Module5ThegreatsportspersonFormanyintheir40s,goingjoggingaroundtheparkisenoughtocauseahotsweat.Andthenthere’sLiNing,whoattheageof44,wasabletoflythroughtheairandthen“run”alaparoundtheBirdsNest’svertical(垂直的)wallatleast,accordingtotheChinaDaily.Afterhisretirementfromgymnastics,MrLisethissightsongoldofadifferentkind.InMay1990hefoundedtheLiNingsportswearcompany.Throughouthislife,hehasenjoyednewchallenges.Notsatisfiedwithsittingbackandwatchingthegoldcoinsrollin,hesetaboutanewlearningprogramforhimselfthatwouldtakehisbusinesstoanentirelydifferentlevel.HestudiedlawatPekingUniversity.Butthatwasmerelyonephaseofhispreparations.Hesaidin1998:“AfterfinishingmystudiesatPekingUniversity,I’llcontinuetodotheMBAprogramme.Iampreparingmyselfforcompetitionintheglobalmarket.”AftergraduatingwithanMBA,theprinceofgymnasticsthenmadeambitiousgrowthplansthatwouldmakehimacorporateking.Accordingtoafinancialreport,MrLiischairmaninacompanythathasoverfivethousandstoresinChina,whichhasarevenue(收入)ofmorethan4.35billionyuaneachyear—up36.7percentyearonyear.Revenuefromfootwearalonewas1.86billion.Itmeansthatinaregionofsevenandahalfmillionpeople,ifapairofshoeswassoldfor250yuan,everyoneboughtapairof“LiNings”lastyear.However,LiNingwasfacinganintractable(很难处理的)situation.PlanstobuildontopofitssuccessinChinawithexpansionintooverseasmarketswerebelowexpectations.HewasalsofacingincreasedcompetitioninitshomemarketfromotherChinesebrandslikeAnta.LiNingisacutelyawareofthis,andhasbeenworkinghardtoimprovehisbrand’simage.Section_ⅠIntroduction_&_Reading_—_PrereadingALifeinSportTheycalledhim①theprinceofgymnasts②.Whenheretired③attheageof26,hehadwon106goldmedalsinmajor④competitionsacrosstheworld.Theyincluded⑤sixoutof⑥sevengoldmedalsatthe1982WorldChampionship,andthreeatthe1984OlympicsinLosAngeles(aswellastwosilverandabronze).LiNingwasthebest.Whensportsjournalistsmetin1999tomakealist⑦ofthegreatestsportsmenandsportswomenofthetwentiethcentury,LiNing’snamewasonit,togetherwith⑧footballerPeleandboxerMuhammadAli.Buteventhoughhehadwoneverythingitwaspossibletowininhissport⑨，LiNingretiredwiththefeelingthathehadfailed⑩.Hewasdisappointed⑪becausehehadnotperformed⑫wellinthe1988SeoulOlympics.①callsb....把某人叫做……；称某人为……②gymnast/'dʒImnæst/n.体操运动员③retire/rI'taI/əvi.退休④majoradj.主要的；重大的它没有比较级和最高级形式。⑤includev．包括，包含⑥outof表示“多少中的多少”，如sixoutoften十个当中的六个，即十分之六。⑦makealist列表⑧togetherwith...和……一起；加之连接两个名词或代词作主语时，由第一个名词或代词确定谓语动词的单复数形式。⑨eventhough引导让步状语从句，而该让步状语从句又包含一个定语从句：itwaspossibletowininhissport，修饰everything，省略了引导词that。⑩that引导同位语从句，解释说明feeling的内容。⑪disappointedadj.(人)感到失望的disappointingadj.(事/物)令人失望的⑫perform/p'fəɔːm/vi.表现performancen．表演体育人生[第1段译文]人们称他为体操王子。当他26岁退役的时候，他已经在世界范围内的大型比赛中获得了106枚金牌。它们(金牌)包括1982年世界锦标赛总共七枚金牌中的六枚，1984年洛杉矶奥运会上的三枚金牌(以及两枚银牌和一枚铜牌)。李宁是最优秀的。1999年，当体育记者们在评选20世纪最杰出的男女运动员时，李宁和球王贝利、拳王穆罕默德·阿里一起名列其中。但即使是已经赢得了自己在体育运动项目上所能赢得的一切，李宁还是带着一种失败的感觉退了役。他感到很失望，因为他在1988年汉城奥运会上表现不佳。Butitwasthissenseof...
