Y: Patrick, I'm bored. P: I have an idea. Let's watch the poker tournament on TV! Y: Poker tournament? P: Yeah, poker tournament. Y: I know poker, 扑克牌。 可是我只听说过poker face, 没听过还有poker tournament扑克牌比赛。 P: Oh L

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 体育美语

维纳斯威廉姆斯(Venus Williams),1980年6月17日生于美国加利福尼亚州棕榈树城,美国女子职业网球运动员。[1] 她是同时代女网天后塞雷娜威廉姆斯的亲生姐姐,所以通常称呼她为大威廉姆斯,

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语名人堂

Wimbledon 温布尔敦网球公开赛 Wimbledon is the most important sporting event of the British summer. Since the first tournament was played in 1877 in front of a few hundred spectators , the competition has become a global sporting event attended by ov

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 Take Away English

Online gamers control characters in a virtual world UK online gamers are on red alert as they prepare for the arrival of the Cyberathlete Professional League World Tour. The tour, which takes in nine countries on four continents, is the first of its

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Always awesome! This one, though, is a little bittersweet for us because this is our last show of the school year. You know who I am. Let's start things off with a quick check of today's headlines. The U.S. government wants BP to start paying up for

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339.Hold it! 不要动! Hold it! 不要动! What's the matter? 怎么了? There's a hole in the road and you were about to step into it. 路面上有个洞,你差一点踩进去。 340.(I'm) afraid so. /I'm afraid so. (我)恐怕是这样。

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England's failed footballers will return home after the country's most humiliating defeat in its history made them a worldwide laughing stock. 英格兰足球队经历了其足球史上最耻辱的一次失败,这成为了众所皆知的一大笑柄。

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BUENOS AIRES, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's(阿根廷) basketball player Luis Scola on Monday confirmed that he will travel to China later this week while expressing hope he will be fully recovered from a knee injury before the pre-Olympics Mar del

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CAPE TOWN, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Due to financial constraints, Swaziland has withdrawn from the 2013 African Nations Cup, it was announced on Sunday. The announcement came just a week before Swaziland was due to play the first leg of a preliminary round

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

MADRID, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China's top tennis player Li Na was focused on the job in hand after defeating Angelique Kerber in the last 16 of the Madrid Open tournament on Wednesday. Li's win over the player who had beaten her in Indian Wells earlier i

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal will make his long-awaited return from injury at next month' s Brazil Open, tournament organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The 11-time Grand Slam winner has not played since suffering a

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Zhu Ting propelled China to a 3-1 (18-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-23) victory over Serbia to claim the gold medal of the women's volleyball tournament at Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Saturday. 在周六进行的里约奥运会女子排球决赛中,朱婷带领

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Kim Clijsters went through Monica Niculescu of Romania 7-5, 7-5 to reach the second round on Monday at the Den Bosch WTA tournament, a grass-court warmup for Wimbledon. After leading 4-2, top-seeded Clijste

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PARIS, April 8 (Xinhua) -- World No. 2 Novak Djokovic announced Friday to pull out of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament, citing a knee injury. It's a tough blow and sad news not only for this tournament and my fans, but also for myself, said

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BUDAPEST, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Chang Yong claimed the title of the flyweight (52kg) category on Saturday at the Bosckai Memorial Boxing Tournament in Debrecen, eastern Hungary. Chang beat Shin Dongmyung of South Korea on points 21-11. China's

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

One year of practice was all he needed. He practiced bowling for a year. Then he entered a pro tournament. He bowled three 300 games for a perfect 900 series. He did that six times against six competitors. He won the tournament. He practiced pitching

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

VANCOUVER, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The fourth International Health Qigong Tournament and Exchange kicked off the competition portion of the Vancouver event Saturday to showcase the health benefits of this increasingly popular activity. At a gala opening

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JOHNNEBSURG, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The committee preparing for hosting African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2013 in South Africa on Sunday announced the country is ready to host the tournament. The Local Organizing Committee Chief Executive Officer Mvuzo Mbe

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COPENHAGEN, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- World No. 1 women's tennis player Caroline Wozniacki starts her 2012 tennis season at the Sydney International in Australia for the fourth consecutive year, according to Danish Media. Danish Wozniacki said the 637,000 U

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Venus Ebony Starr Williams is one of the most successful women ever to play tennis. She is a former World No. 1, and always a serious threat on court. She is likely to win a tournament even if her ranking is low. She has also met with success off the

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