"You don't know how disappointed I was when I failed to get one in the third round of sales. This time I decided to do everything I could to get tickets for my husband and myself," she said.
"The cabbie who brought me here thought I was crazy, but I don't mind what others say.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the Olympics, and I can't afford to miss it," she said.
Tong Lei, who was standing beside Yao, said: "I hope to get tickets for the Water Cube, so I can see the Chinese divers become Olympic champions.
"My father sent me here, as I'm free during the holidays," the 20-year-old told China Daily, as he played Chinese chess with his new friend Yao.
Local woman Zhang Guoping was not so optimistic about her chances of getting a ticket. When she arrived yesterday morning, she found herself at the back of a queue several hundred meters long.
The 27-year-old said she was tempted to turn around and go home, but eventually decided to stay. "Although there's only a slim chance of getting a ticket, I still have to try," she said.
The organizers have said tickets will be available for almost all of the 28 Olympic sports. However, ones for events at the Bird's Nest and Water Cube are available only from the booth in that area, which is forecast to sell 30,000 between today and Sunday.
Vocabulary:
last-ditch:已无后退余地的, 坚持到最后的 (实习编辑:顾萍)
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