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2014届高三英语二轮专题精品特训：阅读理解 Star talk Lakers clash WHILE the NBA All-Star game was heating up last week in Houston, relations between Kobe Bryant and his Lakers teammate Dwight Howard were icy cold. The two have been at odds for some time. This time, Howard, 27, was found “joking and criticizing Kobe” behind his back to fellow NBA stars in the locker room, according to the New York Post. Reportedly, Howard “grabbed Kobe’s uniform, put it on, and imitated him in front of all the other players on the team”. How did Kobe react? When he arrived in the locker room, he said “hello” to everyone on the team except Howard. He grabbed his stuff and then moved as far away from Howard as he could. Top player FORMER NBA star Yi Jianlian really knows the ropes of playing well – he won two Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards within a day. The first was the MVP at the Chinese Basketball Association’s All-Star game on Feb 24 in Guangzhou. “I should owe the award to my teammates,” Yi told Xinhua News Agency. The 25-year-old also shared the regular season MVP with the Beijing Ducks’ Stephon Marbury. It’s the first time that a foreigner and a local have shared the award in the league’s 18-year history. Beckham in China BEING one of the most recognizable soccer players across the globe, David Beckham, 37, served as a special ambassador for the London Olympics in 2012. Now, the former England captain has been named the first global soccer ambassador for China. After a year of crisis, including a match-fixing scandal (丑闻), Chinese soccer is trying to repair its image. Chinese officials expect that Beckham’s influence will help restore the game’s reliability in the country.According to an official at the Chinese Football Association, Beckham will attend the matches of the Chinese Super League and visit clubs to gain deeper insight (深入了解) into Chinese soccer. He will also help to inspire children to play soccer.IT has been a hard week for Justin Bieber. First the Canadian star was late for t