要帮中国提高足球水平 巴萨在海南开足校

 　　China is set to open its own version of one of the world's celebrated¹ football academies as part of President Xi Jinping's quest for footballing glory.

　　为响应习近平主席塑造足球辉煌的号召，中国将建设本国版本的世界著名足球学校。

　　Xi has championed plans to revolutionise China's notoriously weak national game with efforts afoot to create 50,000 football schools by 2025.

　　习近平主席倡导改造中国足球软弱的现状，提出了至2025年建造5万所足球学校的计划。

　　His ultimate goal is to transform China, whose national side currently ranks a dismal² 86th in Fifa's world rankings, below Armenia and Qatar, into a world-beating team capable of lifting the World Cup.

　　他的最终目标是将中国国家队变为一只世界强队，进军世界杯。目前国足在国际足联的世界排名中位居第86位，排在亚美尼亚和卡塔尔之后。

　　The latest stage of that campaign will see a youth training centre modelled on La Masia – the legendary³ FC Barcelona academy responsible for players including Lionel Messi and Francesc Fabregas – open its doors on the tropical island of Hainan in the South China Sea.

　　这一运动的最新阶段将是模仿培养了包括里奥·梅西和弗朗西斯科·法布雷加斯等球星的传奇学院--巴萨足球俱乐部拉玛西亚足球学校，在南海热带岛屿海南开设一个青年培训中心。

　　要帮中国提高足球水平 巴萨在海南开足校

　　The academy will reportedly feature seven pitches and house 1,000 children aged⁴ 6 to 18. Among its teaching staff will be Ronaldinho, the former Brazil and Barcelona star.

　　据报道，该学校将设有7个球场，并容纳1000名6至18岁的学员。其中一位教练将是前巴西和巴塞罗那球星罗纳尔迪尼奥。

　　Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, told the Hainan Daily he hoped China's answer to La Masia would boost its campaign to become "a football powerhouse" by spawning⁵ a new generation of Chinese superstars.

　　巴萨足球俱乐部主席乔赛普-玛利亚-巴托梅乌在接受《海南日报》采访时表示，他希望中国对拉玛西亚的回应，能够通过产生新一代的中国超级巨星来推动其成为“足球强国”。

　　"More and more European players have come to play in the Chinese Super League, but by improving youth training, hopefully we can have more homegrown talent playing in the Super League and even European leagues," Bartomeu said.

　　“越来越多的欧洲球员来到中国足球超级联赛，但通过改善青少年训练，希望我们可以有更多的本土人才出现在超级联赛，甚至欧洲联赛，”巴托梅乌说道。

　　"I'm sure we will see a graduate from our Hainan academy playing for Barcelona in the future."

　　“我相信我们会看到我们海南学院的毕业生未来为巴塞罗那效力。”

1 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

2 dismal   

adj.阴沉的，凄凉的，令人忧郁的，差劲的

参考例句：

• That is a rather dismal melody.那是一支相当忧郁的歌曲。
• My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal.我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫。

3 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

4 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

5 spawning   

产卵

参考例句：

• Encounter sites have a small chance of spawning a "Commander" NPC. 遭遇战地区有很小的几率遇到NPC指挥官。
• Instantly revives your Champion at your Spawning Pool, 9 minute cooldown. 立即在出生地复活你的英雄，冷却时间9分钟。