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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. 筋疲力盡的；精疲力竭的（worn out）
You look worn out.
你看起來累極了。
biathlete: n. 冬季兩項選手，滑雪射擊運動員
stagger: vi. 蹣跚
She staggered back a step.
她踉蹌著朝后退了一步。
sweep to victory: 大獲全勝
headquarters: n. 總部（HQ）v. 把總部設在……
The new headquarters of Amazon will headquarter in NY.
亞馬遜的新總部將會設在紐約。
joint: adj. 聯合的
joint venture: 合資企業
joint statement: 聯合聲明
would-be: 想要成為……的
put off: 推遲；打消……的念頭
The meeting is put off.
此次會議推遲了。
Don't let the restaurant's decoration put you off, the food is really good.
別因為這家餐廳的裝修而打退堂鼓，他家東西是真好吃。
woe n. 悲痛；災難
the country's economic woes: 經濟困境

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