China lead the qualifiers at Gym Worlds |
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| China's Yibing Chen performs on the pommel horse for the men's qualifiers during the 39th Artisitic Gymnastics World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, October 14, 2006.[Reuters] |
| Oct. 16 - Chinese gymnasts dominated the men's qualifiers to book the first place ahead of Japan, while the Athens Olympic silver medallists U.S. fell out of the finals to settle with the eleventh at Aarhus gymnastic worlds in Denmark.
When the agonizing1 qualification round was over, the members of the U.S. men's team put their arms around each other and came together in a close-knit huddle2 to share words of encouragement.
"We gave everything we had out there today," American rings specialist Kevin Tan said Saturday, after a qualifying round at world championships his team would love to forget. "We're not happy it happened this way. But we keep fighting."
The second sub-division highlighted the qualifiers featuring two powerhouses China and Japan. China took in 370.450 points to lead Japan (367.75) in the top of team ranking as all pundits3 expected the two teams are too overwhelming for others after witnessing the the podium training. Russia (365.4) was next. The United States (358.1) was squeezed out the top eight teams and could only watch the finals on Tuesday.
"But we're far from finished," team coordinator4 Ron Brant said. "We're all preparing for 2008, the Beijing Olympics."
Chinese gymnasts and coach all put on smile on their faces and waved to the cheering crowd on seats when they left the ARGi Arena5 with all their targets pocketing up out of qualifiers. The head of Chinese delegation6 watched the qualifying round on a spectator's seat and sent out the news of first-stage victory through text message on mobile phone.
"All our gymnasts are excellent. We have hit our first target in spite of some small flaws by sending those hopeful through to finals," said Zhang Peiwen, head of Chinese delegation.
"The young gymnasts are very good, even the debutant, and they presented very consistent performance all through the qualifiers.
Zou Kai (18) debuted7 to take third in floor exercise; Chen Yibing (22) leads in rings; Xiao Qin (21) takes the first place in pommel horse, added with a few second or third finishers, so everything goes as we expected," added Zhang.
U.S. sent out a complete young contingent8 of untested gymnasts by stripping of all its stars from the silver-medal team of the Athens Olympics. But even brothers of Hamm here couldn't salvaged9 the fall of U.S. who were so far away trailing.
America's national champion, Sasha Artemev, started poorly on the floor, struggling early to push to a handstand. He nearly fell off the parallel bars which he called a foolish mistake and then he did fall off the high bar during his mount. Elsewhere, Jonathan Horton fell twice from the high bar to go with another mistake on parallel bars.
Germany (361.075) came up in the last moment to extrude10 Spain out of the top eight with a sixth-place finish behind Romania (364.325) and Canada (361.975). Switzerland (259.200) registered a place in final attributing to a relatively11 flawless qualifier in seventh. Belarus (359.175) notched12 the last spot leading to finals.
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agonizing
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| adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式) |
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- I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
- his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死
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| vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人 |
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- They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
- The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
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| n.某一学科的权威，专家( pundit的名词复数 ) |
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- The pundits disagree on the best way of dealing with the problem. 如何妥善处理这一问题，专家众说纷纭。 来自辞典例句
- That did not stop Chinese pundits from making a fuss over it. 这并没有阻止中国的博学之士对此大惊小怪。 来自互联网
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coordinator
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| n.协调人 |
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- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
- How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？
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| n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台 |
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- She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
- He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
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| n.代表团；派遣 |
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- The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
- We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。
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| 初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式） |
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- In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
- The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。
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| adj.视条件而定的；n.一组，代表团，分遣队 |
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- The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.队伍朝西山的方向前进。
- Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.我们是否按时到达要视天气情况而定。
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| （从火灾、海难等中）抢救（某物）( salvage的过去式和过去分词 )； 回收利用（某物） |
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- The investigators studied flight recorders salvaged from the wreckage. 调查者研究了从飞机残骸中找到的黑匣子。
- The team's first task was to decide what equipment could be salvaged. 该队的首要任务是决定可以抢救哪些设备。
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| v.挤出；逐出 |
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- Lava is extruded from the volcano.熔岩从火山中喷出。
- Land masses extrude into the sea.大片陆地延伸到海里。
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| adv.比较...地，相对地 |
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- The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
- The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
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| a.有凹口的，有缺口的 |
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- Torino notched up a 2-1 win at Lazio. 都灵队以2 比1 赢了拉齐奧队。
- He notched up ten points in the first five minutes of the game. 他在比赛开始后的五分钟里得了十分。
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