红线缠小指! 刘翔在新浪微博公布新恋情!

 　　Olympic champion Liu Xiang, one of the best known athletes in China, announced a new relationship on Saturday, six months after his divorce.

　　奥运冠军刘翔,同时也是中国最著名的体育运动员，在离婚半年后，于本周六公布了新恋情。

　　The former 110m hurdle¹ world and Olympic champion showed a picture of two hands enlaced by a red thread in little fingers, which means two people are in love in Chinese culture, in his Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent to twitter. He also referred it to Wu Sha, a pole vaulter³ who is believed to be his date.

　　这位前110米栏世锦赛及奥运会冠军，在个人新浪微博（相当于中文版的推特）上发布了一张牵手红线图。一根红线绕过两只勾在一起的小指，在中国文化中寓意两人相爱。他还将这条微博@ 给了被认为是他的约会对象的撑杆跳运动员吴莎。

　　Wu, 30, won the pole vault² title at Asian Athletics⁴ Championships in 2003 and the National Games in 2009.

　　吴莎现年30岁，曾获得2003年亚洲田径锦标赛撑杆跳冠军以及2009年全运会撑杆跳冠军。

　　Liu, who won the 110-meter hurdles⁵ at the 2004 Athens Olympics and retired⁶ in 2014, ended a nine-month marriage to actress Ge Tian last June.

　　刘翔曾在2004年雅典奥运会夺得110米栏冠军，2014年退役。去年六月他结束了和演员葛天9个月的婚姻。

1 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

2 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。

3 vaulter   

n.撑竿跳运动员

参考例句：

• The pole vaulter bettered the world's record by five inches. 这名撑杆跳高运动员以5英寸之多超过了世界纪录。
• And the almost unbeatable pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva added one more gold to Russia's tally. 几乎不可战胜的撑杆跳高名将伊辛巴耶娃又给俄罗斯军团增添一金。

4 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

5 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

6 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。