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Beijing is preparing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, but the games will look different this time. Neil and Sam give you an update and teach you some related vocabulary so you can talk about it too. This week's question The Winter Olympics have not been around as long as the Summer Olympics, so do you know when the first Winter event took place? a)    1904 b)    1924 c)    1934 Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabulary controversy disagreement or argument about something people have strong feelings about in full swing at its highest level or activity headache something that causes you a lot of problems mountain (metaphor) large amount of something dynamic continually changing and developing the clock is ticking time is running out to prepare for or complete something Transcript Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript Neil Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I’m Neil. Sam
And I’m Sam.

Neil
Sam, would you describe yourself as ‘sporty’?

Sam
Well, I do like to go running and I might watch some sport on TV.

Neil
Would you watch sport like bandy, skeleton or perhaps luge?

Sam
Ah, you’re talking about quite specialised sports, played on ice or snow, and that’s because it’s almost time for the Winter Olympics.

Neil
Yes, you’re right. The 2022 Winter Olympics starts in Beijing on the 4th February. This event will mark the return of the Olympics to Beijing for the first time in 14 years, having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Games.

Sam
That means Beijing will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Winter and Summer Games. But these latest Games are not without controversy – that’s disagreement or argument about something people have strong feelings about.

Neil
More about that later – but as usual, I have a question or you, Sam. The Winter Olympics have not been around as long as the Summer Olympics, so do you know when the first Winter event took place? Was it in:
a)    1904
b)    1924, or
c)    1934?

Sam
Well, as they are relatively new, I’ll go for c) 1934.

Neil
OK, Sam, we’ll find out if that’s right later in the programme. Now, this latest Winter Olympics are scheduled to include a record 109 events over 15 disciplines in seven sports - biathlon, bobsledding, curling, ice hockey, luge, skating and skiing. A discipline in this context is a particular way of doing a sport.

Sam
The BBC’s China correspondent, Stephen McDonell, went to a recent test event for the Olympics and explained what the organisers are hoping for…

Stephen McDonell, BBC China correspondent
In the mountains outside Beijing, the test events are in full swing. (The) Games organisers will be hoping (that) despite the coronavirus headaches, despite the alleged human rights abuses, despite the allegations from a former Chinese Olympian - a tennis star at that - involving a senior government official - they can still produce a memorable Winter Olympics.

Neil
So that was Stephen McDonell at a test event which he described as being in full swing – so, at its highest level or activity – its busiest. And he mentioned the controversy surrounding the games.

Sam
Yes, he mentioned the coronavirus headache – not an actual headache but something that causes a lot of problems. Covid-19 certainly makes it difficult to plan a huge event like this, particularly managing people who are travelling from all parts of the world.

Neil
On top of this, China is accused of human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslims. And there is the controversy around the tennis player, Peng Shuai.
Sam
But despite the issues facing the game’s organisers, they want to put on an event that is hard to forget, for good reasons – Stephen used the word memorable.

Neil
Well, seeing athletes hurtle down an icy track at 130 kilometres an hour on what looks like a tea tray, is certainly unforgettable. This is what they call ‘the skeleton’.

Sam
Let’s hear more about the preparations for the games from the BBC’s Stephen McDonell.

Stephen McDonell, BBC China correspondent
The games will be held in a freezing, mostly dry area - a mountain of snow making is required, but this can make for quick, dynamic runs. The athletes we spoke to said these sites will make for high-quality competition - for everyone here, the clock is now ticking.

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As dez expressões selecionadas para a criação do glossário sobre as Winter Olympics serão: bobsledding, luge, full swing, hurtle down, bandy, skeleton, scheduled, headaches, managing e facing.

Glossário - Olimpíadas de Inverno de Beijing

Bobsledding: Algumas vezes essa palavra é mantida na sua forma original, mas também pode ser usada como sinônimo de "andar de trenó";
Luge: Essa palavra também pode ser traduzida como "trenó", mas, para evitar confusões, ela costuma ser mantida em sua forma original;
Full swing: Algo que está em plena atividade, "a todo vapor";
Hurtle down: Se locomover muito rapidamente;
Bandy: essa palavra pode ser mantida em sua forma original. Trata-se de um esporte derivado do hóquei;
Skeleton: Esporte semelhante ao bobsledding, mas cujo trenó utilizado é feito de metal e mais adaptável ao corpo humano, o que deu origem ao nome desse esporte;
Scheduled: agendado, programado;
Headaches: "dores de cabeça" na tradução literal, mas nesse contexto, se trata de algo incômodo;
Managing: gerenciando, cuidando;
Facing: encarando, lidando com uma situação.