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Cricket contest to be held in Beijing

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Chinanews, July 2, Beijing – Zhao Boguang, one of the most famous cricket¹ breeders in Beijing, is planning to host another cricket contest. Since 1988, Zhao has hosted 19 such events.

It was a tradition in ancient China to keep crickets² as pets. Special games were also common for crickets to fight against each other. It is said that Chinese took to the cricket games as early as in the Qin Dynasty (221 – 206 BC). However, as time went on, some people began to use cricket games for gambling³, and many Chinese fell victim to it.

Zhao, being vice⁴ director of Beijing Cricket Committee, has contributed a great deal in making cricket games a formal sport event as cockfighting. In the first National Cricket Contest alone, 18 teams with their thousands of crickets attended the event.

Zhao now is working hard to prepare for the upcoming contest this year. “We will not only select the best crickets, but also crown the best cricket breeder in Beijing,” said Zhao.

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1 cricket
n.蟋蟀，板球运动；adj.公平的
参考例句：
The England cricket team scored quite a useful total.英格兰板球队得分总数令人满意。 We could hear the shrill of the midsummer cricket.我们可以听到仲夏时节蟋蟀的尖叫声。 Your behaviour isn't cricket.你的行为不光彩。

2 crickets
n.蟋蟀( cricket的名词复数 )；板球
参考例句：
The crickets stridulated their everlasting monotonous meaningful note. 蟋蟀发出了它们持久的，单调而有意思的调子。来自《简明英汉词典》 The crickets chirped faster and louder. 蟋蟀叫得更欢了。来自辞典例句

3 gambling
n.赌博；投机
参考例句：
They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。 The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

4 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

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