____ for inner city minority youngsters.
3.Tiger Woods says he would not be where he is today without ____ from other African
Americans. In the days of segregation in the United States, golf was a sport ____
____ ____ ____. They were barred from most ____
4.Up________, only white golfers were allowed to play on the PGA tour. He faced
a great deal of____.
5.Sifford, with his ____ ____, overcame the racism and even the ________ he faced on the tour.
Step Three Retell George Simkins&apos story about playing golf and fighting to get courses in the city integrated.
Notes ：
1.Charlie Sifford： 査理·希福德，高爾夫球運動員，1961年打破了PGA巡回賽隻允許白 人球員參賽的規定，一腳踏入PGA巡回賽賽場。希福德也是第一個取得PGA冠軍頭 銜的黑人球員，還是第一個人選高爾夫名人堂的黑人球員。
2.Tiger Woods： 泰格·伍茲（1975. 12.30—)美國高爾夫球運動員，黑人，1975年12月 30日出生於美國加利福尼亞州，身高1米89,昵稱：“老虎”伍茲。父親（George Simkins) 是美國人，母親為泰國人。2002年4月14日，以4輪總杆數276杆、低於標 準杆12杆的佳績衛冕冠軍，他成為該項賽事曆史上第3位成功衛冕的球手。這也是 26歲的伍茲第三次獲得該項賽事的冠軍，也是他獲得的第7個四大公開賽的冠軍。 2002年6月16日，以277杆的總成績，獲得了 2002年美國公開賽冠軍，成為自1972 年尼克勞斯（美國）之後連續獲得美國大師賽和美國公開賽的首位球手。2001年5月 23日，在蒙特卡洛舉行的第二屆勞倫斯世界體育大獎賽上，蟬聯“最佳男運動員”稱 號。2001年12月19日，被評為2001年最佳高爾夫球手。2001年12月28日，被俄 羅斯塔斯社評為2001年世界十佳運動員。2002年11月，被評為2002年最佳髙爾夫 球手。
News Item 4 Former VOA Staffer Serves as Translator for NBA Star Yao Ming
Parke Brewer Washington
Vocabulary：
1.interpretation n. explanation 口譯
2.rookie n. ( informal) inexperienced newcomer to a team, an organization, etc.新
手
3.agent n. person who acts for, or manages the affairs of, other people in business, politics, etc. (商業、政治等方麵的）代理人，經紀人
4.combination n. joining or mixing together of two or more things or people ； state of being joined or mixed together (兩個或兩個以上事物或人）結合，混合
5.passion n. strong feeling, eg. of hate, love or anger 酷愛，熱愛
6.dedicated adj. devoted to sth ； committed 獻身於某事的，專心致誌的
7.awkward adj. causing difficulty, embarrassment or inconvenience 難使用的， 笨拙的
8.championship n. contest to decide who is the champion 錦標賽
9.mature adj. fully grown or developed mentally or physically ； having achieved one’s full potential(智力或體力）成熟的，已經具備全部潛力的
10.draft n. a system in some American sports in which professional teams pick players from colleges for their teams職業運動隊挑選隊員的體製
11.schedule n. programme of work to be done or of planned events 進度表，預定 計劃表
12.prior adj. coming before in time, order or importance 較早的
13.toil v. work long or hard 長時間或辛苦工作
Step One Try to answer the following questions in your own words as clearly as possible.
1.Who were looking to hire an interpreter for their star rookie player, Yao Ming of China?
2.How many applicants was Colin Pine selected from to be Yao Ming’s official translator?
3.What was a key reason Colin Pine got the job?
4.What was Yao Ming doing when Colin Pine was hired?
5.Whom does Colin Pine live with in a house in suburban Houston?
Step Two Complete the following blanks with the exact words of the news.
