有关福原爱的英语素材阅读

有关福原爱的英语素材阅读

Ai Fukuhara (福原爱), the Japanese table tennis star, was born on Nov. 11, 1988. She started playing ping-pong when she was three. At that time, she was too small. She couldn’t see over the tabletop (桌面). She had to stand on boxes to play against adults (成人) in exhibition (展览) matches.

Now she is a very famous player. But she still works very hard and she practices for five hours a day during the weekdays after morning school lessons and eight hours a day at the weekends.

In May, 2003, Fukuhara made the quarterfinals (四分之一决赛) of the World Championships.

At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in Japan at the 2004 Olympic Games. She joined the Liaoning Team in 2005. \"I hope I can learn from my Chinese teammates and improve (完善) my preparation.” said Ai Fukuhara.