Olimpijska baklja

Na crnom tržištu u Kini već su se pojavile ulaznice za Olimpijadu koja se sledećeg leta održava u Pekingu. Preprodaja ulaznica i ostvarivanje zarade na taj način su strogo zabranjeni, ali su se ulaznice svejedno pojavile na intenetu, i to po deset puta višoj ceni od zvanične. BBC-jev izveštač Majkl Bristou je u Pekingu:

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More than one and a half million tickets have already been sold for the Olympic Games in Beijing next August. Many have been bought by genuine sports fans. But others have not.

Some ticket holders are already selling off their seats on the black market for inflated prices. A ticket for the opening ceremony that originally cost less than two hundred pounds is now on sale for more than two and a half thousand pounds.

This is not supposed to be happening. Olympic rules say people can transfer a ticket to somebody else, but not for financial gain. Anyone caught faces detention and a fine.

But this has not deterred ticket holders selling their seats openly on the internet and the authorities seem either unable or unwilling to crack down on these illegal transactions. Beijing has now started the second round of ticket sales. Expect many of these to end up on the black market in the coming months.

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genuine sports fans
pravi ljubitelji sporta

selling off their seats
preprodaja sopstvenih ulaznica, ustupanje mesta na tribinama u zamenu za novac

the black market
crno tržište, tržište na kome se obavljaju protivzakonite transakcije, trgovina deficitarnim ili zabranjenim proizvodima

inflated prices
"naduvane" cene, cene koje su više od zvaničnih ili zakonom propisanih

transfer a ticket to somebody else
preneti vlasništvo nad ulaznicom na nekog drugog

faces
suočava se sa, čeka ga, ide mu u susret

to crack down on
ozbiljnije se pozabaviti sprečavanjem neke aktivnosti

the second round of ticket sales
druga runda prodaje karata, drugi krug prodaje ulaznica

to end up
završiti kao, konačno postati, na kraju biti

the coming months
dolazeći meseci, sledećih nekoliko meseci