万花筒 2012-08-04&08-06 奥运会四对羽球女双选手被取消资格

 Eight elite¹ athletes who were deliberately² and flagrantly losing their matches. Why? ABC抯 Bill Weir³ is uncovering tonight from the London Olympic Games under the scandal and the celebration. 

It was Missy Franklin has turned add to her stockpile of gold tonight as the women抯 4x200 freestyle relay team, beat the Aussiesby more than 2 full seconds. While in the gym, Miami抯 Danell Leyva did his best performance on the high bar a medal. And per tradition got the good luck clap from step-father and coach. It worked, he stuck this smile light out in the hall, and rejoiced his bronze medal with golden joy. And while Great Britain broke their golden medal drought with win抯 in rowing and cycling today, London is also buzzing about badminton. And the 8 players expelled from the games were not for doping, but for losing on purpose in order to avoid stronger teams in the next round. 

This is the way elite badminton usually works, but this is the way the Americans all trival the Chinese top-seeds play. Deliberately surfing into the net again and again, 8 times, despite the calls of rules and the warning from officials. Then watch this, China lets it drop and South Korea follows up by serving it well outside the line. And Indonesian team follow a shoot by taking and the South Korea coach admitted that Chinese started this, so we did the same. 

Remember this is not backyard barbecue badminton, this is the fastest rank sport in the world with a shuttlecock can travel over 200 miles an hour, 50 miles an hour faster than Andy Roddick's serve, and lightning put shuttlers where each other down hanging for nets. 

And in Britain, every town has a club where devotion with a second leader soccer and cricket. 

Sorry, I am sportsman, like

It would never happen in your club.

I tell you I think that British would even hate to play like that. 

But she is not about teaching clumsy American in sucks to respect this game. 

I gotta tell you against the pro⁴, the body is blur⁵. And that抯 what the Chinese, South Korean and Indonesian teams, they could face further sanctions from the IOC. South Korea抯 appeal was rejected today, and Dianna,so for the fans who paid good money to watch actual games, the IOC is considering giving them refunds⁶.

1 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

2 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

3 weir   

n.堰堤，拦河坝

参考例句：

• The discharge from the weir opening should be free.从堰开口处的泻水应畅通。
• Big Weir River,restraining tears,has departed!大堰河，含泪地去了！

4 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

5 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

6 refunds   

n.归还，偿还额，退款( refund的名词复数 )v.归还，退还( refund的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Tomorrow he would return them to the store and claim refunds. 明天他要把它们退还给商店并要求退款。 来自辞典例句
• The new method means that taxpayers get refunds much faster. 这种新办法意味着纳税人可以较快地领到退还款。 来自辞典例句