[ti:Olympic Committee Promises Changes to Way Cities, Countries Are Chosen] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.01] The International Olympic Committee is promising changes to how the Olympic Games are awarded. [00:07.94]This week, the IOC voted to give the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina the 2026 Winter Olympics. [00:19.01]On Wednesday, The IOC voted to reform the way host cities are chosen. [00:26.86]The games may be hosted in several cities or countries at the same time. [00:33.99]Host cities may be invited or they may be chosen without competition. [00:40.93]The International Olympic Committee wants to avoid the negative reports that often come with hosting the Olympic Games. [00:51.29]Local people often face higher taxes and costly stadiums that are left unused when the Games are over. [01:01.60]The committee, which is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, [01:05.89]has been angered by recent public votes in Europe and Canada that rejected the Olympics. [01:14.03]Now, the IOC wants cities and countries to show public approval before asking to host the games. [01:24.10]"We cannot...continue to be damaged as we have in the past," IOC member John Coates said. [01:32.32]He presented the reforms, some of which have already been tested in the 2026 Winter Games competition. [01:41.96]On Monday, Milan and Cortina in northern Italy beat a joint offer by Stockholm, Sweden and Are, Latvia, for the 2026 Winter Games. [01:55.12]Northern Italy's population showed strong support for the Games, IOC studies showed. [02:04.25]Future Olympic cities will be required to use existing and temporary sports venues. [02:12.63]Costly building projects will not be encouraged. [02:18.02]The Olympic Charter rule requiring hosts to be voted on seven years before a Summer or Winter Games will end. [02:27.66]That rule was ignored in 2017 when Los Angeles was chosen 11 years before the 2028 Summer Games. [02:37.97]In fact, elections may be canceled. [02:43.00]The new process will create Olympic panels — one each for Summer and Winter Games — that will choose one or more countries. [02:54.89]If there is more than one country, an election will be held. [03:00.65]IOC President Thomas Bach wants to avoid "too many losers." [03:07.36]The new panels will have the power to have ongoing discussions with cities and may even request some cities to consider hosting an Olympics. [03:18.81]The panels will report to the executive board, which will pick its members. [03:25.29]Coates said the process will create a list of potential cities that will extend into the future. [03:34.20]The IOC said it will not make the process difficult, and will not demand legal guarantees long before the Games, said Richard Pound. [03:46.02]He is the longest serving member of the IOC. [03:50.46]But he added, "Once you make a decision on the host city, [03:56.08]millions of people start to make plans based on that and hundreds of millions of dollars are committed to it." [04:05.37]The IOC's reforms started after Bach's election in September 2013. [04:12.68]They also follow the situation in which Russia spent $51 billion on venues, and extra costs for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. [04:24.96]In another decision Wednesday, the IOC chose Athens to host its 2021 meeting from June 24-26. [04:36.29]It will include a presidential election with Bach expected to get a final four-year term without opposition. [04:45.56]I'm Jonathan Evans. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM