英闻天下——520 Alonso Storms to Victory at Chinese Grand Prix

 　　With a faultless tire strategy, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso claimed his 31st career victory at the Shanghai International Circuit.

 

　　The 31-year-old showed an incredible feat¹ of overtaking three times to clock one hour 36 minutes, 26.929 seconds, which was 10.1 seconds clear of the runner-up Kimi Raikkonen.

 

　　"Well, hello everybody. First of all, I want to thank you for your support all weekend. Amazing fans all weekend, it's very nice to race here. About the race: yes, definitely it was a fantastic race for us, from the start to the end, without big problems with the car."

 

　　The race was also Finnish "Iceman" Kimi Raikknonen's 20th consecutive² Formula One finish.

 

　　The Finn had some damage to the front wing of his car after some contact, and spoke³ with frustration⁴ despite a stadium full of Finnish national flags flying.

 

　　Er, I think we just had wrong settings. The practice start was very good but then it was really bad for the real start and we lost some positions and after that the car was ok. But I had a little accident, some problems with Perez and we damaged the nose and the front wing."

 

　　Third place finisher Lewis Hamilton dropped away towards the closing stages, and was under a lot of pressure from Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

 

　　"I seemed to be able to apply a little bit pressure to Kimi but not enough to get close to him and overtake him. My tires were shot at the end there was nothing I could do really to hold off Sebastian. I was a little bit unlucky with some traffic. Still, to get on the podium makes me really happy. I'm really happy with the points as well."

 

　　On Saturday, Hamilton earned his first pole position for Mercedes just three races into his career with his new team.

 

　　On the slate⁵ now, Vettel still leads the championship, three points ahead of Raikkonen and nine ahead of Alonso with Hamilton fourth, 12 points ahead of the leader.

 

　　The next race will be held in Bahrain next week from April 19 to 21st.

 

　　For CRI, this is Zhao Jianfu.

1 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

2 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

3 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。

4 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

5 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？