奥林匹克公园 – Ào lín pǐ kè gōng yuán
Olympic Park

森林公园 – sēn lín gōng yuán
Olympic Forest Park

新奥购物中心 – xīn ào gòu wù zhōng xīn
Xin Ao Shopping Center

玲珑塔 – líng lóng tǎ
Ling Long Tower
We just reviewed some Chinese vocabulary for talking about the Winter Olympics in the last post, so I figured a video tour of Beijing’s Olympic Park was a natural follow-up. Even though the 2008 games are long gone, this is still a very popular place to visit in the Chinese capital.

国家体育场 – guó jiā tǐ yù chǎng
National Stadium

鸟巢 – niǎo cháo
Bird’s Nest

国家体育馆 – guó jiā tǐ yù guǎn
National Indoor Stadium

国家游泳中心 – guó jiā yóu yǒng zhōng xīn
National Aquatics Center

水立方 – shuǐ lì fāng
Water Cube