CRI英语听力2012年04月合辑（文本 翻译）：CHINESE-PADDLERS-MA-LONG-GUO-YUE-HEAD-TO-LONDON-OLYMPICS.doc

1、The 2012 Asian Olympic Table-Tennis Qualification Tournament drew its curtain in Hong Kong on Sunday. 14 top table tennis players from Asia, including Chinese players Ma Long and Guo Yue, become qualifiers of the upcoming London Olympics. CRIs Hong Kong correspondent Xu Weiyi has the story.There are

2、 altogether two Chinese table tennis players participated in the tournament. In womens singles, 24 year-old Guo Yue, a participant of both the Athens and Beijing Olympics, won three victories in a row and got admission to the London Olympics without any suspense.Guo Yue says she has a fair performan

3、ce in the tournament.I think I played the way I normally do in the qualification tournament. Before the London Olympics, I still got to participate in some Open Games. I will take every training class seriously and improve my skills.In mens singles, world No.1 player Ma Long unexpectedly lost to Jap

4、anese player Niwa Koki in his third game. Fortunately, in the following match, Ma Long defeated his counterpart from India and qualified for the London Games.Ma Long says he has actually learned something from the unexpected loss.I think I have gained something in the tournament. No matter good or b

5、ad my performance was, I found some problems that I have both mentally and technically. This tournament helped me find the direction I should follow.According to the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, Olympic qualifiers selected from qualification tournaments are only allowed to participat

6、e in group events in the Games. As a result, Ma Long and Guo Yue will not be able to play the singles matches in the London Olympics.However, Guo Yue says its already a big honor and pride to participate in the Olympics and she will try her best in the Games in three months.Meanwhile, Ma Long alread

7、y made his training plan for the Olympics.As the ITTF requires, each country can send a maximum of three male and three female table tennis players respectively to the London Olympics. As Ma Long and Guo Yue are now definite members of Chinas Olympic team, people are wondering who else will also be

8、on the Olympic list.In fact, two Chinese male players Wang Hao and Zhang Jike and two female players Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yan automatically became qualifiers for the Olympics thanks to their high world ranking in May 2011.However, before the Chinese national table tennis team turn in the final list of the Olympic participants in May 13, the list is open to change.During the just-concluded Asian Olympic Table-Tennis Qualification Tournament, 7 male and 7 female players from Asia qualified for the London Games, including one Hong Kong player and one Chinese Taipei player.For CRI, Im Xu Weiyi.