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标题:The Olympian Who Is 61 Years Old—and Destroying Athletes Half Her Age
正文:As she unzipped her jacket, adjusted her knee strap and began stretching for her first table-tennis match of this Olympics, an odd sensation came over the most unlikely player on the floor. Suddenly, Ni Xia Lian felt nervous. It was strange because Ni, a former world champion, had seen this all before: the bright lights of international competition, the Olympic rings painted on the net, the raucous crowd ready to erupt for her. But this time, she felt the full weight of a nation on her shoulders. She knew that she would need to summon all of her experience to settle into the match.
知识点:unzip v./ʌnˈzɪp/
1. When you unzip something which is fastened by a zipper or when it unzips, you open it by pulling open the zipper. 拉开(拉链); (拉链) 拉开
• James unzipped his bag. 詹姆斯拉开他袋⼦的拉链。
2. To unzip a computer file means to open a file that has been compressed. 给(⽂档) 解压缩
• Unzip the icons into a subdirectory. 把图标解压到⼀个⼦⽬录。
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