Chinese gymnast Cheng eyes 3rd Olympic appearance
英语课
SHANGHAI, May 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese veteran gymnast Cheng Fei will be bidding for her third Olympic appearance when the national championships, which serves as domestic trials for the London Olympics, gets underway here on Tuesday.
Cheng, 24, is the oldest active female gymnast in China and has pocketed one gold and two bronzes from two Olympic Games - 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing.
According to Chinese national team leader Ye Zhennan, Cheng needs to prove she is still competent on the vault 1 and floor, both her specialties 2, to earn a place in the Olympic squad 3.
After the National Games in 2009, Cheng decided 4 to take a break due to her knee injuries. Just about one month ago, the five-time world champion claimed the women's vault title in her comeback debut 5 on FIG 6 Artistic 7 Gymnastics World Cup.
n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室
- 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。
n.专门，特性，特别；专业( specialty的名词复数 )；特性；特制品；盖印的契约
- Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
- Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句
n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组
- 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。
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
n.首次演出，初次露面
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
n.无花果(树)
- The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
- You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。