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1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家London Olympics organizers say along with a short-term economic boost and new sports facilities, the Games will leave a legacy in Britain of increased participation in sports and an improvement in public health. Its hard to tell if sports centers will be more crowded after the Olympi

2、cs, with Britons determined to be more fit. The opinions vary.People need to get that encouragement because it tends to be going the other way at the moment, with people sitting in front of video games all day, said one bystander.The recent finals of the annual British university games at the new Ol

3、ympic Stadium attracted a record number of participants.I think the Olympics being here is truly inspiring people to actually do something that they havent done for a long time, said University sports official Karen Rothery.That is in keeping with the kind of post-Games benefits the London Organizin

4、g Committee wants. It formed a separate company to plan for the legacy, and company official Peter Tudor says one goal is to get as many people as possible to use the new sports facilities.Inspire A Generation is the new motto of the Games, and were very excited about that, Tudor said. We are commit

5、ted with the venues to programming them absolutely to the brim with sporting activities that people want to do. But also to encouraging people who have never tried sport before.But there is no scientific evidence that the Olympics will make any long-term difference in sports participation says Profe

6、ssor Adam Blake at Bournemouth University School of Tourism.In terms of academic research on sports participation, its really not as cut and dried and black and white as we would hope it would be. In previous events, there really wasnt much evidence either way, noted Blake.Blake is planning more research after the Games.In the meantime, people in Britain have been coming out in unexpectedly high numbers to catch a glimpse of the Olympic torch as it is carried around the country. Their enthusiasm indicates at least the potential to promote sports participation after the Games. 版权所有高考资源网