访谈录 2008-07-25&07-27 为了奥运

Sports stars don’t come bigger than this man and now simply because his seven through six. Yaoming is the symbol of china’s loathly Olympic ambitions, and the country now searching for new heros. You might say the yao is far bigger than now.

 

Yaoming is the first of the new great at international icon¹ from the communism nation where the individual success has never been so rich ever awarded.

 

His every inch made in china-the child to basketball players whose union was encouraged by the government. He is adored² by millions and playing in America. He owns millions. Now it is time to give his country something back.

 

How much pressure do you feel that you and other Chinese athletes are under to deliver success? It’s big challenge. We have huge pressure and possible glory. One can’t not come without the other. I will try to enjoy it.

 

Shutingyu is only four but knows for same pressures. Hours each week he spends him training. Hours that would become years. Success would mean the childhood sacrifice but the reward and escape from this that back breaking life. her family have know the generations.

 

Life here is very tough, his step father tells me. She could be a champion little change everything for us.

 

Later at night in the remote mountain village, Chengyu and her team meant to attend the locals. The Olympics is uniting a diverse³ nation. But they have separated this mother from her daughter. Since xiaosha left to join the national squad⁴, that had been nine years that newspaper cuttings the bally and the personal contact.

 

I feel sorry that I couldn’t give her a mother’s love but I believe she is doing the right thing. She is winning the glory for the country. 

 

Shutingyu’s quest⁵ for Olympics glory is decade away. Yaoming starts in two weeks and the nation expects the things.

 

1 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

2 adored   

爱慕，崇拜( adore的过去式和过去分词 )； 非常喜欢

参考例句：

• For all her faults, Tallulah's friends tolerated and even adored her. 尽管塔卢拉有缺点，她的朋友们却宽容她，甚至崇拜她。
• They adored her as a living goddess. 他们把她当作活女神崇拜。

3 diverse   

adj.不同的；相异的；多种多样的；形形色色的

参考例句：

• Spain is a composite of diverse traditions and people.西班牙是一个汇集了多种传统和民族的国家。
• Society is now much more diverse than ever before.当今社会较之以往任何时候都要丰富多彩得多。

4 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

5 quest   

n.寻求，搜索，追求

参考例句：

• Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.人类在探索真理过程中必然会遭受挫折。
• His quest for perfection is relentless.他不断追求完美。