"The US a year ago was still in denial on issues of energy conservation, " said Earl Blumenauer, a Congressman from Oregon and a champion of the environment.

俄勒冈和一位国会议员和环保拥护者Earl Blumenauer说：“美国一年前还对能源节约问题持拒绝态度。”

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Birgit Prinz of Germany won the women's player of the year vote. World Cup champion Brazil won its second straight Team of the year award.

德国女将比尔·吉特获得了本年度国际足总最佳女球员奖，世界杯冠军巴西队则第二次被选为最佳球队。

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Champion grower Joe Atherton has spent all year cultivating his crop of bumper vegetables in the hope of breaking world records with his giant crop.

这是农夫冠军乔·阿瑟顿的菜园，他花了一辈子在这里培育个头惊人的蔬菜，并且希望打破蔬菜个头的世界记录。

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Last year,the World Series of Poker produced its youngest champion yet.

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Recently the Small Business Administration selected lawyer Nina Kaufman as its Women in Business Champion of the Year, for the region including NY and New Jersey.

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No-one can argue with Vijay Singh's credentials - his win at the Deutsche Bank Championship was the USPGA champion's sixth title of the year.

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Wiggins, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner, and Cavendish, the reigning world road race champion and BBC Sports Personality of the Year, had a magnetic appeal as thousands of spectators turned out at Ipswich Waterfront.

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