VOA常速英语2008年-American Gymnast Shares Dream of Olympic Glory

By Liu Enming
Washington
20 February 2008
 
American gymnast Shawn Johnson is expected to be one of the brightest stars at the Beijing Olympic Games later this year. For her coaches, a trip to the summer games would be a homecoming. Elaine Lu and producer Liu Enming have more on the aspiring¹ Olympian's path to the Beijing games.

1 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句