美國官方早前宣布，代表美國申請主辦2016年奧運會的城市將在洛杉磯和芝加哥之間產生。本周一，洛杉磯和芝加哥向美國奧委會遞交了申請，隨后美國奧委會將對兩所城市分別進行為期兩天的考察，并于4月14日決定代表美國申辦奧運會的最終城市。

Schwarzenegger backs Los Angeles for 2016 Olympics

Los Angeles and Chicago submitted detailed plans for the 2016 Summer Olympics to the U.S. Olympic Committee on Monday, a major step in the process to decide which city will bid for the games next year.

The so-called bid books contain 19 sections, detailing every aspect of the cities' plans to woo international decision-makers to their outline of their prospective Olympic villages, venues and media operations.

The USOC evaluation commission will travel to Los Angeles on Feb. 28 and to Chicago on March 5 for two-day inspections. The USOC will announce its applicant city on April 14.

The candidate city must be submitted to the International Olympic Committee on Sept. 15. The host will be chosen in 2009. Other cities that have expressed interest in hosting the 2016 Games are Madrid, New Delhi, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Tokyo.

The Los Angeles bid emphasizes Southern California's existing venues, its travel and tourism infrastructure, and its close ties to the media and entertainment industries.

It includes the use of historic Olympic venues like the Coliseum and newer arenas such as Staples Center, Honda Center and Home Depot Center, which didn't exist when the city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Chicago's committee put together a 1,200-page outline that includes 25 athletic venues, of which about 65 percent are already built, said Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky.

Vocabulary:

candidate city: 候選城市

Coliseum：體育場，競技場

（Xinhua)