VOA常速英语2007年-Six Russians Aim for World Amateur Boxing Title

By Parke Brewer¹
Chicago
03 November 2007

Russian boxers³ are showing they should be a force at next year's Beijing Olympics as they are headed for the top performance of the 107 countries at the amateur World Boxing Championships in Chicago.  VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer is covering the action and has a report.

Russia had boxers reach the medal rounds here in eight of the 11 weight classes, and six of them won their semifinals on Friday.  The country with the second most finalists is Italy with three.

One Russian, middleweight (75kg) Matvey Korobov, will be aiming for a second consecutive⁴ world title.  He led his bout⁵ 17-1 against Sergiy Derevychenko when the Ukrainian retired⁶ in the second round.  Korobov's gold medal opponent will be Venezuela's Alfonso Blanco, who defeated Artayev Bakhtiyar of Kazakhstan, 15-7.

After the first five Russian semifinalists all won, the streak⁷ was halted by England's Frankie Gavin who beat lightweight (60 kg) Alexey Tishchenko, 19-10.

Gavin said it was the best feeling he's ever had in his amateur boxing career.

"I'm on the way to becoming number-one in the world," he said.  "I've had a great month in America, and I'm one fight away from being England's first-ever world champion."

Two Americans earned opportunities to win gold medals by winning their semifinals.  One of them was flyweight (51kg) Rau'shee Warren, who scored a 26-13 decision over Samir Mammadov of Azerbaijan.

Afterward⁸, Warren, a bronze medalist two years ago, told VOA Sports that he is not completely satisfied, because a world title is in sight.

"I give it a B-plus.  Like right now the job is not done until I get the [gold] medal around my neck and I see the American flag going up and listen to the National Athem.  Then that's an A-plus," he said.

Warren's teammate, Demetrius Andrade, also scored a convincing win in his semifinal, beating Turkish boxer² Adem Kilicci, 22-6.

In all, boxers from 13 countries will have a chance to be 2007 world champions.

1 brewer   

n. 啤酒制造者

参考例句：

• Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
• I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。

2 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

3 boxers   

n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

5 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

6 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

7 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？

8 afterward   

adv.后来；以后

参考例句：

• Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
• Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。