Paralympics Games：残奥会

More than 3，800 disabled athletes， including 144 Canadians， gathered Friday for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games' 44-year history.

pitch：足球场

That signal is relayed by up to 12 antennae positioned in the corners of the pitch to a computer which then sends a message to a watch worn on the referee's wrist in less than one second.

finalist：决赛选手

Dominik Hrbaty had pulled Slovakia even at 2-2 by defeating an ailing Ivan Ljubicic 4-6， 6-3， 6-4， 3-6， 6-4. Ancic then downed Mertinak to clinch the best-of-five series between two first-time finalists.

shootaround：投篮训练

Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady said after the morning shootaround that he remains a game-time decision Tuesday night against Atlanta， reports from Houston said.

foul out：被罚下场

Yao scored 14 of his season-best 30 points in the final period， but fouled out and could not prevent the Rockets from taking their seventh straight defeat， a 94-89 loss to the Chicago Bulls.

trail：（比赛中）落后

Trailing by 17 early in the fourth quarter， the Kings finally got going. Mike Bibby led the comeback with 14 of his 33 points in the fourth.

decider：决胜局

Limping on an injured right foot， Federer managed tiebreaker wins from both of the first two sets， but obviously ran out of energy before losing it on decider， 6-7 （4）， 6-7（11）， 6-2， 6-1， 7-6 （3） in four hours and 34 minutes.

lineup：阵容

Australia， Trinidad & Tobago， Switzerland， Spain and the Czech Republic completed the 32-team lineup for the World Cup finals after a day of unrelenting drama and tension brought qualifying to a close on Wednesday.

tie-break：（网球）加赛

Federer squandered three match points at 5-3 and 5-4 in the third before sealing victory 7-4 on a tie-break to stay on course for a third straight Masters Cup title.

fast break：快攻

Yao scored 10 points in the first 8 minutes of the game to help the Rockets take the lead for good. His dunk on a fast break tied the game for the final time at 13-13， and his free throw 15 seconds later gave Houston a one-point lead.

rebound ：篮板球

Tim Duncan finished with 24 points and 16 rebounds， and Tony Parker scored eight of his 22 in overtime to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 104-95 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

kickoff：开始

Chinese Sunday extended its dominance in swimming at the East Asian Games as what it had done since the kick-off of the races to clinch four out of last seven events， piling up total 33 golds from 40 races.

clean sweep：全胜

Bao Guiying has led a clean sweep for China of the East Asian Games' opening athletics" title="n.体育(运动)；竞技">athletics events， with victory in the women's 10，000m.

relegation ：降级

The relegation system will be restored during the 2006 new season while the Super League Cup will be abolished and more teams be invited to the CFA Cup.

showdown：最后一决胜负

In fact， on his way through the draw and into a Sunday showdown with Croatian Ivan Ljubicic， Spain's teenaged Roland Garros winner has taken time to check in with the competition.

a winningstreak：连胜

Getafe， in only their second season of top flight football， beat Real Zaragoza 5-2 while Real's four-game winningstreak came to an end with their home defeat.

knockout：淘汰赛

Liverpool， Chelsea and Real Madrid secured wins on their way to the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League while Inter suffer a 2-0 upset at the hand of Porto on Wednesday.

starting grid：起跑排位

Ferrari's seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher was first to end the season， colliding on the way to the starting grid and spinning off during the race when following the safety car.

equalizer：扳平比分的得分

But there was no equalizer for China who have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals and must now concentrate on hosting the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

jerk：挺举

Chen Yanqin bettered the world records in the jerk and total of the women's 58kg category weightlifting at the 10th National Games Tuesday afternoon. Chen Yanqin， from Jiangsu province， jerked 142.5kg and totaled 255kg en route to winning the gold medal of the division.

home side：主队

Barry Opdam of the Netherlands headed the second in the 37th and though the home side made most of the running after the break it was the massed ranks of orange-clad visiting fans celebrating at the end

sideline：迫使退出比赛

While Li has been sidelined， he has watched Everton plummet to the foot of the Premiership table and also suffer early exits in the Champions League and UEFA Cup.

shortlist：决选名单

"The information coming from UEFA is positive and we will take the necessary next steps when the shortlist of three is announced，" he added.

bout：比赛；较量

Two Americans lost bouts - Muhammed Lawal in the quarterfinals to Russia's Sazhid Sazhidov， and Daniel Cormier in the round of 16 in the 212-pound freestyle category.

pole position：竿位

The 24-year-old Spaniard became the series' youngest champion by finishing third in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday， having already been the youngest race winner and pole position winner.

scoreline：比赛得分或结果

After that breathless start， the scoreline stayed the same until the 98th minute when Li scored his second of the game to send the southern Chinese team into the last four.

one-sided match：一边倒的比赛

Liaoning's main scorer， Xu Liang， shone on the field， putting away three goals in the heavily one-sided match， while teammate Qu Xiaohui added another two more for the victors.

triathlon ：铁人三项

Round 12 of the ITU Triathlon World Cup doubled as a test for the proposed course for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Triathlon.

rookie：新手

The 7-foot-6 center and three-time NBA All-Star has one year left on his rookie contract， which will pay him more than $5.5 million next season.

rout：大败；溃败

Brazil's 5-0 rout of Chile on Sunday left the five-time world champions in second place in the South American qualifying group， one point behind Argentina but mathematically assured a berth in the 2006 Cup in Germany.

crank up：增加；改善

Andre Agassi became the fourth man over 35 and the first in 14 years to make the U.S. Open quarterfinals Monday， outlasting Xavier Malisse 6-3， 6-4， 6-7 （5）， 4-6， 6-2. Two points from a straight-sets win， Agassi couldn't find answers when Malisse cranked up the intensity and evened the match.

