17岁少年赢得08北京奥运会男子单人艇入场券_体育英语

17岁少年赢得08北京奥运会男子单人艇入场券

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Cypriot sailor gains ticket to Beijing Olympics

一名年仅17岁的塞浦路斯帆船选手通过激烈竞争，为地中海地区赢得2008年北京点击查看北京及更多城市天气预报奥运会男子单人艇--激光级赛事的最后一张入场券。明年8月9日至21日，北京奥运会帆船赛将在青岛点击查看青岛及更多城市天气预报举行，届时，来自全球400余名一流选手将参加11项帆船赛事的角逐。

men's one person dinghy - laser

A 17-year-old Cypriot sailor has gained a hard-won ticket to represent Cyprus in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, a local nautical¹ club said on Wednesday.

Pavlos Kontides, finished 62nd at the world sailing championships which took place in Cascais, Portugal.

"By winning this privileged position Kontides managed to place Cyprus at the 29th place and at the same time to qualify for the Olympics," the Limassol Nautical Club announced in a press release.

Kontides earned his Mediterranean² island state the last ticket for men's one person dinghy - laser, according to the website of the International Sailing Federation³.

The 2008 Olympic sailing competition will take place in Qingdao from the 9-21 August. Gold medals will be decided⁴ in eleven Olympic sailing events, featuring a total of 400 sailors.

Vocabulary:

men's one person dinghy - laser：男子单人艇——激光级

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1 nautical
adj.海上的，航海的，船员的
参考例句：
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters.一海里等于1852米。 It is 206 nautical miles from our present location.距离我们现在的位置有206海里。

2 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
参考例句：
The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。 Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

3 federation
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
参考例句：
It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。 Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

4 decided
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。

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