Take Away English-Snooker Superstar 台球巨星
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Ding Junhui celebrates winning the UK Championship
If 2005 was the year that Ding Junhui exploded onto the international snooker scene, then 2006 could be the year he becomes a legend.
Ding fulfilled his potential in a nail-biting confrontation 1 with Steve Davis in the final of the prestigious 2 UK Championship last December. He defeated the six-time world champion by 10 frames to 6 in a thrilling final at the Barbican Centre in York.
In defeating Davis he has already secured a place in history as he is the first ever player from outside the British Isles 3 to win the UK Championship.
Having won his first prize in competitive snooker at the age of thirteen, Ding is unquestionably a precocious 4 talent. It seems that he has now matured into a world-class player – “It was only a matter of time before he joined the world’s elite”, says Steve Davis.
Ding’s talent has been developed by his father, Ding Wenjun who became aware of his son’s remarkable 5 abilities when he was just eight years old. Ding Wenjun explains, “When I was playing with my friends, he was attracted by the colourful balls and would play by himself on another table for a whole day”.
Many years of hard work and sacrifice followed as Ding’s father gave up his business and moved to Dongguan in order to find better training facilities for his son. Both father and son lived in cramped 6 conditions, sharing a five-square-metre room adjoining the local snooker club.
However, their efforts began to pay off when Ding started to win prizes in Asian tournaments. He turned professional at the age of sixteen and celebrated 7 his eighteenth birthday by winning the China Open in April 2005, thrashing Stephen Hendry by nine frames to five.
Despite his international status, Ding prefers to address his English-speaking fans through an interpreter. However, when we asked Ding how he felt about winning the UK title he replied, “I’m feeling very well and very happy and very confident for the next tournament.”
GLOSSARY 词汇表
exploded
轰动（出场）
nail-biting
紧张的
frames
台球的比局
secured a place in history
确立历史地位
matured
成熟
remarkable abilities
超人的能力
cramped conditions
拥挤的条件
pay off
回报
international status
国际声望
fulfilled his potential
潜力终得展现
prestigious
具有名望的
thrilling
惊心动魄的
precocious talent
超常才能；奇才
elite
精英
sacrifice
牺牲
adjoining
相连的
thrashing
痛击；
interpreter
翻译
- We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。
- After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。
- The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
- You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。
- the geology of the British Isles 不列颠群岛的地质
- The boat left for the isles. 小船驶向那些小岛。
- They become precocious experts in tragedy.他们成了一批思想早熟、善写悲剧的能手。
- Margaret was always a precocious child.玛格丽特一直是个早熟的孩子。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
- The house was terribly small and cramped, but the agent described it as a bijou residence. 房子十分狭小拥挤，但经纪人却把它说成是小巧别致的住宅。
- working in cramped conditions 在拥挤的环境里工作
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。