A: What are the highlights of the 2024 Paris Olympics?
B: The biggest highlight might be the opening ceremony, which took place at the romantic River Seine.
A: Wow, that’s pretty cool. What else?
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B: The Paris Olympics promotes carbon reduction: no new sports venues have been built for it.
A: I’ve heard that there is not even air conditioning at the Olympic Village, so the Taiwan team has brought about 50 mobile air conditioners with it.
A: 2024巴黎奧運,有哪些特別的亮點?
B: 最大的亮點是︰開幕式在浪漫的塞納河舉行唷。
A: 蠻酷的!還有呢?
B: 巴黎推廣「減碳」,也不增建場館。
A: 聽說選手村都沒冷氣,所以台灣隊還自備50台移動式冷氣呢。
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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A: What are the highlights of the 2024 Paris Olympics? B: The biggest highlight might be the opening ceremony, which took place at the romantic River Seine. A: Wow, that’s pretty cool. What else? B: The Paris Olympics promotes carbon reduction: no new sports venues have been built for it. A: I’ve heard that there is not even air conditioning at the Olympic Village, so the Taiwan team has brought about 50 mobile air conditioners with it. A: 2024巴黎奧運,有哪些特別的亮點? B: 最大的亮點是︰開幕式在浪漫的塞納河舉行唷。 A: 蠻酷的!還有呢? B: 巴黎推廣「減碳」,也不增建場館。 A: 聽說選手村都沒冷氣,所以台灣隊還自備50台移動式冷氣呢。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)