Yao no longer NBA's big man in China as Kobe rules_体育英语

Yao no longer NBA's big man in China as Kobe rules

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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is China's top basketball player, but when it comes to National Basketball Association souvenir jersey¹ sales in his homeland, Kobe Bryant rules.

Kebe Bryant,left; Yao Ming,right.

NBA sales figures in China from the start of the season through last month's NBA All-Star Game were released here Tuesday and showed Los Angeles Lakers playmaker Bryant was the most popular with China's buying public.

Exact numbers on how many jerseys² were purchased were not released, although the league said more than 400 million NBA products were sold in 20,000 retail³ locations in China and were expected to jump by 50 percent.

Allen Iverson of the Denver Nuggets was second with Yao's Houston teammate Tracy McGrady third. McGrady was number one a year ago with Iverson second. Iverson's trade from Philadelphia to Denver might have helped his cause.

Yao, who ranked third last year in NBA jersey sales in China, slumped⁴ to sixth this year, passed by Miami's Dwyane Wade⁵ and LeBron James and possibly undone⁶ by prior years of success among Chinese shirt buyers.

Bryant was fourth in sales a year ago. James remained fifth while Wade leaped six spots after sparking the Heat to last year's NBA crown.

Minnesota's Kevin Garnett, San Antonio's Tim Duncan, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Washington's Gilbert Arenas⁷ rounded out this year's top 10.

Duncan and Arenas replaced Miami's Shaquille O'Neal and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Steve Nash of Phoenix⁸ on this year's list.

Ten NBA Stores are expected to open by year's end in China, which boasts 300 million people playing basketball, one in every five visitors to the NBA's web site and 83 percent of people aged⁹ 15 to 24 saying they are NBA supporters.Basket-NBA-CHN

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1 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 jerseys
n.运动衫( jersey的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The maximum quantity of cotton jerseys this year is about DM25,000. 平方米的羊毛地毯超过了以往的订货。来自口语例句 The NBA is mulling the prospect of stitching advertising logos onto jerseys. 大意：NBA官方正在酝酿一个大煞风景的计划——把广告标志绣上球服！来自互联网

3 retail
v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格
参考例句：
In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。 These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

4 slumped
大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )；沉重或突然地落下[倒下]
参考例句：
Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。 The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。

5 wade
v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉
参考例句：
We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。 We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

6 undone
a.未做完的，未完成的
参考例句：
He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

7 arenas
表演场地( arena的名词复数 )；竞技场；活动或斗争的场所或场面；圆形运动场
参考例句：
Demolition derbies are large-scale automobile rodeos that take place in big arenas. 撞车比赛指的是在很大的竞技场上举行的大型汽车驾驶技术表演。 Are there areas of privacy in the most public of arenas? 在绝大部分公开的场合中存在需要保护隐私的领域吗？

8 phoenix
n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生
参考例句：
The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。 The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

9 aged
adj.年老的，陈年的
参考例句：
He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。 He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

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