人物点滴—郎平挂帅美国女排始末全程追踪

中国女排颠峰时刻的领军人物执掌美国女排帅印。她会不会成为第二个小山智利？她是怎么想的？赛场上她会遭遇陈忠和么？我们能忍受郎平率领的美国队击败中国女排么？

Lang Ping, one of the most famous and respected individuals in the history of volleyball, has been hired as the new head coach for the US Women's National Volleyball Team. What if her team collides with the women from her homeland in the 2008 Beijing Olympics? It is hard for her fans to imagine but it is possible. For Lang, it is harder.

　　　　　　　　　　　　接受教席是慎重之举

 The acceptance seems quite natural in a way. Lang, mother of a 12-year-old girl named Lydia who now lives in Tustin, California, with her father, hopes that she can be around to share the joys and pains of he daughter's adolescent life. 

 "It is the only choice left if I want to take care of both my career and my family," said Lang, who used to coach volleyball clubs in Italy. "It was only after long and meticulous¹ consideration that I made the decision to take the job," she said during an interview with Shanghai-based Dragon TV.

Lang was approached by USA Volleyball as early as 2000, but at that time, she turned down the offer. "I give dominant² priority to the interests of my country," said Lang. "I have promised I will never coach any national team until the Chinese team reaches its apex³. Now the team is in a very good condition and the girls will continue their good performance and become better."

　　　　　　　　　　　　拒绝评估美国女排

Setting qualification for the Beijing Olympics as a modest first goal, Lang refrained from over-estimating the ability of the US team.

"It will be a great honor if the US Women's Volleyball Team meets China in the final in the Beijing Olympics," she said. "But it seems the biggest competitor to the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team is not the US team but rather the teams from Cuba, Brazil and Russia."

　　　　　　　　　　　　当郎平遇到陈中和

In the eyes of the Chinese people, Lang is far more than just a volleyball star. A member of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team that inspired an early-1980s China, which had just emerged from seclusion⁴ and started out on a path of robust⁵ economic development, Lang is still regarded as one the nation's spiritual idols⁶.

"As one of the most influential⁷ athletes and a spiritual leader of Chinese volleyball, Lang Ping's influence over China and world volleyball far exceeds the sport itself," said Gu Donghui, a
sociologist⁸ from Fudan University.

 "If Lang collides with China as opponents during women's volleyball matches at the Beijing Olympics, it will be difficult to accept for the new generation of Chinese players, for coach Chen Zhonghe who was once her assistant and for the 1.3 billion Chinese in the stadium or in front of their TV sets," said an editorial of China Olympic Xingkong, the China Olympic Committee's authorized⁹ website.

History can be mirrored. When He Zhili, a former Chinese table tennis player who later married a Japanese man and chose Japanese nationality, snatched a gold medal for Japan after beating Chinese player Deng Yaping in the 1994 Asian Games, the whole country poured hatred¹⁰ and anger on her, although she was no longer a Chinese.

1 meticulous   

adj.极其仔细的，一丝不苟的

参考例句：

• We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.这事一点不能含糊。
• She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.她介绍事实十分详细。

2 dominant   

adj.支配的，统治的；占优势的；显性的；n.主因，要素，主要的人(或物)；显性基因

参考例句：

• The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
• She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。

3 apex   

n.顶点，最高点

参考例句：

• He reached the apex of power in the early 1930s.他在三十年代初达到了权力的顶峰。
• His election to the presidency was the apex of his career.当选总统是他一生事业的顶峰。

4 seclusion   

n.隐遁，隔离

参考例句：

• She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.她喜欢在自己僻静的花园里晒日光浴。
• I live very much in seclusion these days.这些天我过着几乎与世隔绝的生活。

5 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

6 idols   

偶像( idol的名词复数 )； 受崇拜的人或物； 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物； 神像

参考例句：

• The genii will give evidence against those who have worshipped idols. 魔怪将提供证据来反对那些崇拜偶像的人。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• Teenagers are very sequacious and they often emulate the behavior of their idols. 青少年非常盲从，经常模仿他们的偶像的行为。

7 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

8 sociologist   

n.研究社会学的人，社会学家

参考例句：

• His mother was a sociologist,researching socialism.他的母亲是个社会学家，研究社会主义。
• Max Weber is a great and outstanding sociologist.马克斯·韦伯是一位伟大的、杰出的社会学家。

9 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

10 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。