自印度的女子体操运动员

AS IT IS 2016-04-20 Gymnast from India Makes History 自印度的女子体操运动员

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For the first time in history, a woman gymnast from India will compete at the Olympics.

Dipa Karmakar won rights to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games during a Test Event last weekend. The test event was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The games officially open in Rio on August 5.

Karmakar is 22 years old. She is from the Indian state of Tripura. She qualified¹ for the Olympics by finishing among the top 33 individual gymnasts at the Test Event.

Karmakar is also the first gymnast from India -- male or female² -- to reach the Olympics in more than 50 years.

Her historic³ performance has made her a trending topic on Facebook and Twitter. Supporters on social media praised and congratulated her.

Even Indian Prime⁴ Minister Narendra Modi spoke⁵ about Karmakar’s performance. Speaking on Tuesday, Modi said, “Dipa has made India proud and brought glory to its name. First time, a daughter from the country has been selected in gymnastics…”

Also during the Test Event, the women’s gymnastics team from Romania failed to qualify⁶ to the Rio Olympics.

Romania placed seventh at the Test Event’s team competition. Only the top four teams at the event qualified to the Olympics. Eight other teams qualified to the Olympics at last year’s World Championships.

Romania has won a medal in team gymnastics in every Olympics since 1976. That was the year Romanian Nadia Comaneci received the first ‘Perfect 10’ in Olympic history.

Words in This Story

gymnast - n. a person who performs various physical exercises on special equipment as part of an athletic⁷ competition

gymnastics - n.  a sport in which athletes are judged on how well they perform various physical exercises on special equipment

qualify - v. to do the things that are required to become a member of a team or to be allowed in a competition

glory - n. public praise, honor, and fame

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

3 historic   

adj.历史上著名的，具有历史意义的

参考例句：

• This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
• We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。

4 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

6 qualify   

vt.取得资格，有资格，限定，描述；vi.取得资格，有资格

参考例句：

• I won't qualify until next year.我明年才具备资格。
• You must qualify yourself for the post.你必须使自己具备担任这一工作的资格。

7 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。