东京奥运会推迟至2021年夏天此前曾有五届奥运会推迟或取消_BEC初级作文

东京奥运会推迟至2021年夏天此前曾有五届奥运会推迟或取消

受新冠肺炎全球疫情影响，日本首相安倍晋三于3月24日与国际奥委会主席巴赫达成一致，东京奥运会将确定推迟至2021年举办，最晚不超过2021年夏天，名称依旧为“东京2020年奥运会和残奥会”。

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee have agreed that the upcoming Tokyo Games "will be held by the summer of 2021," the prime minister's office announced Tuesday.

日本首相安倍晋三办公室于本周二（3月24日）宣布，首相安倍晋三和国际奥委会一致同意，东京奥运会将推迟至2021年举办，最晚不超过2021年夏天。

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The 2020 Summer Olympics were originally slated to kick off in Japan's capital on July 24, but there has been mounting pressure for organizers to postpone or cancel the Games due to an ongoing pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organization warned Monday is "accelerating."

2020年东京奥运会原定于7月24日在日本首都东京开幕，但由于新冠肺炎疫情持续，组织者面临的推迟或取消奥运会的压力越来越大。世界卫生组织于本周一（3月23日）警告称，“疫情正在加速蔓延”。

"I proposed to postpone for about a year and president Bach responded with 100% agreement," Abe told reporters in Tokyo Tuesday, referring to Thomas Bach, head of the International Olympic Committee.