1.“I have a _____ for both Chinese and basketball,”he said. “So, I think, I’m really, really enjoy. I think when you have a passion for something, it______in your work. And, I think, that was_____I wrote；and, I think, it was reflected in my conversation with his agent. So, I think, that they were able to tell I would be really _____ to this job. ”
2.“It was a little bit_____. Fortunately, Yao Ming is an_____human being, and he_____. We__________right away and we became fast friends. ” Colin said.
3.“He is a great person. He is a wonderful person. He has__________ _____，” he said. “ He is 22-years-old, but he is _____ _____. And it is funny, at 29，I think I can learn a lot from him. ”
4.But Colin Pine says__________an NBA player, being on the road so much, city-to-city for games is very tiring. But since Yao was the _____prior to this season, and given that he is so tall and from China, Pine said, he__________.
Notes ：
1.NBA是National Basketball Association的縮寫（國家籃球協會）。成立於1946年6月6日。成立時叫BAA,即全美籃球協會(Basketball Association of America)),是由11家冰球館和體育館的老板為了讓體育館在冰球比賽以外的時間，不至於閑置而共同發起成立的。BAA成立時共11支球隊：紐約尼克斯隊、波士頓凱爾特人隊、華盛頓國
會隊、芝加哥牡鹿隊、克利夫蘭叛逆者隊、底特律獵鷹隊、費城武士隊、匹茲保鐵人隊、普羅維登斯蒸氣隊、聖路易斯轟炸機隊和多倫多愛斯基摩人隊。1949年BAA吞並了當時的另外一個聯盟（NBL),並改名為NBA1949—1950年賽季，NBA共17支球隊。1976年NBA吞並了美國籃球協會（ABA)，球隊增加到22支。1980年達拉斯小牛隊加入NBA。1988年，夏洛特黃蜂隊和邁阿密熱火隊加入NBA。1990年奧蘭多魔術隊和明尼蘇達森林狼隊加入NBA。1995年兩支加拿大球隊加入NBA,多倫多猛龍隊和溫哥華灰熊隊，使NBA的球隊達到29支。在29支BA球隊隊名的背後，隱藏著來自美國民間的動人故事、曆史傳說和文化典故。
2. But since Yao was the league&aposs number one draft choice prior to this season, and given that he is so tall and from China, Pine said, he gets even more attention. 譯文：派恩說，從上個賽季以來，姚明已經成為了火箭隊頭號選手，由於他個子高， 而且是中國人，因此，備受關注。
News Item 5
Snow Tubing Becomes Fun Alternative at US Ski Resorts
Parke Brewer West Virginia
Vocabulary：
1.alternative n. choice of two or more possibilities 可能性中的選擇
2.resort n. a place where people often go for holidays 度假勝地
3.inflatable adj. that can be or must filled with air or gas 可膨脹的，可充氣的
4.motorboat n. fast boat driven by an engine 摩托艇
5.tether vt. to tie an animal to a post so that it can only move around within a limited area用繩或鏈拴住
6.tow vt. to pull a vehicle or ship along behind another vehicle using a rope or chain用繩或鏈拖或拉
7.bobsled n. large racing sledge for two or more people, with brakes a steering-wheel and two sets of runners大雪橇（競賽用，供兩人或兩人上乘坐，上麵有製動器， 方向盤和兩組滑橇）
8.chute n. a long narrow structure that slopes down, used for sliding things from one place to another or for people to slide down 斜道
9.gravity n. force that attracts objects in space towards the center of planet, so that things fall to the ground when dropped 地心引力，重力
10.awesome adj. causing awe 引起敬畏的，可怕的
11.lane n, narrow counting road 窄路，窄道
12.terrain n. stretch of land, with regard to its natural features 地形，地貌，地帶
13.ramp n. slope joining two levels of ground, a floor, a road 斜麵，斜坡，斜道
14. simplicity n. be very easy 極為容易，簡單
Step One Try to answer the following questions in your own words as clearly as possible.
1.Do many families in the United States enjoy taking vacations to ski areas during the winter months?