首页
登录
职称英语
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
游客
2023-09-14
4
管理
问题
Liu Xiang
Asia’s Gold Rush
As Liu Xiang raced to victory in the 1 I0 - meter hurdles at the Athens Olympics, his legs pumping with flawless precision to clock a world record -tying time of 12.91 sec. The panic creeping into sports announcers’ voices was almost palpable ((明显的). Even though China had touted the 21 -year- old Shanghai native as a medal hopeful, few in the West knew that China had a decent hurdler, much less a record - making one. Stunned by the victory, a Greek TV announcer stammered: "In first place, it’s ... it’s a Chinese man." Foiled by the X in Liu’s given name, the broadcaster sidestepped the problem: "He is Mr. Liu. Congratulations to Mr. Liu from China."
The world had better get used to Mr. Liu and his given name (Xiang is pronounced Shee -ahng). With his chiseled (轮廓分明的) jaw and winning smile, Liu has already been tapped as a pitchman for Coca - Cola and Nike. More importantly, the Chinese hurdler serves as the charismatic icon of a continent galvanized by an unprecedented athletic ascendancy, just as Asia gears up to welcome the next Summer Olympics to its home tuff. Back home, Liu is beloved for his natural persona, in marked contrast to most of China’s other 6lite athletes, who can only offer their fans canned statements about how much they love their motherland. Liu does pay obligatory tribute to his nation, but he revels in the limelight , belting out karaoke songs on Chinese TV and even engaging in flirty banter with pretty anchors on air.
Unlike the vast majority of Chinese athletes, Liu was not picked by the sports system. Instead, the boy with highlighted hair and a self- professed disdain for coach - mandated curfews (宵禁) went knocking on the doors of sports schools himself. Four months into running hurdles, he was doing times in national trials that placed him in the top echelons of his age group.
Liu wasn’t the only Asian to excel in a sport in which the region’s athletes were expected to be outclassed. Kosuke Kitajima, 22, won two swimming events, helping Japan triple its gold - medal tally from Sydney to Athens. These days, observes Tatsuo Sekine of market researcher CM Databank, Kitajima is so popular that he commands about $ 450,000 per advertisement in Japan. Says Sekine: "He is a symbol of [ our] long - awaited [ economic ] recovery." China’s Liu Xiang, however, is a symbol of something visceral and emotional, something all Asians can take pride in: the pure ecstasy of triumph. "For some athletes, it’s just a job," Liu says. "For me, it’s what I love." [br] According to the passage we can see that Liu Xiang has had______experiences before reaching world - wide fame.
选项
答案
very unusual
解析
在本文的第三段中提到:“Unlike the vast majority of Chinese athletes,Liu was not picked by the sports system.Instead,...”。大意是说:不像大部分中国运动员,刘不是由运动体系自下而上选拔的,而是另辟蹊径。他在成名之前的经历是与众不同的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3014066.html
相关试题推荐
Wearesurethiswasjustduetocarelessnessinqualitycontrol,andthatyouw
Forsomeemployers,thepolicyoflifelongemploymentisparticularlyimportant
Althoughthesefactorsarenotofprimeimportance,itismoredifficulttoget
Thesystemofflexibleworkingtimeisdesignedforthoseemployeeswhosejobsd
Complainingaboutfaultygoodsorbadserviceisnevereasy.Firstofall,c
Complainingaboutfaultygoodsorbadserviceisnevereasy.Firstofall,c
A—fluorescentlampJ—microwaveovenB—electricfanK—smokeexh
A—fluorescentlampJ—microwaveovenB—electricfanK—smokeexh
A—fluorescentlampJ—microwaveovenB—electricfanK—smokeexh
Todayourknowledgeoffoodandwhatitdoesforourbodiesisfarmoreadva
随机试题
[originaltext]Moderator:Thismonth,manyhighschoolseniorshaveeitherj
WhatistheleadingcommercialcropoftheSouth?A、Cotton.B、Tobacco.C、Sugarca
ThestrivingofcountriesinCentralEuropetoentertheEuropeanUnionmay
[audioFiles]2015m3s/audio_ezfj_ezflisteningd_20151_158[/audioFiles]
美国心理学家布鲁纳提出了()A.行为主义理论 B.人本主义理论 C.
下列关于房地产销售代理,表述正确的是()。A.房地产销售代理是指房地产开发
复方硫黄洗剂属于A.乳剂 B.低分子溶液剂 C.高分子溶液剂 D.溶胶剂
误食毒蕈中毒可选用何药治疗A.毛果芸香碱 B.阿托品 C.碘解磷定 D.美
根据《中华人民共和国民事诉讼法》的规定,实行一审终审的案件有()。A.适用特别
只有在银行开立存款账户的个人是收款人的,委托收款凭证才必须记载收款人开户银行名称
最新回复
(
0
)