英伦广角 2013-07-13 破英国77年温网冠军荒 穆雷成全英宠儿

 The day after the golden afternoon before, a tea at Downing Street for Britain’s newest Wimbledon champion with the man who may recommend him for a knighthood.

 

This was the moment that changes the Scot's life for ever. But will it change British tennis for the better? Murray is the role model the game has been desperate for, raising smiles from the all England Club all the way to Lambeth.

 

 

-The best thing about Andy Murray, he inspires people to play tennis and do different sports.

 

 

-How about you?

 

-How he shows us how we can reach for our goals which we just believe.

 

-He has, he has good service.

 

But he knows that it would take more than one success to transform years of underperformance.

 

-Sorry. But that isn’t my job. There are people, you know, have to put things in place to give kids the opportunity to play and, you know, I hope yesday has done a small part towards achieving, you know, better results for British players in the future.

 

The Scot is the exception rather than the rule. He developed his talent outside the system that does not match his huge income with consistent¹ results.

 

Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory ended the longest losing streak² in British sport. Challenge now for British tennis,  is to capture the excitement generated³ by his win and create opportunities in places like this, beyond the sports, middle-class roots.

 

 

In 2012, the Lawn Tennis Association received 37.7 million pounds from Wimbledon’s profits, and 5.4 million pounds in public funding from Sport England. But participation⁴ among over-16s has fallen 15% in the last five years. Sport England has threatened to cut funding by 20% in future years.

 

The job really is to make sure that not just for the two weeks of Wimbledon but everyone stays on the tennis court; and that comes down to people that are here,  the volunteers, the tennis coaches, are up and down the country, that inspires the kids to stay in the game all year round. And that’s the next stage for us.

 

Everyone uplifted by Murray’s triumph will hope they are right. But the next British Wimbledon champion doesn’t have to wait until the current one immortalized in bronze.

1 consistent   

adj.坚持的，一贯的，一致的，符合的

参考例句：

• He has been a consistent friend to the Chinese people.他是中国人民始终如一的朋友。
• His action is always consistent with his words.他始终言行一致。

2 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

3 generated   

a.生成的

参考例句：

• It is generated by some specified means. 这是由某些未加说明的方法产生的。
• It generated much excitement and frenetic activity. 这使人们非常激动并导致了狂热的行动。

4 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。