Ding's victory promotes snooker sport in China

时间：2007-02-07 00:21:37

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Chinanews, Beijing, Feb. 6 – A recent survey about snooker sport shows that there are now over 700 snooker rooms in Beijing with 50 million fans playing snooker. It might be said that with Ding Junhui’s victory, snooker game is becoming a popular sport in China, the Market News reported.

 

In a month, the long-awaited 2007 World Snooker China Open will be unveiled in Beijing. As one of the important stops for the 2007 World Snooker Main Tour, the China Open snooker tournament will attract 32 top-level world players, including Ding Junhui, Ronnie O'Sullivan, and Stephen Hendry, to compete in the tournament. The world’s top 16 snooker players will all be present at the China Open snooker tournament.

 

In 2005, when China organized the first world snooker open tournament, Ding Junhui beat all the rivals1 and became the final winner. With his victory, snooker soon became the most popular sport in China. In 2006, the second China Open snooker tournament was rated as the most widely-watched program in CCTV's sports channel. In addition, ticket sales of the tournament also hit a historical record, said Kang Wei, board of directors at the Beijing International Sports Events Co.，Ltd, organizer of the 2007 China Open snooker tournament.

 

Although this is the first time for the Beijing International Sports Events Co.，Ltd to host such a big international event, Kang is optimistic about the prospect2 of snooker in China. He predicts that eight years later, China Open snooker tournament will develop as one of the world’s top-level sports event and will also become one of the best events in China that is regulated3 with market orientation4.

 
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1 rivals 9357f705a055126cd4cadc045c987c4e     
竞争对手( rival的名词复数 )
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  • one of the President's chief rivals 总统的主要政敌之一
  • She always managed to outsmart her political rivals. 她总有办法表现得比她的政敌智高一筹。
2 prospect P01zn     
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
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  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
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控制( regulate的过去式和过去分词 )； 管理； 调整； 调节
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  • The activities of credit companies are regulated by law. 信贷公司的业务受法律的制约。
  • A person's behavior is often regulated by his circumstances. 人的行为常受其所处环境的约束。
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n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍
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  • Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
  • The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。

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