中国奥运金牌得主因无证驾驶被拘留

After a fallout with his coach earlier this year, China's Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has hit the national headlines again for the wrong reasons. The pool prodigy¹ was detained² by police after driving without a license³ earlier this week in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou.

China’s Olympic champ is in hot water again.

 
The two-time Olympic swimming champion, Sun Yang, who is being detained
for 7 days and fined, after he was caught driving without a license
when his Porsche SUV was involved in a crash with a bus.

Swimming star Sun Yan is serving a seven-day jail sentence for driving without a license, after a bus rear⁴ ended his vehicle in his home town of Hangzhou.

Sun was not hurt in the accident.

The four-time Olympic medallist was also fined 2000 Yuan, according to local police.

"Sun Yang was driving a white Porsche Cayenne SUV at the time. He was heading along this road when he came to an intersection⁵. He was preparing to turn right, and slowed down to avoid pedestrians⁶ and was hit from behind by a route 900 bus." Hangzhou traffic police Zheng Xin said.

His latest trouble out of the pool also doesn’t seem to be the first time it’s happened.

A photo has surfaced showing the 21-year-old driving a sports car to an airport back in September.

Hoping to contain the negative fallout, Sun has apologized to his 20 million followers⁷ on his microblog, expressing strong regret for his actions in neglecting traffic laws.

In his apology, Sun said that as he was usually busy with training and competing so he had a weak knowledge of the law, which led to the mistake.

He also asked the public to give him a second chance, and promised not to repeat his mistake.

His fans expressed disappointment at their role model’s misconduct.

They agreed that being a world champion takes hard work, but said maintaining a good public image was also vital to a great career and that a single mistake can destroy it all.

The college where Sun trains with his swimming team has suspended him indefinitely, announcing that he’s been barred from practising and competing.

He has also been banned from doing any commercial activities until his suspension⁸ is lifted.
 

1 prodigy   

n.惊人的事物，奇迹，神童，天才，预兆

参考例句：

• She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
• He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。

2 detained   

留住( detain的过去式和过去分词 )； 耽搁； 拘留； 扣留

参考例句：

• One man has been detained for questioning. 一个男人被拘留审问。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. 他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

4 rear   

vt.抚养，饲养；n.后部，后面

参考例句：

• We had to rear it in a nursery and plant it out.我们不得不在苗棚里培育它，然后再把它移植出来。
• The hall is in the rear of the building.礼堂在大楼的后部。

5 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

6 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

8 suspension   

n.悬挂，悬浮液，暂缓，未决，中止

参考例句：

• The local authorities decided to build a suspension bridge over the river.地方当局决定在这条河上建一座吊桥。
• A four-day suspension was imposed on her.她被勒令停职4天。