺骗过她的小贩。
  • He must inform the vendor immediately.他必须立即通知卖方。

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