雅思口语素材：人物——孙继海

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　　Sun Jihai has long been regarded as one of China's best defenders¹. He studied in Brazil as a teenager in early 1990s and started his professional career in multi-Chinese champions Dalian Shide.

　　In 1998, he joined former England head coach Teery Venables' Crystal Palace alongside national teammate Fan Zhiyi, but his departure took a toll² on the Shide side and he was invited by then Dalian mayor Bo Xilai back to the home club after playing in London for only a season.

　　Further established in China's first division league, Sun joined another former England coach Kevin Keegan's Manchester City in 2001 and became the first Chinese player in the English premier³ league.

　　Jihai always said that his father is the first person that he should thank in his professional career. It was his father who gave him a soccer ball when he was only seven.

　　Jihai was also fell out of former China coach Bora Milutinovic' favor when the Serbian first took over as the national boss. But he gradually won Milutinovic's trust and played a very important role in China's successful campaign in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup finals, the first time in China's history.

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1 defenders   

n.防御者( defender的名词复数 )；守卫者；保护者；辩护者

参考例句：

• The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。