Ten thousand Beijingers took a 18-kilometer walk in Beijing's Chaoyang Park to mark the 500-day countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on Saturday.
为了迎接奥运倒计时500天,一万名北京市民于周六参加了在朝阳公园隆重举行的18公里的长走运动。
注:countdown 合起来作“名词”用,而分开成count down时,作为“动词短语”,也表示倒计时的意思