This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.
The London (Lon 的发音听着别扭) Olympics are less than one hundred days away. Across the world, many competitors still (L音可以再明显一些,尾音的部分,用舌尖顶一下上牙的牙跟处) have to qualify for the sixteen (x音弱了点) days of competition. Others are entering (sounds like \ən-tər\) the final weeks of training.
Three hundred thousand people(L音可以再明显一些,尾音的部分,用舌尖顶一下上牙的牙跟处) are expected(x弱了点) to travel to the British capital for the Summer Olympic Games. The opening ceremonies are on July twenty-seventh.
Wednesday marked the one-hundred-day point. Sebastian Coe -- the British runner who won (sounds like wine) two Olympic gold medals -- is chairman of the London 2012 organizing (incorrect word stress) committee.
