人物点滴—盘点:2005年中国十大体育风云人物

　　2005年快要过去了，看看主导今年中国体坛风云的十大体育人物——

1. Yao Ming

Highest-paid athlete of China, having signed a five-year contract extension with NBA's Houston Rockets on a total of 76 million US dollars in August, before he helped Chinese men's basketball national team win their 14th and consecutive¹ fourth Asian championships in September.

2. Guo Jingjing

Undisputed "Diving Queen" of China, winning gold medals in almost all the top-rated world and regional tournaments, includingthe Montreal World Championships, the World University Games, the 10th Chinese National Games, and the East Asian Games.

3. Zhang Ning

Thirty-year-old veteran who completed a "grand slam" winning run of world championships, Olympic Games, Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup, after helping² the Chinese badminton team claim their fifth title of the world mixed team badminton championships at Beijing in May.

4. Zou Shiming

China's first boxing world champion, lifting the trophy³ of the 48kg category at the 13th world senior boxing championships held at Mianyang, Southwest China in November.

5. Chang Hao

China's first world Go champion entering the 21 century, beating South Korea's Choi Cheol-han 3-1 to win the Ing Cup World Go Championship.

6. Zhang Yining

New generation to China's table tennis, lifting her first world championships singles trophy in Shanghai in May to become another " grand slam" winner of worlds, Olympics and World Cup, beating former world number one Wang Nan for a women's singles crown and leading Beijing women's team to defend the table tennis team titleat the 10th Chinese National Games.

7. Liu Xiang

Winner of the Alternative Sportsperson of the Year at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Awards, adding an 110m hurdles⁴ silver medal at the Helsinki world championships to his history-making Olympic title taken at 2004 Games in Athens.

8. Chen Yanqing

A comeback strongwoman of China, claiming the 58kg gold at the 10th Chinese National Games with three world records weight in October and putting her career in an end with another gold medal in the same category at November's East Asian Games in Macao.

9. Cheng Fei

China's first world championship winner in the women's vault⁵, whose routine performed at the 38th world gymnastics championship slate⁶ in November, including a back somersault with a straight backposition and two and a half twists, has been named after the 17-year-old Chinese.

10. Wu Peng

Second Chinese male swimmer in over 20 years after Zeng Qiliangto win a medal in the world championships, taking the bronze in the 200m butterfuly at the Montreal worlds in August.

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

4 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

5 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• 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。

6 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？