China team has the muscle for move across town

时间：2007-06-11 00:18:24

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BEIJING - When the musclemen of China's weightlifting team moved the short distance to their new training centre in Beijing on Thursday, officials decided1 to dispense2 with a removal firm.

Instead, each weightlifter was given a handcart and ordered to carry a set of barbells to the new 2,000 square metre complex, where they will prepare for next year's Beijing Olympics.

"Other teams always hire porter companies when moving," coach Wang Guoxing told the First paper. "But for us, that was needless."

While the 360kg weight of each load was not a problem for the biggest among them, the lighter3 lifters struggled on a sweltering Beijing day.

"It was a little too heavy," said Zhang Ping, a former world champion in the featherweight class where the heaviest weight ever lifted was 182kg.



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1 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
2 dispense lZgzh     
vt.分配，分发；配(药)，发(药)；实施
参考例句：
  • Let us dispense the food.咱们来分发这食物。
  • The charity has been given a large sum of money to dispense as it sees fit.这个慈善机构获得一大笔钱，可自行适当分配。
3 lighter 5pPzPR     
n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级
参考例句：
  • The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
  • The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

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