人物点滴—18岁神童丁俊晖:世界级台球冠军

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Birthday: April 1, 1987

Birthplace: Yixing, Jiangsu

Height: 176 cm

Weight: 60 kg 

　　“家庭制造”的丁俊晖和“国家培养”的刘翔至少有两个共同点：青春痘“欣欣向荣”；胜利意义非凡。4月3日，2005世界职业斯诺克中国公开赛完美谢幕。18岁小将丁俊晖一举夺冠，成为中国获世界级斯诺克赛事桂冠的第一人。 

"He is quite mature（成熟） for 17 and looks very relaxed（放松） on the big stage. He just needs a bit more experience to go to the next level...Once he tightens¹ up（成熟） he's going to be an even tougher（更难对付的） opponent."
                               — Irish snooker player, Ken² Doherty, on Ding Junhui two months ago

ON April, 3 in Beijing,18-year- old Ding Junhui surprised the snooker（斯诺克） world by winning the 2005 China Open with a 9-5 victory over the seven-times Embassy³ World Champion Stephen Hendry. That night, over 100 million people watched the game on TV.

A world champion to be?

Ding is the first player to win a ranked tournament（排名赛） as a wildcard（外卡） player and the second youngest ever to win a ranking title（顶级赛头衔） — just 9 days older than the world number one player Ronnie O'Sullivan. Seeing Ding's outstanding（出色的） performance, O'Sullivan proclaimed（宣布） him as a future world champion.

Nothing but his adulthood⁴?

Two days before his victory, Ding celebrated⁵ his 18th birthday. His first ranking title was surely his best birthday present. However, he couldn't get the ￡ 30,000 prize and his world ranking has dropped from No. 54 to No. 58 as well. Why? According to the rules, wildcard players can't get their prizes and their points are also greatly reduced（减少）.

Someone joked that Ding was rewarded（奖励） nothing but（只有） his adulthood for his victory. But that was not the end of the story: a local snooker manufacturer（厂商） rewarded Ding with US$50,000 to make up for that. This is a happier ending, isn't it?

My idol⁶ and my next goal: O' Sullivan

No matter how successful he is, Ding remains⁷ a low-key（低调的） teenager. His favorite player is the dazzling（耀眼的） O'Sullivan, whose personality（个性） is totally different. To this Ding explained, "I appreciate his skills, but I'm not thinking of becoming another O'Sullivan."

It is a pity that O'Sullivan didn't take part in this year's China Open. After defeating former world No.1 Hendry, Ding Junhui is now expecting to challenge（挑战） his idol. Wish him good luck!

1 tightens   

收紧( tighten的第三人称单数 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• One set of provisions tightens emission standards. 一套使排放标准更加严格的规定。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Requires no special tools or fittings; hand tightens to relief valve outlet. 不需要专用工具或管件；用手将其紧固到安全阀上即可。

2 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

3 embassy   

n.大使馆，大使及其随员

参考例句：

• Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。
• He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。

4 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

5 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• 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。

6 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。