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The Snooker World Championship The Snooker World Championship 1 Snooker 台球 The Snooker World Championship 世界台球锦标赛 Snooker aficionados in the UK have descended upon Sheffield, a city in the north of England, for the 2006 Snooker World Championship. From April the 15th until the final on May the 1st, the world’s finest snooker players are slugging it out to win the most important – and richest – snooker tournament. The snooker World Championship first took place in 1927 and was an immediate success. In 1976 it was broadcast on television for the first time and has been held at The Crucible theatre in Sheffield ever since. In this competition the stakes are high. The winner will walk away from the table with a prize in excess of £250,000. There is also a cash prize for the first player to score a 147 break. This means that in one turn, or break, at the table, a player scores the maximum of 147 points. Last year Mark Williams won more than £160,000 from a single break. Interestingly, the 147 break has only been achieved by four players since 1976. Ronnie O’Sullivan, the current world number one, is the only player to have managed the feat twice. Nobody has won more times than the current world number two, Stephen Hendry. He has won seven titles. He also holds the record for the youngest winner as he won for the first time in 1990 aged only 21. One player hoping to break that record is 18 year-old Liang Wenbo. He recently stunned the snooker world by thrashing Nigel Bond 5-0 in the Welsh Open Championship, another important British event. He is currently ranked 86th in the world, but he is the world under-21 champion and is sure to make an impression in this year’s matches. Another Chinese competitor to watch is Ding Junhui. He is currently number 31 in the world. He became world under-21 champion at the age of 15, and recently won the China Open, beating Hendry 9-5. He is definitely one of the most exciting young players in world snooker today, and is one to watch in April! Despite his success, Ding remains modest. Away from snooker, his hobbies are watching Jackie Chan films and supporting Liverpool Football Club. 2 Glossary 词汇表 aficionados -狂热追随者, (台球)迷 descended upon –大批抵达；蜂拥而至 slugging it out - 一决胜负 broadcast – 转播, 广播 stakes are high – 奖金丰厚 in excess of -超过 break – 开球破局 feat -技艺, 功绩 titles – 夺冠 holds the record – (世界)记录保持者 stunned – 目瞪口呆；瞠目结舌 thrashing -痛打,击败 ranked – 排行 make an impression -给与印象,使...感 动 ... competitor – 竞争对手 modest – 谦虚 supporting – 支持 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. The winner will receive 250 000 dollars. True / False 2. Ronnie O’Sullivan has scored 147 four times. True / False 3. Stephen Hendry has won the competition more times than Jimmy White. True / False 4. Liang Wenbo has a higher position in world snooker than Ding Junhui. True / False 5. Ding Junhui is a fan of Liverpool Football Club. True / False 3 2. Vocabulary 词汇 Look at the words in the box. All of the words come from the text. Check their meanings in the glossary, and then complete the sentences using the correct form of the word. 以下的词语都在上文中出现过. 请选用正确的词语及其形式完成下列句子. fan battle take place score current record title rank make an cheer impression 1. Barcelona won the game 1-0 and Ronaldinho ________the only goal. 2. Ding Junhui held the under-15 world ________. 3. He had a very hard life. He had to ________ in order to succeed. 4. It’s important to ________in a job interview. 5. Liang Wenbo is _________ number 86 in the world. 6. My brother watches Liverpool F.C. every week. He’s a big ________. 7. Ronnie O’Sullivan is the ________ world champion. 8. Stephen Hendry has won the title 7 times. He holds the ________. 9. When he scored all of the fans in the crowd started ________. 10. Your English lessons will ________ every Monday and Wednesday. 4 3. Sports Equipment 体育器械 Match the words in the box with the pictures of sports equipment. 请为下列图片选出正确名词. goal cue bat clubs saddle stick skates racket 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________ 6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ Now complete the sentences with one of the words from the exercise above. 从上列词表中选出正确答案,完成下列句子. 1. Horse riders sit in a ___________. 2. In baseball you have to hit the ball with a ___________. 3. In football you have to put the ball into the ___________. 4. In hockey you hit the ball with a ___________. 5. In snooker you hit the white ball with a ___________. 6. Tennis players hit the ball with a ___________. 7. To play golf you need a set of ___________. 8. You can’t go skating without a pair of ___________. 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，找出与台球有关的英语单词来。 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。 m l p o i k n b s j i u a c h a m p i o n s d f f e d c v f r t o g b n o l k j h p f d o s a w o e r d f r a c k e t q t l k y v i e d e e d w b p a e i z o u r h o p a o c h e e r d s g i c l i r o b m p r g t u l l u w i n n e r b e y u m n b v c x z a s a t b p l a y e r w e d m r s winner champion prize snooker cheer football racket player team clubs 6 Answers 答案 1. Reading Quiz 阅读测验 2. Vocabulary 词汇 Are these sentences true or false? Circle the Complete the sentences using the correct form correct answer. of the word. 以下句子哪句是真?哪句是假？请圈出正确答案。 以下的词语都在上文中出现过. 请选用正确的词语及其形式完 成下列句子. 1. The winner will receive 250,000 dollars. False 1. scored 2. Ronnie O’Sullivan has scored 147 four times. 2. title False 3. battle 3. Stephen Hendry has won the competition more times than Jimmy White. True 4. make an impression 4. Liang Wenbo has a higher position in world 5. ranked snooker than Ding Junhui. False 6. fan 5. Ding Junhui is a fan of Liverpool Football Club. True 7. current 8. record 9. cheering 10. take place 3. Sports Equipment 体育器械 4. Wordsearch 单词搜索 s Match the words in the box with the pictures of sports equipment. c h a m p i o n 请为下列图片选出正确名词. f o o p o 1. bat 5. skates 2. cue 6. racket o r a c k e t 3. clubs 7. saddle t i e 4. stick 8. goal b z r Now complete the sentences with one of the a c h e e r c words from the exercise above. l t l 从上列词表中选出正确答案,完成下列句子. l w i n n e r e u a b 1. Horse riders sit in a saddle. p l a y e r m s 2. In baseball you have to hit the ball with a bat. 3. In football you have to put the ball into the goal 4. In hockey you hit the ball with a stick 5. In snooker you hit the white ball with a cue. 6. Tennis players hit the ball with a racket. 7. To play golf you need a set of clubs. 8. You can’t go skating without a pair of skates. 7 .
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