人物点滴—阿加西谈网球:从没像现在这么喜欢

网坛复出的阿加西说，他比以前更热爱网球，这是他生命中唯一信奉的东西……

It's been quite a comeback for Andre Agassi in recent months. Professionally speaking, the 29-year-old Las Vegas native captured three Grand Slam tournaments to again become one of the top-ranked players in the world. In his personal life, Agassi has a new love in tennis:

I never had a relationship with tennis like I do now. This was always something that I had to succeed at for other reasons, whether it was. I was young getting out of the academy I was in and just making it on my own, and then it was either the pressure of what I felt I had to live up to or some kind of ability or something.

It was never really something I embraced. It just happened to be something that I was good at, and I think that at this stage in my life I have an appreciation¹ and a real love relationship with the game of tennis.

重点词汇

comeback  n. 恢复, 复原	Grand Slam tournaments  n. 大满贯赛事
top-ranked  a. 一流的，顶尖的	academy  n. 学院，大学
live up to  v. 真正做到	embrace  v. 拥抱，信奉

1 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。