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 What Is an Olympic Village?

What Is an Olympic Village?
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     challenging words:    main, additional, hosted, majority, moscow, sales, security, consist, actually, traditional, various, especially, account, caption, hosting, telegraph
     content words:    Olympic Village, Olympic Games, Summer Games, International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles, Olympic Park, Organizing Committee, Beijing Summer Olympics, Winter Games, British Columbia

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What Is an Olympic Village?
By Jennifer Kenny 		  
1     Caption: The main gate of the Olympic Village in Beijing, China
 
2     The Olympic Games consist of a wide variety of competitions between athletes from all over the world. The Winter and Summer Games currently alternate turns on even-numbered years. The games are held at a different site each time. That's an awful lot of planning to be done.
 
3     How is a site chosen? The International Olympic Committee chooses. A city that wishes to be considered to host the Olympic Games must submit a proposal. The IOC reviews all of the cities' proposals. A vote is held. Majority wins. If there's not a majority vote for one city right away, a revote is held, eliminating the lowest-voted city until there's a majority. Committee members take into account the best ideas for facilities, the city which appears best able to carry out the plans, and places that haven't been chosen before. When a city is chosen to be a host city, the local organizing committee pays to carry out the plans. The host city counts on TV revenues, ticket sales, and so on to pay for this expensive undertaking.

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