Little girl running to Beijing to celebrate Olympics

时间：2007-08-06 00:46:09

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Chinanews, Haikou, Aug 4 – Amid1 controversy2, Zhang Huimin, an eight-year-old girl in Hainan Province, had been running on foot for an entire 30 days now. On Thursday noon, she reached Chibi city in Hubei Province.

 

The girl’s act made her become the center of spotlight3. Media4 covered every movement of the girl, including even the slightest details like the clothes she wore and the kind shoes she wore on. People held different views about the girl, who had made up her mind to run 3,500 kilometers to Beijing on such hot and sultry days.

 

On August 2, reporters from CCTV’s No. 12 channel interviewed Zhang Jianmin, the little girl’s father, by telephone. The reporters also interviewed sports experts from the Hainan Provincial5 Sports Science Research Institute as well as the reporters from China News Service who covered the event.

 

On July 3, Zhang Huimin started to run from Tian Ya Hai Jiao (Remotest Corner of the Earth) in Sanya, Hainan. She intended to run through seven provinces and reach the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on August 28.

 

On August 3, a British TV station team arrived in China to cover the news about the little girl.

 
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1 amid 2LIyA     
prep.在…中间，在…之中，被…围绕
参考例句：
  • The government collapsed amid budget quarrels.政府因预算问题争吵不休而倒台。
  • This book was written amid many difficulties.这本书是在困难重重中写成的。
2 controversy 6Z9y0     
n.争论，辩论，争吵
参考例句：
  • That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
  • We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
3 spotlight 6hBzmk     
n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目
参考例句：
  • This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
  • The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。
4 media 2Ckxo     
n.(medium的复数)媒体，新闻媒介，传播媒介
参考例句：
  • The local media reported rioting across the country.当地媒体报道了全国范围的骚乱。
  • His latest movie is being hyped up by the media.他新近的电影正被媒体大肆炒作。
5 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

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