Snooker Superstar

Snooker Superstar 1 Snooker Superstar 台球巨星 Star Profile – Ding Junhui 新星简介--丁俊辉 Read the text below and do the activity that follows. 阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习： If 2005 was the year that Ding Junhui exploded onto the international snooker scene, then 2006 could be the year he becomes a legend. Ding fulfilled his potential in a nail-biting confrontation with Steve Davis in the final of the prestigious UK Championship last December. He defeated the six-time world champion by 10 frames to 6 in a thrilling final at the Barbican Centre in York. In defeating Davis he has already secured a place in history as he is the first ever player from outside the British Isles to win the UK Championship. Having won his first prize in competitive snooker at the age of thirteen, Ding is unquestionably a precocious talent. It seems that he has now matured into a world-class player – “It was only a matter of time before he joined the world’s elite”, says Steve Davis. Ding’s talent has been developed by his father, Ding Wenjun who became aware of his son’s remarkable abilities when he was just eight years old. Ding Wenjun explains, “When I was playing with my friends, he was attracted by the colourful balls and would play by himself on another table for a whole day”. Many years of hard work and sacrifice followed as Ding’s father gave up his business and moved to Dongguan in order to find better training facilities for his son. Both father and son lived in cramped conditions, sharing a five- square-metre room adjoining the local snooker club. However, their efforts began to pay off when Ding started to win prizes in Asian tournaments. He turned professional at the age of sixteen and celebrated his eighteenth birthday by winning the China Open in April 2005, thrashing Stephen Hendry by nine frames to five. Despite his international status, Ding prefers to address his English-speaking fans through an interpreter. However, when we asked Ding how he felt about winning the UK title he replied, “I’m feeling very well and very happy and very confident for the next tournament.” 2 Glossary 词汇表 exploded – 轰动（出场） fulfilled his potential –潜力终得展现 nail-biting – 紧张的 prestigious – 具有名望的 frames – 台球的比局 thrilling – 惊心动魄的 secured a place in history – 确立历 precocious talent – 超常才能；奇才史地位 matured – 成熟 elite – 精英 remarkable abilities – 超人的能力 sacrifice – 牺牲 cramped conditions – 拥挤的条件 adjoining – 相连的 pay off – 回报 thrashing – 痛击； international status – 国际声望 interpreter - 翻译 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the correct answer. 以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。 1. 2005 was a breakthrough year for Ding Junhui. True / False 2. Ding broke the record for winning a snooker game in the quickest time. True / False 3. Steve Davis believes that Ding is one of the world’s best players. True / False 4. Ding’s father had to give up a lot to help his son improve as a player. True / False 5. Ding is a confident user of the English language and speaks English whenever he can. True / False 3 2. Label the pictures 标注图片 Look at the picture below. Label each part of the snooker table. You can choose from the words at the bottom. 请看下图，然后从下列表中选词为台球图中的不同部分进行标注。 1. 4. 2. 3. pocket cue ball cue beize 4 3. Error Correction 改错 Each of these sentences has a mistake in it. Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly. 下列句子中各有一个错误。找出错误并写出正确的句子。 1. Snooker has been invented by British Army officers in the 19th century. 2. Ding Junhui was defeated by Steve Davis in December 2005. 3. If you want to succeed in a sport, you had to practice every day. 4. Snooker is as much more difficult game as pool or billiards. 5. In the finals Ding Junhui went over against Stephen Hendry. 6. The most high break in snooker is 147. 5 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Try to find the words associated with snooker in the puzzle below. There are ten words to find. Words can be written horizontally (J), vertically (L) or diagonally (P) 请在下面的字谜游戏中，找出与巨星有关的英语单词来。共有10个单词，其组成方式可能以水平的 (J) 垂直的 (L) 或对角的 (P) 形式出现。 s n c u e o o p o t k e t r a b n b i l o i e b o r d s r v u p k i l a u n f n y a r e r s y l r j u r m p n i n i t l n c h r a k c k o c z a a n h a p m p y i n w e m y e a p r e b u n t i e w r u l n d e g u g y n e p o c k e t h a e w t e n d e s b u r t g k k n e c a s b r e a k e cue chalk ball tournament pocket prize frame ranking break pot 6 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 2. Label the pictures 标注图片 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the Look at the picture below. Label each part of the correct answer. snooker table. You can choose from the words at the bottom. 以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。请看下图，然后从下列表中选词为台球图中的不同部分进行标 1. 2005 was a breakthrough year for Ding Junhui. 注。 True 1. cue ball 2. Ding broke the record for winning a snooker game in the quickest time. False 2. pocket 3. Steve Davis believes that Ding is one of the world’s 3. cue best players. True 4. beize 4. Ding’s father had to give up a lot to help his son improve as a player. True 5. Ding is a confident user of the English language and speaks English whenever he can. False 3. Error Correction 改错 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 Each of these sentences has a mistake in it. Find the mistake and rewrite the sentence correctly. c u e p o t t b 下列句子中各有一个错误。找出错误并写出正确的句子。 o r p a u f a r l 1. Snooker was invented by British Army officers in r r n i l the 19th century. n c a k z a h m i e 2. Ding Junhui defeated Steve Davis in m a e n December 2005. e l g n p o c k e t 3. If you want to succeed in a sport, you have to t practice every day. b r e a k 4. Snooker is a much more difficult game than pool or billiards. 5. In the finals Ding Junhui went up against Stephen Hendry. 6. The highest break in snooker is 147. 7 .

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