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Like an exhausted biathlete, the host of 2026's Winter Olympics will stagger to victory today at the International Olympic Committee's new headquarters in Lausanne. Only two of the original seven competitors remain: a joint Italian bid by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo is ahead of a Swedish one from Stockholm and Are. Would-be hosts are increasingly put off by the cost. Beyond Olympic woes, winter sports face two longer-term worries: ageing populations and global warming.

exhausted adj. 筋疲力尽的；精疲力竭的（worn out）
You look worn out.
你看起来累极了。
biathlete: n. 冬季两项选手，滑雪射击运动员
stagger: vi. 蹒跚
She staggered back a step.
她踉跄着朝后退了一步。
sweep to victory: 大获全胜
headquarters: n. 总部（HQ）v. 把总部设在……
The new headquarters of Amazon will headquarter in NY.
亚马逊的新总部将会设在纽约。
joint: adj. 联合的
joint venture: 合资企业
joint statement: 联合声明
would-be: 想要成为……的
put off: 推迟；打消……的念头
The meeting is put off.
此次会议推迟了。
Don't let the restaurant's decoration put you off, the food is really good.
别因为这家餐厅的装修而打退堂鼓，他家东西是真好吃。
woe n. 悲痛；灾难
the country's economic woes: 经济困境

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