Like the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) happens every 4 years. Only players between 14 and 18 years old can take part in it. The people in Singapore h the first Youth Olympic Games last year. On February 11th, 2011,Nanjing, the c city of Jiangsu Province, got the chance to hold the 2014 Youth Olympic Games and will become the s Chinese city to welcome the Olympic flame (圣火) after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. The Games will take place in A , 2014, and go on for 12 days. There will be up to 3,600 players in 26 sports.
The theme (主题) of YOG is ‘Green Youth Olympic Games, Dynamic Youth Olympic Games, and Cultural Youth Olympic Games.’ Green Youth Olympic Games need us to save the environment (环境) so that we can have fresh a and show foreign friends a beautiful city.
People in Nanjing have done a lot for the Youth Games, and we are s that YOG will become better and better. Workers are very busy. They are b new roads and new undergrounds for YOG. A new Olympic Village and a Youth Olympic Centre are being built in Jianye District (区), which will be a part of the International Youth Olympic City. Now we are planting more trees to make Nanjing greener and n .
We are very happy and looking f to YOG. We all hope the Youth Games will be a big success (成功). Let’s try to do s for 2014 Nanjing YOG!