homer：本垒打

John Olerud homered twice and drove in six runs Thursday night as the Boston Red Sox came from behind for the third consecutive game， beating the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-4 to complete a four-game sweep.

knock over：弄翻；撞倒

Wispy Maria Sharapova was one strong gust away from getting knocked over， though not out， at the U.S. Open.

warm-up game：热身赛

Yao Ming scored 15 points Tuesday to help China win its last warm-up game， a 96-80 win over Iceland.

clean sweep：彻底胜利

Unseeded South Korea ruled out a clean sweep of China at the 17th Asian championships as they surprisingly rallied past the table tennis giants 3-2 in front of no more than a hundred local fans here on Sunday to reach the women's team final.

stands：看台

There was no celebrating in the stands after Inter Milan's Champions League qualifier on Wednesday. Inter's 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk， which gave the Italian team a 3-1 aggregate win， was played in an empty San Siro stadium because of a ruling that bars fans from Inter's first four Champions League matches.

offseason：淡季

Free agent Derek Anderson signed with the Houston Rockets on Tuesday -- yet another addition in a busy offseason for the team.

defending champion ：卫冕冠军

Defending champion Chelsea got a lucky goal from Didier Drogba in the 73rd minute to beat Arsenal 1-0 Sunday in the English Premier League.

on a roll：连连获胜

The world's top-ranked player for the last 81 weeks， Federer heads into the U.S. Open fit， relaxed and on a roll. He took time off after winning his third straight Wimbledon， looking to recharge and rest a sore foot.

variety show：杂耍

Pele strummed a song on a guitar and Maradona sang the lyrics to a tango amid flashing strobe lights and the applause of a raucous studio audience in Maradona's debut Monday night as a weekly television variety show host on a local network.

standout：出色的

Wayne Rooney has already made headlines this season with standout performances for Manchester United.

work off ：消除；去除

Federer worked off the rust from a five-week layoff caused by a sore foot， and Roddick compensated for an undependable serve during their first-round wins Monday in the $2.45 million tournament.

Spacewalking：太空行走

A couple short strips of fabric dangling from Discovery's belly may require an unprecedented repair by spacewalking astronauts， if engineers determine there's even a possibility that the problem could endanger the shuttle during descent， NASA said Sunday.

Wunderkind：神童，少年得志者

American wunderkind Michael Phelps emerged bruised but unbowed from his seventh-place finish in the 100m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships， calling it another step on the road to Beijing.

Comprehensive ：全面的，广泛的

The world's most comprehensive， broad-based health care company Johnson & Johnson will join the Games with the category covering consumer and personal care products， medical and diagnostic products and non-prescription medicines.

Spur：刺激，鼓舞

Spurred by the will and wonder of Tim Duncan， San Antonio is an NBA champion again.

Tailwind：顺风

Powell， 22， already had the world's fastest time this year， a run of 9.84 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational on May 8. He also ran a 9.85 on June 9 in the Czech Republic. His run Tuesday came with a tailwind of 1.6 metres per second， well below the legal limit of 2.0.

Treacherous：变化莫测的

At least 30 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Monday， exploiting a break in treacherous weather to reach the world's highest peak， officials said.

Mop up：作扫尾工作

Mr. Glazer - owner of the 2003 Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers - last week went public with a $1.5 billion buyout， and mopped up the last few shares needed to control the club on Monday.

Pass out：昏倒，失去知觉

Police fired tear gas at dozens of angry fans who ran onto the field after the goal， and state television immediately cut its live transmission. Dozens of people passed out after inhaling the gas.

Circumnavigate：环航

Fossett， who failed five times before successfully circumnavigating the globe solo in a balloon， needed just one try to make the trip in a plane. He holds many other records as a balloonist， pilot and sailor.

Sportswear：运动装

Nike， the multinational athletic shoe and sportswear giant， issued an apology to Chinese customers Friday， not long after China banned its new television commercial "Chamber of Fear" for insulting Chinese national dignity.

Orange Bowl：桔子杯

USC and Oklahoma finished atop the final Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday and will meet in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 in a title game that - again - might not end the argument over who is No. 1.

Suspension：禁赛

NBA Commissioner David Stern's statement accompanying the announcement of suspensions for Friday night's Pacers-Pistons brawl：

Do-or-die：生死关头的

China's Dutch-born head coach Arie Hann is ready to take whatever the consequence at the eve of the team's do-or-die World Cup qualifying battle against Hong Kong of China.

Laurelel :桂冠

The event started with the Beach Beauty final in which Miss United States， Nancy Randall， took the coveted laurels， fast-tracking her to the finals.

Goalless draw：零比零平局

Kuwait beat China 1-0 in a World Cup Asian zone Group 4 match on Wednesday. The two teams played to a goalless draw in the first half. The only goal came two minutes into the second half as the host team opened the scoring with their first attempt at the goal of the second half.

IAAF：国际业余田联

More fancied racers were relegated to secondary positions as Paul Kirui of Kenya and Yingjie Sun of China won the men's and women's titles respectively in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships here in Delhi today.

Claim one's life：夺走某人的生命

The Paralympic Games have been overshadowed by a tragic road accident that claimed the lives of seven high school students who were travelling to Athens to attend the competitions. Yesterday's Closing Ceremony was therefore limited to protocol segments， such as the entry of athletes， the speech by the IPC President， Phil Craven， the handover of the Paralympic flag to the Beijing Organising Committee and the extinguishing of the flame.

Erratic ：不稳定的

2003 saw a drop in Rubens' performances and his finishing position in the Drivers' Championship， despite team orders not coming into play throughout the year. Although he clinched two victories， and six other podium finishes， his performances were erratic and the season yielded only 65 points， leaving him down in fourth place
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