2006年8月28日北京奧運會、殘奧會賽會志愿者招募工作正式啟動以來，得到了社會各界的積極響應，報名爭當北京奧運會志愿者成為人們的共同心愿。截至2007年1月31日，北京地區(qū)和京外省區(qū)市報名人數(shù)累計已突破32萬，北京地區(qū)咨詢熱線和宣傳咨詢點的咨詢總量已達70萬余人次。

More than 320,000 people have applied to become volunteers for the Beijing Olympic Games since the recruitment started five months ago, according to the Volunteer Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG).

Statistics show that as of January 31 this year, a total of 327,287 applicants were registered, including 256,180 in the Beijing area and 71,107 outside Beijing. The recruitment was launched on August 28, 2006 for Beijing residents and the recruitment from other areas started on January 19 this year.

The department said 71 percent of the Beijing applicants are university students and teachers.

In addition, Beijing has registered over 700,000 hotline calls or messages seeking information about the matter.

The Beijing Olympic Games need about 70,000 volunteers and the Beijing Paralympic Games another 30,000. Additional 400,000 urban volunteers are needed for Games-time services in key areas around the Olympic venues. They will also provide services in transport, tourism, shopping and media accreditation. More than one million community volunteers will engage in routine services in Beijing's urban and rural areas.

The recruitment of volunteers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will begin in March and that of urban and community volunteers will be launched in June, officials said.

Vocabulary:

recruitment: 招募

Games-time services ：賽時服務

routine services：日常服務

（Agencies)

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