英语畅谈世界文化 Lesson1:Maradona 马拉多纳
日期:2008-10-18 00:03

(单词翻译:单击)

Hi,what are you looking at?

你好, 你在看什么?

It's a football website.I'm doing some research about famous players.

看足球网站, 我在研究著名的足球运动员。

You should look up Maradona. Diego Maradona.

你应该查查马拉多纳,迭戈·马拉多纳。

He was a very famous player in the 1980s, played for Argentina.

他是20世纪80年代的足球明星,为阿根廷效力.

Have you heard of "The Hand of God"?

你听说过"上帝之手"吗?

Yes... there's something about it here.

听说过... ... 这儿有一些相关信息。

In the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Maradona scored a goal against England using his hand.

1986年在墨西哥的世界杯比赛中,马拉多纳用手进了1个球,打败了英格兰队。

The referee didn't spot it and awarded Argentina have the goal.

裁判没有注意到,于是阿根廷队赢了1分。

And later, when he was shown the illegal goal, Maradona said,"Even if there was a hand, it must have been the hand of god."

后来, 有人指出他违规进球, 马拉多纳说,"就算是有一只手,那也一定是上帝之手."

That's how it got its name.

这就是这个名字的由来。

I see.

我明白了。

Let's look at his early career... it says here that he was born in the slums of Villa Fiorito near Buenos Aires and was part of a very big family.

那我们看看他早年的情况... ...这里说马拉多纳出生在布宜诺斯艾利斯附近的维拉-费奥里托贫民区,他家是个大家族。

Maradona entered professional football at the astonishing age of 15!

他15岁就进入职业足球队, 非常了不起。

Very young!

太年轻了!

When he was 16, he played for the national squad of Argentina.

他16岁进入阿根廷国家足球队.

Regardless of his talent, he was considered too young by the coach, who left him out of his selection for the 1978 World Cup.

当时不论他有多高的足球天赋, 教练还是认为他年纪太小, 不让他参加1978年的阿根廷世界杯比赛。

He must have been really disappointed, but I guess he made up for it later.

他一定非常失望,不过我想他后来把这些遗憾都补上了。

That's for sure.

那是肯定的.

In the following four years, he dominated his country's domestic league and was eventually added to the Argentine squal for Spain 1982.

接下来的4年里,他成了本国足球队的主力,最终在1982年参加了阿根廷队对西班牙队的比赛。

Although Argentina was unsuccessful, the brilliance of Maradona did not go unnoticed and after the World Cup, he was transferred to Spanish giants Barecelona.

尽管这次阿根廷队没有获胜, 但马拉多纳的出色表现引起了大家的注意,所以世界杯之后,他就转到了西班牙绿茵豪门-巴塞罗那队。

He went to the Italian club Napoli after that, in 1984.

此后,1984年他加入意大利那不勒斯俱乐部。

What is he doing now?

那他现在在做什么?

He must have retired, because he's pretty old.

一定退休了,因为他的年纪很大了。

In 1991, he tested positive for doping and was banned from football for 15 months.

1991年他因为服用兴奋剂,尿液检测为阳性,遭禁赛15个月。

That stared the end of his international career.

他的国际足球事业就这样开始走向终点。

It says here that in 1994 he tested positive for drugs again, that really must have been the end.

这儿还说他在1994年再次因为服药而被测试为阳性,这次一定是他的足球事业的终结。

It's a pity that drugs affected his career so much.

遗憾的是,服药大大影响了他的足球事业。

He may not be a good man, but he was certainly an excellent footballer.

也许他不是个诚实的人,但他绝对是个出色的足球运动员。

Yes, although I'm not sure about that "Hand of God"!

我也这么认为, 尽管我不怎么相信"上帝之手"这个说法!

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重点单词
  • coachn. 大巴,教练;(火车)客车车厢,四轮马车,经济舱 v
  • eventuallyadv. 终于,最后
  • disappointedadj. 失望的
  • professionaladj. 职业的,专业的,专门的 n. 专业人员
  • pityn. 同情,怜悯,遗憾,可惜 v. 同情,怜悯
  • astonishingadj. 惊人的 动词astonish的现在分词
  • unsuccessfuladj. 失败的;不成功的
  • refereen. 仲裁人,调解人,裁判员 v. 仲裁,裁判
  • brilliancen. (色彩)鲜明,光辉,辉煌
  • illegaladj. 不合法的,非法的 n. 非法移民