[简答题]乒乓球是中国的国球，也是一种世界流行的体育项目。它只有一百多年的历史，而田径运动有两千多年的历史。乒乓球是1890年几位驻守印度的英国海军军官偶然发明的。乒乓球是由网球发展而来，欧洲人至今把乒乓球称为“桌上的网球”。乒乓球出现不久，变成了风靡一时的热门运动。在1988年的奥运会上，它被列为正式的比赛项目。我国兵乓球运动是在1916年开展起来的。20世纪60年代以来，中国选手赢得了世界乒乓球比赛的大部分冠军，因此中国在该项运动中占有统治性的地位(dominant position)。

参考答案: Table tennis is China’s national sport, which is also a popular sport in the world. It has only more than one hundred years of history, while athletics has over two thousand years of history. Table tennis was invented by chance by several British naval officers stationed in India in AHI0. Table tennis was an evolution from tennis, and European people still call it "table tennis" which literally means "tennis on table". Shortly after its appearance, table tennis became a popular sport for the time. It was listed as an official event in AIHH Olympics Games. Table tennis sport was carried out in China in AIAF. Since AIF0s, Chinese athletes won most of the championships in world table tennis game. So China occupies a dominant position in the game.