NBA stopover adds to Shanghai credentials

时间：2007-04-05 00:53:10

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Shanghai remains1 a major destination for global sports with the latest announcement coming Thursday that the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Orlando Magic are due to faceoff in an NBA pre-season fixture2 in October.


The NBA will play matches in China this year for only the second time in its history, one of which will pit the Chinese national team against Orlando Magic, officials with Shanghai Sports Adminstration said yesterday.[Xinhua]
In less than a week, Shanghai has successfully bid for the World Swimming Championships, slated3 for 2011, and got the rights - and Asia's first - to host the ATP Tennis Masters series, beginning 2009.

Qiu Weichang, the deputy head of Shanghai Sports Administration, reinforced the city's ambition to expand its presence in the global sports world at a press conference yesterday to announce the scheduled NBA exhibition games.

"We have literally4 been swamped with offers," said Qiu, referring to the mounting interest in Shanghai as a venue5 for international sports.

"From the (municipal) government's point of view, the tournaments here give a vital boost to the city's image as an international destination as can be seen with the success of the Chinese Formula One."

Shanghai has also been staging the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup since 2005 which only ends in 2008. It previously6 hosted the event in 2002.

"In addition, the growing expatriate population here and its hunger for top-tier tournaments, is leading us in that direction," Qiu said.

Shanghai will host 44 international competitions this year - up from 36 last year. The major attractions are the IAAF Athletics7 Golden Grand Prix, MotoGP and Formula One.

"We chose Shanghai based on suggestions from many of our global marketing8 partners who have their regional headquarters here," said Heidi Ueberroth, NBA' vice9 president of international operations.

The NBA preseason game is the second one in the city. The Houston Rockets, led by Shanghai's Yao Ming, played the Sacramento Kings in 2004.

This time, the China series will include three games. After the Shanghai opener, the teams go to Macau for two games - one of them is Orlando vs the Chinese national team


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1 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
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  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
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2 fixture hjKxo     
n.固定设备；预定日期；比赛时间；定期存款
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  • Lighting fixture must be installed at once.必须立即安装照明设备。
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3 slated 87d23790934cf766dc7204830faf2859     
用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )
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  • Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
  • Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。
4 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
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  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
5 venue ALkzr     
n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点
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  • The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
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6 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
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  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
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7 athletics rO8y7     
n.运动，体育，田径运动
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  • When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
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n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西
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n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
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