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fO厂l(二=lS00.1GlorypervisedbyDimitrisYannopoulosLouLi,JinYing,DuanKun北京支援者项目启动ZhangChenvolunteeredforthe2008OlympicsayearagoHerjobisansweringphonecaHsfrompeoplewhowanttojointheBeijingOlympicVolunteerProgramShehasalreadyansweredthousandsofhotlinecalls.Buttheonesheremembersmforthe2008Games.”Theelderlywomaninsistedthatshewasold,butnotuseless,”Zhangrecallswithasmile”Ijusthadtoassureherthatwewouldputheronthelistandcallherbacklater”ZhangChen,afourth—yearuniversitystudent,isoneofthe85first—stagevolunteersselectedlastJune,whentheBeijingOrganizingCommitteefortheGamesoftheXXIXOlympiad(BOCOG)calledontheseunsungcham-pionstohelpensurethe2008Gamespassoffwithoutahitch.”Ifeelreallyproudtobeabletooffermyservicet0theupcomingOlympics,”saysZhang.ItisZhang’s357thdayinBOCOGAsavolunteerwhohasbeeninBOCOGforthelongestofallthe85first—stagevolunteers,ZhangChenisalreadyanOlympicexpert.”IlovemyjobintheBOCOG.Itmaybealittlestrenuousbutneverlacksfun””Ihavereceivedphonecallsfromthousandsofpeopleofanagesandwalksoflife,”saysZhang.’mInakesmefeelveryusefultothecommonChinesedreamofhostingasuccessfulOlympiad.’’Theteamoffirst-stagevolunteerswaschosenasthepilotprojectforthefull·fledgedprogramlastyeartomandifferentpositionsinBOCOG’s13departments,fromhotlineansweringand”GreenOlympics”publicitytoinfringementinspectionandfiletranslation,andevenprojectmanagementconsultancy.AccordingtoBOCOG,thisvanguardgroupof85havespentatotalof10,080hoursintheOlympicpreparationworkin2005.ThemainthrustofvolunteerrecruitmentfortheBeijingOlympicGameswasofficiallylaunchedonAugust28Injust11dayssincethelaunch,atotalof157,867peopleinBeijing,mostofthemstudents,haveregisteredtobevolunteersTheBeijingOlympicCaUCenterhasreceived30,679phoneinquiries,including192fromoverseas.Thefinalnumberofvolunteersfromhomeandabroadwillexceed100,000byAugust,2008—70,000volunteersfortheOlympicGamesandanother30,000fortheParalympicGames’’Tohosta’high—level’OlympicGames。withdistin—guishingfeatures’isasolemncommitmentmadebytheChineseGovernmentandBOCOG,anditisalsothecommonexpectationoftheChinesepeople,”saidLiuQi,SecretaryoftheBeijingMunicipalCommitteeoftheCPC(CommunistPartyofChina)andPresidentoftheBoCoG,inatelevisedaddress”In2008,thevolun-teers’smileswillbethebestcalling—cardsforBeijing.’’AccordingtoanarticlebyJohnMacaloon,professorofsocialscienceatChicagoUniversity,theeconomicvalueOfOtympicvolunteerscanevenbecomparedwiththatofthemajorsponsorsofthegames.AttheOlympicsinSydneyin2000,atotalof47,000peoplevolunteeredfor5.45millionworkinghours,Macaloonwrote.Healsoestimatedtheirtimewasworthabout$110million(Australian,660millionRMB).Thisiscomparabletothe35.000volunteersatthe1992BarcelonaOlympics,60,000inAtlantain1996,and65,000inAthensin2004TheworkoftheAthensOlympicvolunteersenchantedeveryparticipantandspectatoratthe2004Games”ThecontributionofvolunteerstothesuccessoftheAthensGamesisimmeasurable,’’saidAnastasiosKyvellos.aGreekmanagerofreporting&analysisatBeijingOlympicBroadcasting(BOB),whohadalsoworkedforAthensOlympicbroadcastingin2004。’Thesmilingfacesofvolunteersarethebestpromoterofthenationalimageofthehostcity”MaShengrong,thevicepresidentofXinhuaNewsAgencyandheadoftheXinhuajournalistdelegationtothe2004AthensOlympicGames,wasalsodeeplyimpressedbytheAthensvolunteers’proficiencyinforeignlanguagesandwarmhospitality.”When1wasinAthens,”saidMa,’’Ioftenencounteredvariousproblems,likelosingmywayinthecityButthenvolunteerswouldalwaysbetheret0helpme”TheyarethebestembodimentoftheOlympicspirit,Maadded”Iftherewerenovolunteers.therewouldbenoGames,”hesaid.”IbelievethevolunteersattheBeijingOlympicswillalsodoagoodjob.”InspiredbytheexampleofAthens,MaShengrongsaidhewouldalsoliketobeavolunteerinBeijingwhenhehasretiredfromXinhuain2007.”Ihopetojointhenews墨呵岣知鸣centeroftheGamesasavolunteerproofreaderandeditorformyyoungercolleagues,”Masaid.LanguageisamajorconcernforBOCOG,whichplacesexplicitrequirementsforthevolunteers。Englishskillslestforeignspectatorsgetlostintranslation.BeijingForeignStudiesUniversity(BFSU)hastakentheleadintacklingthelanguagebarrierBFSUboaststhirty。。fourlanguagemajorsandhasfunc。。tionedasthemainsourceforvolunteersworkingastranslatorsatthe1990AsianGames,the1995WorldConferenceonWomen,the2001Universiade,andthe2004AsianCup.”Inthe2008OlympicGames,theneedforvolunteersofferingforeign—languageservicewillbehuge.Certainly,studentsfromBFSUalonecannotfdlthishole.”saysChenHongbin,thevice—directoroftheBFSUVolunteerOffice”Soanotherimportantjobforusistorecruitvolunteersfromourstudentstotrainvolunteersinlanguages’’Chenwaspleasedtoseethatasurveyrecentlyconductedamong950studentsandteachersonBFSUcampusshowedthat95.5%ofthemarewillingt0volunteerforthe删ingOlympicGames.BFSUhasalreadysetupavolunteeroffice,readytoundertaketasksrequiredbytheBOCOGRightnow,theyareworkingonthe”PleasantLangu。geProject”,directedbyBoCoGtosendsomeoftheBFSUteachersofforeign1angu。gest0seconda。ysch00lsandprima。ysch001swhichareweakinlanguageeducationZhangChen’shotlinecOntractwithBoCoGwjlle。piresoon.”But1wiUnotbefarawayfrom01ympics,”Zhangsays·Asanewlygraduatedjournalismmajor,zh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