Lang Ping

    Lang Ping was from Beijing team．She was aged 25 and she was one of the most popular athletes with the audience．She was elected as the “best athlete” of the nation in 1986 and she has a height of 1.84m and she was the number one attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team．She was capable of powerful spiking from high above，and she was famed as the“iron hammer，”and she was one of the best spiker in the world and she won the title for "excellent athlete” in the previous tournaments.

Revised：                  Lang Ping

  (Beginning) Lang Ping, from Beijing team，aged 25，was one of the most popular athletes with the audience．

  (Developing)In 1986，she was elected as the“best athlete”of the nation. With a height of 1.84m，capable of spiking from high above，she was the number one attacker of the Chinese women's volleyball team，famed as the“iron hammer”and one of the best spiker in the world．

    (Ending)    In previous tournaments，she won the title of“excellent “athletes”in the world．

Ex.1. Write an essay, in the style of the model Lang Ping above, about Yao Ming with the information below (within 200~250 words).

"         Ming Yao Profile

"         Name: Yao Ming

"         Postion: Center

"         Nickname: Ming Dynasty (USA), Little Giant (China)

"         Born: 09/12/1980

"         Origin: Shanghai, China

"         Status: Active

"         Height: 7-6/2,26m

"         Weight: 296lbs./134,3kg.

"         Schools: Shanghai Sports College, Shanghai Physical & Sport Technic Education Institute, Shanghai Foreign Language Institute

"         Drafted: 2002, First Round, 1st overall pick by the Houston Rockets

"         Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) and English

Yao Ming Biography :

Name : Yao Ming
NBA Position: Center
Team at China : Shanghai Sharks
Team at NBA : Houston Rockets
Education: Shanghai Sports College
Hometown: Shanghai, China

Favorite Color : Blue
Favorite Animal : Dog
Favorite Food : Banger, Tomato, Food by Mama
Favorite City : Shang Hai
Favorite Actor : Denzel Washington
Favorite Movie : La Grande Vadrouille
Intresting : Computer Game, Internet Suffer, Music, Reading
Yao's Idols : Barkley, Sabonis Arvydas,Hakeem Olajuwon

Yao Ming

Name: Yao Ming
Born: September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China

Team: Houston Rockets
Position: Center
Height: 7'6"
Weight: 310 lbs.

Nicknames: The Ming Dynasty, Dynasty, Shaquie Chan, The Great Wall of China

Drafted: 2002; 1st round, 1st pick by the Houston Rockets

Teams Played For In Career:

Houston Rockets (2002-Present)

MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS:

NBA All-Star

2002-03 All-Star

2003-04 All-Star

2004-05 All-Star

2005-06 All-Star

2006-07 All-Star

All-NBA Teams

2003-04 All-NBA Third Team

2005-06 All-NBA Third Team

2006-07 All-NBA Second Team

NBA All-Rookie Team

2002-03 All-Rookie First Team

Background:

Yao started playing in the Chinese Basketball Association as a 17-year old and was the league MVP in 2000-01, averaging 27 points and 19 rebounds per game. After a lot of experience in international competition, Yao played for China in the 2000 Summer Olympics. After leading the Shanghai Sharks to a league title, he became eligible for the NBA draft.

Yao is known as a classy person and a team player. His strong play has been vital in the NBA brand spreading in China.

His Career Thus Far:

Yao is one of the most recognizable players in the league today and his popularity crosses all borders. Although expectations have been high, he has steadily improved each year and is taking his place as one of the most dominant big men in the game today. Yao is quick and agile for his size and has a solid shooting stroke.

Despite his individual popularity (as seen by the number of votes he gets for the NBA All-Star game every year), team success in the NBA has eluded Yao thus far and a successful playoff pedigree will be needed for him to his place among the all-time great centers.