英文介绍
Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest/Olympic Stadium)
The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the bird's nest will be the main track and field stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics and will be host to the Opening and Closing ceremonies.
北京国家体育馆，也被称为鸟巢即将成为2008夏季奥运会的主要田径比赛场馆。奥运会开幕式闭幕式也将在这里主办。
In 2002 Government officials engaged architects worldwide in a design competition. Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron collaborated with ArupSport and China Architecture Design & Research Group to win the competition.
政府于2002年在全世界范围内征募建筑师进行比赛。普里茨克尔建筑奖获得者赫尔佐格.德.穆龙组合和ArupSport公司以及中国建筑设计开发集团强强联手赢得比赛。
The stadium will seat as many as 100,000 spectators during the Olympics, but this will be reduced to 80,000 after the games.
在奥运会期间，体育馆将会容纳达100000名观众。奥运会后减至80000名。
It has replaced the original intended venue of the Guangdong Olympic Stadium.
它取代了原定的广东奥林匹克体育场作为比赛场地。
The stadium is 330 metres long by 220 metres wide, and is 69.2 metres tall.
场馆长330米，宽220米，高69.2米。
The 250,000 square metre (gross floor area) stadium is to be built with 36 km of unwrapped steel, with a combined weight of 45,000 tonnes.
250000平方米的体育馆将由全长36千米的钢铁搭建而成，总重达45000吨。
The stadium will cost up to 3.5 billion yuan (422,873,850 USD/ 325,395,593 EUR).
将耗资达35亿元人民币（折合422,873,850 美元/ 325,395,593 欧元）
The ground was broken in December 2003, and construction started in March 2004, but was halted by the high construction cost in August 2004.
于2003年破土动工，2004年开始建造，但于2004年八月由于高的建筑造价被迫停止。
