自从2004年雅典奥运会刘翔夺得110米跨栏比赛冠军之后，他便成全国英雄和年轻人的偶像。你想了解他现在的情况吗?

    Chinese hurdler and superstar Liu Xiang has no plans to retire(退役)and may compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London，his coach Sun Haiping has said．

    Liu is preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and is in good condition．He has the potential (可能)to break the world record next year if weather, wind and other conditions permit. Sun，who is in Beijing attending the 17th National Congress of the Communist Pany of China    (CPC)as a delegate(代表)，said on the sidelines of the conference(会议)．“Possible injuries and illnesses during Liu’s training concern me most．”

    Liu，the world record holder of the men’s 110m hurdles at 12．88 seconds，became a hero    and youth idol in China after he won the first Olympic track and field．gold medal for Chinese    male athletes in the 2004 Athens Games．

    Liu will be 29 years old when the London Olympic Games comes．

    Sun said that Liu Xiang would attend fewer commercial(商业的)and social activities next-year so as to get better prepared for the Beijing Olympic Games．

    Liu Xiang，also a CPC member，saw Sun Haiping off when Sun left for the CPC NationalCongress in Beijing．

    Liu Xiang and Chinese basketball star Yao Ming have been included in the second edition(版本)of the Encyclopedia(百科全书)of China．

    While delivering(陈述)a political report at the opening of the CPC National Congress on Monday，Hu Jintao appealed for(呼吁)everyone to contribute to the Success of the 2008 Olympic    Games．

1．What does Liu Xiang do?

2．What does the word“idol”probably mean in Chinese?

3．Will Liu Xiang compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London?

4．What is Liu Xiang doing at the moment?

5．What does his coach worry about most during Liu Xiang’s training?

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