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1、HowdoZhangZiyiandYaoMingLearnEnglish?章子怡和姚明是如何学习英语的？ActressZhangZiyi,27,isnownotonlyahouseholdnameinChina,butalsothefaceofAsiancinemainHollywood.AlthoughZhangreceivedpraisesforherworkintheOscar-winningmovie"CrouchingTiger,HiddenDragon"(《卧虎藏龙》),shedidn'tspeakawordofEnglishatthatt
2、ime.WhenshemetdirectorStevenSpielbergforthetitleroleofAmericanfilm,"MemoirsofaGeisha"(《艺伎回忆录》),Zhangcouldonlyblurtoutafewwordsheragenthadtaughtherfiveminutesago:"Hire(雇佣)me!"Shefinallygottherole,whichmeantshehadtospeakonlyEnglishinthefilm.ToimproveherEnglish,Zhanglistenedtoandre
3、peatedwordsandphrasessheheardonmusicCDs.OneoftheartistsshewaslisteningtowasEminem,whichobviouslyledtosomeembarrassing(尴尬的)momentsforZhang."Ididn'talwaysknowwhatEminemwastalkingabout,soIwrotedownthelyrics(歌词)andrepeatedthem.Later,Iunderstoodhowrudetheywere."ZhangsaidherfavouriteE
4、nglishidiomis"todriveoneupthewall"."LearningEnglishisdrivingmeupthewall,"shesaid.LikeZhang,basketballstarYaoMingalsohadtolearnEnglishtohelphiscareerdevelopment.YaolandedintheNBAin2002.HisteamtheHoustonRocketsfoundatranslator(翻译)forYao.Toadapt(适应)himselftothenewenvironment,Yaouse
5、dEnglishasmuchaspossible.Oncourt,hehadtousethelanguagetocommunicatewithhisteammates.Offcourt,hetriedtohaveconversationsinEnglishwithhisteacherjusttopractise.YaoMingalsohadtomemorize(记住)lotsofnewvocabulary."SometimesIlearnanewwordbutquicklyforgotit.ButIfindmymemoriesareconsolidat
6、ed(强化)whensomeoneusesitlater."NowYaoisgoodatEnglish.Hedoesn'tneedatranslatoranymore.Matchpointfornewstar郑洁：个子小怎么啦，我一样行。ZHENGJieisnotlikeothergirlsherage.Whilemostgirlsstruggletostayslim(苗条),Zhengwishesshecouldputonsomeweightandpackonmoremuscle.And,whileothergirlswearsunscreen(防晒
7、霜)andwhiteningcreaminthesummer,ZhengJiestaysinthesunalldaylong,withoutanymake-up."Mygoalistoplaythebesttennis,"the23-year-oldexplained.ZhengJieisnowoneofthehighest-rankingChinesewomen'splayers.Shemadeittothesecondround(轮)oftheChinaOpenlastweek.ZhengJiehasachievedfarmorethanmanyp
8、eopleexpected.Themomentshepickedupatennisracket
