Nearly 300 international volunteers will work at the Beijing Olympic Games. They are students from ten universities in the United States, Britain and Australia and they have all arrived in Beijing.
Nearly 300 international volunteers will work at the Beijing Olympic Games. They are students from ten universities in the United States, Britain and Australia and they have all arrived in Beijing.
Trainers from Infostrada Sports, a Beijing Olympics contracted sports news provider, are teaching interview techniques to the international volunteers.
Trainers from Infostrada Sports, a Beijing Olympics contracted sports news provider, are teaching interview techniques to the international volunteers.
These hand-picked students will work as "flash quote reporters" for the Olympic News Service Team at 31 competition venues and other sites. Their job is to record comments from athletes and coaches after their events for use by the media.
Many of the students are very excited by the chance to experience the world's largest sporting event.
Nearly 300 international volunteers will work at the Beijing Olympic Games. They are students from ten universities in the United States, Britain and Australia and they have all arrived in Beijing.
Most of the volunteers are journalism majors. And they are all native English speakers, which is an advantage in communicating with foreign athletes.
Chen Yue, Dep. Manager, Olympic News Service MPC Venue Operation Team, BOCOG.
Chen Yue, Dep. Manager, Olympic News Service MPC Venue Operation Team, BOCOG, said, "We think international volunteers joining the ONS will bring us better quality, to ensure the quality of our news standard because they are under-graduates and graduates of journalism from Australia, US and Britain. They have no problem with language ability. Also they have news background."
As well as intensive media training, the volunteers have also taken a course on Chinese culture. Next they will be sent to the Olympic venues to learn about the different venues and sports events.
(CCTV July 16, 2008)
