访谈录 2009-09-02&09-05 费天王携双胞胎女儿征战美

The greatest of all time.

He is the man who can’t seem to lose in New York City.

"Five,six..."

Roger Federer is playing for a record setting six consecutive¹ United States Open tennis title, but now he is a father of twins.

"How do you feel coming into this US Open?"

"I feel great, obviously, you know a lot happened also in my personal life.You know, having twin girls Myla and Charlene doing great and it was our first, you know, big trip you know they are only five weeks old and they’ve already you know come here to America and I have success already in Cincinnati winning there. So obviously I’m very eager to start at the open in a week’s time and things are looking very good."

"What do you like best and least about playing here in New York at the US Open where you said the fans and cab drivers love you. But there must there are gotta be problems, it’s New York."

"Well, yeah, I mean exactly. New York is not so easy sometimes.You know I used to have travel just handing the whole...er...the pace here in New York. You know, coming from Switzerland, things are a bit more relaxed over there. And then you come to New York and everything is just buzzing,you know the humidity² used to be a factor for me. Playing in the wind was used to be tough but today I mean it’s awesome³."

Where there’s Federer there’s Nadal. His Spanish super rival is recovering from an injury. Nadal had sit and watched Federer win Wimbledon.

"Did you miss the challenge with him? Were you a little bit envious⁴?"

"I missed the competition, not the challenge against him."

Can Federer be beaten?

"I think he is human, Federer, I’m not sure. But the ways have been playing hasn’t been that way but I would suspect after winning five in a row and breaking the record and having twins. It’s gotta be a tiny bit of letdown."

Don’t tell that to Federer’s fans.

"He is beautiful. Did you watch him play? He skips on the court like Baryshnikov (a famous Russian dancer), like they say. He is like a cross between martial⁵, arts and ballet. And look at him. He is so cute.""Far away..."

"I love watching him. He's like a god as, have you seen him play? I think it’s mind boggling."

Richard Roth, CNN, New York.

 

1 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

2 humidity   

n.湿度，潮湿，湿气

参考例句：

• The house is not comfortable tonight ,because of the high humidity.由于湿度高，今晚屋子里不舒服。
• It's difficult to work because of the humidity.由于空气潮湿，工作很困难。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 envious   

adj.嫉妒的，羡慕的

参考例句：

• I don't think I'm envious of your success.我想我并不嫉妒你的成功。
• She is envious of Jane's good looks and covetous of her car.她既忌妒简的美貌又垂涎她的汽车。

5 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。