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　　Beijing－Beijing is to spend up to US ＄20 billion to change the Chinese capital into a 21st-century one for the 2008 Olympics．

　　The government managed to host the 2008 games．The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Paris, London or Washington by 2008．

　　Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city's home, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60,000 buses will be changed to liquefied(液化的)gas．

　　The money will also be used relocating the polluting factories and building green belts．By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing's waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present．

　　Olympic officials realize the city has a long way to go to match the environmental standards of such cities as Paris, Toronto, Istanbul and Osaka．

　　City officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion(拥挤)and cut down pollution．They include construction of Beijing's first light railway, a 40.5-kilometer line which is expected to be completed in 2005．

　　Beijing plans to build an 82.55-kilometer long subway to add to existing 53 kilometers．Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened．

　　Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt along the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas．

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Perhaps the most wonderful building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace(水晶宫)which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851．The Crystal Palace was different from all the other buildings in the world, for it was one of the biggest buildings made of iron and glass of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it．Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world．There was also a great deal of machinery on show．Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe．On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train．There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition was used to build museums and colleges．Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London．It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936．

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