双语新闻：姚明婚后打算备战奥运排在第一位

文章作者 100test 发表时间 2007:09:06 12:54:35
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Yao says "Games first, babies second"

　　Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming marries his 7-year girlfriend Ye Li

　　Chinas newly wed basketball sensation, Yao Ming, said babies would take a back-seat to Olympic preparations as the host country began the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Games.

　　The 7ft 6in (2.26 meter) Houston Rockets centre, who wed his 6ft 2in basketballer girlfriend Ye Li at a private ceremony in Shanghai on Monday, was briefly caught off guard when Chinas Olympic hurdling champion, Liu Xiang, asked about his family plans on Tuesday.

　　"Having children...theres no plan at present. I will be concentrating on preparing for the NBA season and next years Olympics," Yao said in comments published on Chinanews.com on Wednesday.

　　"To participate in the Olympics in your home country, its an opportunity I will really cherish," Yao said.

　Yao also revealed that his wedding ceremony, at which dozens of security guards kept a massive media throng at bay outside a Shanghai hotel, was deliberately timed.

　　"Getting married on August 6 was to use the focus of the Olympics to divert attention away from my wedding," he said, keeping tight-lipped about honeymoon plans.

　On Wednesday, China marked the one-year countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympics which will start 8.08 p.m. local time on the eighth day of the eighth month. Eight, unsurprisingly, is a lucky number in China.