Last year twenty-two Chinese boys went to a small village in Brazil．They were not there for a 1 ．They were trained(训练)to 2 China’s football stars．
These boys were China’s top teenage football players．They went to Brazil for a(n) 3 of training with a Brazilian football coach(教练)．“The training was very 4 ．”said Wei Ming, the team head．“Every morning we started at six o’clock because it was too 5 to play later in the day．We had to play, 6 and study football for eight hours a day, six days a week．”
In their 7 time, the boys watched Chinese videotapes．Wei Ming said, “Life was sometimes very 8 there．I missed my family very much．But we all wanted to be successful(成功的)．”
Why did these boys go to train in Brazil? The 9 is clear．Brazil is a strong football country．The Chinese government hopes that Brazil can help China to 10 a successful football team．