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table tennis player / 乒乓球运动员 / (pīnɡpānɡqiú yùndònɡyuán)

A: I heard you dream of becoming an athlete. What kind of athlete do you want to be?

听说你有当运动员的梦想,你想当什么运动员呢？

(tīnɡshuō nǐ yǒu dānɡ yùndònɡyuán de mènɡxiǎnɡ, nǐ xiǎnɡdānɡ shenme yùndònɡyuán ne?)

B: China is a major table tennis country, so I want to be a table tennis player. 

中国是乒乓球运动大国,我想当乒乓球运动员。

(zhōnɡɡuó shì pīnɡpānɡqiú yùndònɡ dàɡuó, wǒ xiǎnɡdānɡ pīnɡpānɡqiú yùndònɡyuán.) 

A: Speaking of table tennis players, I just remembered a trending post on Sina Weibo. Chinese table tennis player Ma Long just celebrated his birthday. For his past seven birthdays, he has been holding a charity activity in which he donates a table tennis table. 

说到乒乓球运动员,我想到最近微博上的一则热搜。中国球员马龙刚过了生日,他在过去的七年里连续在生日当天做捐赠球台的公益活动。

(shuōdào pīnɡpānɡqiú yùndònɡyuán, wǒ xiǎnɡdào zuìjìn wēibó shànɡ de yīzé rèsōu.zhōnɡɡuó qiúyuán mǎlónɡ ɡānɡ ɡuòle shēnɡrì, tāzài ɡuòqùde qīniánlǐ liánxù zài shēnɡrì dānɡtiān zuò juānzènɡ qiútái de ɡōnɡyì huódònɡ.)

B: This sounds very noble. So what were netizens opinions about it?   

这听起来很高尚,那网友是怎么评论的呢？

(zhè tīnɡqǐlái hěn ɡāoshànɡ, nà wǎnɡyǒu shì zěnme pínɡlùn de ne?)

A: A lot of netizens left comments to say that excellent athletes like him make the public love and pay attention to Chinese table tennis.

很多网友留言说,像他这样的优秀运动员能让大众更喜爱和关注中国乒乓球。

(hěnduō wǎnɡyǒu liúyán shuō, xiànɡtā zhèyànɡ de yōuxiù yùndònɡyuán nénɡrànɡ dàzhònɡ ɡènɡ xǐài hé ɡuānzhù zhōnɡɡuó pīnɡpānɡqiú.)

Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT