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Results Announced for NTD's Dance Competition
新唐人舞蹈大赛结果揭晓

【新闻关键字】
1. wrap up：v.phr. 结束
2. sponsor：n. 主办者
3. participant：n. 参赛者
4. long for：v.phr. 渴望
5. blade：n. 叶片

Anchor: NTD's Second Annual Chinese Classical Dance Competition wrapped up on Sunday. Here are the results.
新闻主播：新唐人第二届中国古典舞大赛，在周日结束，结果如下。

STORY: There's nothing else quite like it. This event, which is sponsored by NTD, aims to bring back the inner beauty and pure goodness of Chinese classical dance. 新闻报导：没有其他任何东西可以比拟。这场由新唐人电视台所主办的比赛，目地在于找回中国古典舞的内在美与纯善。

The participants each did one dance covering required movements, as well as a free-form dance, for example...Pure Heart, Still Lotus... Longing for Su Wu's Return...Honoring the Heavens...and The Fan's Blade. 每一位参赛者跳一只包含规定动作的舞蹈，以及一只自选舞蹈，例如…纯净的心、静莲、渴望苏武归来…崇敬上天…与扇子舞。

【新闻关键字】
6. fabulous：adj. 好极了
7. recommend：v. 推荐
8. cover：v. 报导

[Arlyn Blake, Publisher]: "It's so moving, it's fabulous. I can't recommend it highly enough. Everybody should come."
一位出版界人士Arlyn Blake说：“太感人了，好极了，我12万分推荐，每个人都应该来。”

We've been covering this Dance Competition all weekend, and after the final round on Sunday, judges announced the winners.
我们整个周末都在报导舞蹈大赛，在周日的最后回合中，评审宣布优胜者。

【新闻关键字】
9. category：n. 领域
10. trophy：n. 奖杯
11. congratulate：v. 祝贺
12. martial arts：n. 武术

There were four categories covering juniors and adults from both genders. From the female junior division, the first prize--which includes a trophy and a check for $10,000--went to Chelsea Cai of New York. In the male junior division, first prize went to Gordon Li of New York.
总共有包含了男女青少年组与成年组共四个组别，少年女子组冠军由纽约选手蔡翘楚获得，包括奖杯壹座与一张壹万美元的支票，少年男子组冠军由纽约的李博健获得。

In the female adult division, the judges didn't award anyone first place, but the highest award--silver--went to Jennifer Su of New York. And finally the winner of the male adult division was--also from New York--Tim Wu.
青年女子组冠军空缺，最高奖项银牌是纽约选手苏仙姿获得。最后青年男子组冠军是由来自纽约的选手吴巡天获得。

We here at New Tang Dynasty congratulate all the participants in this year's Chinese Classical Dance Competition. And, stay tuned next month for NTD's Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition, September 27th and 28th. 新唐人电视台在此恭贺所有今年中国古典舞大赛的参赛者，并且请大家等待下个月的新唐人全球华人武术大术，时间是9月27日与28日。

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