人物点滴—美少女莎拉波娃点燃俄罗斯网球热潮

 
Maria Sharapova's meteoric¹ rise to world No,1 is inspiring a new generation of Russian teen girls to head for the courts. "The phone has been ringing around the clock for registrations² since mid-August," said Igor Volkov, a coach at Moscow's famous Spartak tennis academy.

The academy now has 190 places compared to around 30 in 1994 but, since Sharapova became the first Russian woman to top the WTA world rankings last month, they've had to turn eager teenagers away. "I would like to become as good as her and earn as much money as her," said 15-year-old Yuliya Livotova.

Sharapova, the blonde star with the top model looks, won Wimbledon last year aged³ just 17. Since then her advertising⁴ contracts have netted more than $US18 million ($23.65 million), and by many accounts she has become the biggest earner in women's sport. Sharapova was born in Siberia but has been living in Florida since she was eight, is not the first Russian to popularise the sport. 

　　莎拉波娃这位出生在西伯利亚的大美人8岁就移居美国，她在17岁的时候拿下了温布尔顿网球公开赛的冠军。骄人的战绩，加上她模特一般的身材和较好的容颜，马上为她带来众多天价的合约。目前这位18岁的网球明星的年收入超过1800万美元，是当今网坛身价最高的体育明星。为此，莎拉波娃带动了俄罗斯网球的热潮，这位当今网坛的第一美女在成千上万的俄罗斯少女中心点燃了网球的明星梦。

1 meteoric   

adj.流星的，转瞬即逝的，突然的

参考例句：

• In my mind,losing weight is just something meteoric.在我眼中，减肥不过是昙花一现的事情。
• His early career had been meteoric.他的早期生涯平步青云。

2 registrations   

n.登记( registration的名词复数 )；登记项目；登记（或注册、挂号）人数；（管风琴）音栓配合（法）

参考例句：

• In addition to the check-in procedures, the room clerks are customarily responsible for recording advance registrations. 除了办理住宿手续外，客房登记员按惯例还负责预约登记。 来自辞典例句
• Be the Elekta expert for products registrations in China. 成为在中国注册产品的医科达公司专家。 来自互联网

3 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。

4 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。