4月15日上午，北京奧組委在京召開“北京2008年奧運會門票啟動銷售新聞發布會”。北京奧組委執行副主席兼秘書長王偉宣布北京2008年奧運會門票即日起開始面向全球公眾預售。根據北京奧運會票務計劃，總數超過700萬張的北京奧運會門票將開始接受公眾預訂。其中，北京奧運會門票國內銷售的部分約占75%，海外銷售部分約占25%。

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More than seven million very affordable tickets are now on sale for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) announced today. About 75% of the tickets will be sold domestically and the rest will be available to the overseas public.

Late last year, BOCOG announced that ticket prices for the Games will be in keeping with its efforts to host Games accessible to the broadest spectrum of people.

Anticipating a high level of demand, BOCOG Executive Vice President and Secretary General Wang Wei reiterated that the ticketing process will be conducted in the most efficient, fair and open manner possible and will follow internationally-accepted practices.

BOCOG will initiate a three-phased ticketing process for domestic sales. In each phase, residents on the Chinese mainland will be able to order tickets through the official ticketing website (http://tickets.beijing2008.com), calling the BOCOG ticketing call center (+86-10-952008), or through designated Bank of China branches.

For overseas sales, the process will be determined in each country and territory by its National Olympic Committee and its ticketing agent.

Vocabulary:

reiterated：重申

internationally-accepted practices：國際慣例

designated：指定

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