Idea Changing Important to Improve School Football

　　Experts and coaches of football teams taking part in this year's Beijing Cup International School Football Tournament are suggesting a change in the approach to the sport is needed if the level of football is going to improve among Chinese teenagers.

 

　　CRI's Zhou Jingnan explains.

 

　　Nowadays, while Chinese football remains¹ in a low point, the necessity of improving the Chinese teenagers' football level has become a common sense among many Chinese people.

 

　　At the ongoing² 3rd Beijing Cup International School Football Tournament, with 16 participating school football teams, including 6 foreign teams, Chinese teams are producing less than impressive results.

 

　　Ryu Hirose, the coach of a Japanese school football team competing in the tournament, points out some of the drawbacks³ of the Chinese teams.

 

　　"There are a lot of Chinese players that are stronger than Japanese players solely⁴ considering their physical abilities, and I found that there were some really good players in Chinese teams, but in terms of the whole team, I think they didn't show enough ability in attacking and defending."

 

　　Hu Jianping, the coach of the China School Hope Football team that won the 1st and 2nd Beijing Cup, points out that the lack of players at school level in China is one of the factors that hinder⁵ development of the sport.

 

　　"Now every family has only one child. Let's say the child devotes himself to football but still cannot become a good player, what can he do in the future? It would present a serious problem for this family. It's also a reason why there are so few people playing football in China. If teenagers don't play football, you cannot expect our national team to improve."

 

　　Li Lianjiang, general secretary of Chinese School Football Association, further tries to identify reason in the sports education system of the country.

 

　　"Schools in China should provide regular football trainings, good plans, full-time⁶ coaches, or opportunities to participate in competitions, as well as channels for these players to enter a higher school or professional teams, but we don't have such a system."

 

　　In order to change the situation, Hu Jianping believes that the most important thing is to change people's approaches to football.

 

　　"Don't be so utilitarian⁷. Don't push children engaged in the sport to be professional players and make money through it. Let them realize that sports, as a kind of education, can help the development of good moral character."

 

　　Hu believes that if schools or society in general can treat football just as a basic tool of education, which people use to strengthen their will, whilst⁸ developing a cooperative⁹ and hardworking spirit, to learn to overcome difficulties, there will be more young students taking part in the sport, to improve the outlook for China's football, at teenage and even professional level.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Zhou Jingnan.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

3 drawbacks   

缺点，不利条件，障碍( drawback的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The house had many drawbacks, most notably its price. 这房子有很多缺陷，尤其是它的价格。
• This method has quite a few drawbacks. 这种做法弊病不少。

4 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

5 hinder   

adj.后面的；v.阻碍，打扰

参考例句：

• Don't hinder me in my work.不要妨碍我的工作。
• Nobody wants to hinder your doing that.谁也不想阻止你做那件事。

6 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

7 utilitarian   

adj.实用的，功利的

参考例句：

• On the utilitarian side American education has outstridden the rest of the world.在实用方面美国教育已超越世界各国。
• A good cloth coat is more utilitarian than a fur one.一件优质的布外衣要比一件毛皮外衣更有用。

8 whilst   

conj.一边...一边，当...的时候，同时，时时

参考例句：

• She sang whilst she worked.她边干活边唱歌。
• There was dead silence in the court,whilst the white rabbit read out these verses.当白兔子念诗的时候，法庭上鸦雀无声。

9 cooperative   

adj.有合作意向的，合作的；n.合作社（企业）等

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• We decided to set up a cooperative.我们决定开办一家合作社。