高 考 英 语 专 题 阅 读 ： Ding Junhui—teenager wins snooker crownIf 2005 was the year that Ding Junhui exploded onto the international snooker ( 斯诺克台球) scene, then 2006 could be the year he became a legend. He won the famous Northern Ireland Trophy after beating former world No. 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan 9-6 in August 2006 and shot up to fifth place in the World Snooker Provisional ( 临时的) Rankings.With the first title of the new snooker season at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, Ding Junhui became only the second player in snooker history to win three ranking titles （冠军） before his 20th birthday, following the 2005 China Open and UK Championship. Ding Junhui was born on April 1, 1987 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province. His talent was discovered by his father when he was just eight years old. Systematic training started when he turned 11. In order to find better training facilities for Ding, his father gave up his small business and took his son to Dongguan, Guangdong Province. Father and son shared an eight-square-meter room created by partitioning （划分）the local snooker club. Finally, Ding’s mother sold their house in their hometown and arrived at their narrow “room”. Parental love was all that supported Ding. He practiced very hard. Even as a pro player living in England, he practiced eight hours a day from 10 am to 6 pm, without a day off. Their efforts began to pay off when 13-year-old Ding started to win prizes in an Asian invitational tournament. （锦标赛） He turned professional at the age of sixteen. （16岁转入职业） Ding has confirmed his reputation as snooker’s most exciting young talent and perhaps the one with the potential to dominate world snooker in years to come. However, the comments Ding and his father made on the miracle Ding performed were controversial. According to the media, when Ding questioned the importance of schooling, his father described what he did for Ding as nothing but a bet （赌注） on life!用心 爱心 专心1
