9-year-old girl skating into Winter Asiad

时间：2007-01-31 00:56:39

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The nine-year-old Kwan Xinru from Macau delegation1 will be the youngest competitor at the 6th Winter Asian Games, kicked off in Changchun on Sunday, 28th January.
 
Jan.30 - "I want be one of them" nine-year-old Kwan Xinru once told her father, in her candy-sweet voice "...because the skirts worn by these sisters are so beautiful."

 

The Macau delegation raised the flag of their Special Administration Region in Changchun, northeast of China's Jilin province last Saturday. And what they brought was not only their first participation2 in the Winter Asian Games, but also the games' youngest competitor: Kwan Xinru.

 

Standing3 besides her father, the pretty girl with big eyes answered questions in her awkward mandarin4 with some Cantonese after the flag-raising ceremony.

 

Living besides the ice-rink in Macau, it made sense for her father to take Kwan Xinru to watch skating matches. Kwan gradually became interested in figure skating and asked to learn it. She began to accept professional training when she was six.

 

For such a little girl, the necessary training is tough. But Kwan said she did not fear the cold, nor the painstaking5 training necessary. For someday, she would be a world champion.

 

This little girl's efforts have already won her No.1 titles in many of the amateur competitions held in Hong Kong and Shenzhen last year.

 

Li Liping, a national figure skating champion in the 1980s, is Kwan's coach. She said that Kwan is a very smart kid. She also said that what has impressed her most is Kwan's enthusiasm for the sport.

 

Soon, Kwan Xinru will stand as the youngest competitor at the 6th Winter Asian Games.

 

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1 delegation NxvxQ     
n.代表团；派遣
参考例句：
  • The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
  • We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
2 participation KS9zu     
n.参与，参加，分享
参考例句：
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
3 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
4 Mandarin TorzdX     
n.中国官话，国语，满清官吏；adj.华丽辞藻的
参考例句：
  • Just over one billion people speak Mandarin as their native tongue.大约有十亿以上的人口以华语为母语。
  • Mandarin will be the new official language of the European Union.普通话会变成欧盟新的官方语言。
5 painstaking 6A6yz     
adj.苦干的；艰苦的，费力的，刻苦的
参考例句：
  • She is not very clever but she is painstaking.她并不很聪明，但肯下苦功夫。
  • Through years of our painstaking efforts,we have at last achieved what we have today.大家经过多少年的努力，才取得今天的成绩。

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