Kickers brace for bowl in Beijing

时间：2007-04-07 00:30:28

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Four kickers from China, having been put through a tough training program, are competing in American foot-ball's most exclusive audition1.
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The Chinese are vying2 to join the squads3 for August's China Bowl preseason game between the New England Patriots4 and Seattle Seahawks - the first National Football League game to be played in China.
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"The noise on the field is kind of annoying," said Ding Long, a rugby player who beat 30 other kickers last year to become one of the finalists and receive intensive training in the art of booting an oval pigskin through the uprights.
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"Staying in focus is a difficult part in kicking. Moreover, consistency5 of the technique is not easy to obtain," he said in an e-mail exchange.
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Ding, Gao Wei and soccer player Shen Yalei had five hard weeks of training in Oregon before attending an NFL Europa kicking camp last week in Tampa, Florida.
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The trio, along with a fourth kicker whose arrival has been delayed due to visa problems, have been assigned to the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa to continue their apprenticeship6.
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The NFL sees the newcomers as potential ambassadors who can help to introduce the sport to the world's biggest market in the August 8 game in Beijing, timed to coincide with the celebrations marking exactly one year until the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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The NFL makes another international splash on October 28 when the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins play in London's new Wembley Stadium in the first regular-season game played overseas
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1 audition 8uazw     
n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)
参考例句：
  • I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
  • At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。
2 vying MHZyS     
adj.竞争的；比赛的
参考例句：
  • California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
  • Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
3 squads 8619d441bfe4eb21115575957da0ba3e     
n.（军队中的）班( squad的名词复数 )；（暗杀）小组；体育运动的运动（代表）队；（对付某类犯罪活动的）警察队伍
参考例句：
  • Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。 来自辞典例句
  • Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。 来自辞典例句
4 patriots cf0387291504d78a6ac7a13147d2f229     
爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
  • These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。
5 consistency IY2yT     
n.一贯性，前后一致，稳定性；(液体的)浓度
参考例句：
  • Your behaviour lacks consistency.你的行为缺乏一贯性。
  • We appreciate the consistency and stability in China and in Chinese politics.我们赞赏中国及其政策的连续性和稳定性。
6 apprenticeship 4NLyv     
n.学徒身份；学徒期
参考例句：
  • She was in the second year of her apprenticeship as a carpenter. 她当木工学徒已是第二年了。
  • He served his apprenticeship with Bob. 他跟鲍勃当学徒。

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