Michael Phelps , the super star in the water cube!

cassielin
August 13, 2008, 04:06 PM posted in General Discussion

Michael Phelps, he made history, he broke the world record again and again! He is the super star in the water cube in 2008Beijing Olympic Games!

http://www.cctv.com/program/sportsscene/20080813/106393.shtml

 

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calkins
August 13, 2008, 04:37 PM

And if you missed the 4x100 Freestyle Relay, probably the greatest swimming relay in Olympic history, watch it here.  Such an amazing come from behind victory!

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obitoddkenobi
August 18, 2008, 03:01 PM

Mars doesn't have a team in the Olympics, so the US signed him to a deal.

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azerdocmom
August 14, 2008, 04:51 AM

Thanks so much, Brent, for posting this race!! I missed it 'cause of work and heard so much about it from others including my kids who excitedly described Michael Phelps incredible reaction. I saw just the tail-end of it, but to be able to see the whole race is so great. Thanks a lot!

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cassielin
August 16, 2008, 09:32 AM

Michael Phelps is learning mandarin too!

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cassielin
August 16, 2008, 04:14 PM

It's said that the water cube is a magical cube. Those excellent athletes like Michael Phelps broke the world records again and again! Since it has many new records set in water cube everyday, so people call it a magic cube!^_^

水立方是一个魔方!

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calkins
August 16, 2008, 04:29 PM

Interesting that 魔方 mófāng translates to magic cube or Rubik's cube.

I think you're right Cassie, especially after Phelp's fingernail length win last night!

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cassielin
August 17, 2008, 04:30 AM

He is a legend! 8 golds in one Olympic Games! I saw his tears in his eyes when he mounted the rostrum! We can not imagine how hard he practices day by day and year by year! Only his family(his mother) and his coach can understand his hard!Although people call him a genius, I think we should notice that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration!天才是百分之一的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水!

He deserves people's admire! 让我们一起记住这一位泳坛奇才!

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cassielin
August 13, 2008, 04:57 PM

oh, yeah,the 4x100 Freestyle relay was so excited!  Especially at the last minutes, the united states won the gold medal. Congratulations!

 

They were so excited after they won the relay! Time was stop at that moment!

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xiaohu
August 17, 2008, 04:54 AM

Cassielin,

“天才是百分之一的灵感加百分之九十九的汗水”这个句子是不是你自己从英文翻译到中文的句子?

哦,对了,我需要改正你微小的一个错误,你应该说,admiration. 

比如 Michael Phelps has worked extremely hard to become an eight time Olympic Gold Medallist, he deserves our admiration.

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cassielin
August 17, 2008, 05:00 AM

xiaohu, 谢谢你指出我的错误!应该是用名词,我用错了!呵呵!这个句子是爱迪生说的一句名言,很早就被翻译成中文了,我只是背诵并记住了这个句子!

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cassielin
August 17, 2008, 05:03 AM

Brent and Bazza, I have a question, I have noticed that some of the videos that i posted became very small and can not see the full size, what happened? Can you help me to figure it out?

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bazza
August 17, 2008, 09:36 AM

Cassie, the Tudou seems fine to me but the Sina one won't seem to play at all for me. It says: 您所在的地区暂时无法观看视频,请稍后再试。

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alexmikos
August 18, 2008, 02:43 PM

I guess he is from Mars.

 

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cassielin
August 17, 2008, 04:52 AM

interesting  fan meeting's questions and answers!