英语名人堂：泰格·伍兹

艾德瑞克·泰格·伍兹（Eldrick Tiger Woods）1975年生，美国著名高尔夫球手，在2009年前高尔夫世界排名首位，并被公认为史上最成功的高尔夫球手之一。他的绰号“Tiger”的中文意思是“虎”，所以中文经常被称为老虎。

伍兹是加利福尼亚人，在洛杉矶地区长大。伍兹和艾琳·诺德格林于2004年10月5日在加勒比海岛国巴巴多斯结婚。2009年11月28日伍兹的一次车祸，在短短的几周内，引出了多达十几位的情人队伍，舆论哗然。

2014年10月1日，泰格·伍兹宣布会在佛罗里达开办一家餐厅，餐厅名为：朱庇特伍兹：体育餐饮俱乐部（Woods Jupiter¹: Sports and Dining Club）。

 

Tiger Woods is one of the most successful golfers ever. He has the potential to be the greatest of all time. He has been number one in the world for most of the past decade and looks like hanging on to that position for a while to come. His real name is Eldrick; Tiger is a nickname² his father gave him.

 

Tiger shot to fame as a two-year-old. He showed off his skills on television in 1978 with comedian³ Bob Hope. In 1990, aged⁴ 15, he became the youngest ever U.S. Junior Amateur⁵ Champion. There were dozens of records and victories in between. In 1994, Woods became the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Amateur Championship. He turned professional two years later.

 

Sports experts predict he will become sports first billionaire. He cannot stop winning. He has the second highest number of major golf championships of any male player, and he’s still young. His career is full of impressive records. He’s the youngest player to win the US Open and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments. It seems likely he’ll break more records.

 

Woods is a Buddhist⁶. He got his faith from his Thai mother. He said it helps control his stubbornness⁷ and impatience⁸. It perhaps also explains his charity work. He has set up many projects to help disadvantaged youngsters⁹. He believes being a good role model is much more important than golf and has helped thousands of teenagers around the world.

1 Jupiter   

n.木星

参考例句：

• Jupiter is unlike the Earth in almost every way.木星与地球几乎完全不同。
• The astronomers were taking an observation of Jupiter.天文学家们正在观测木星。

2 nickname   

n.绰号，昵称；v.给...取绰号，叫错名字

参考例句：

• She called me by my nickname.她叫我的外号。
• Why do you fasten such a nickname on her?你为什么给她取这样一个绰号？

3 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

4 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。

5 amateur   

adj.业余的，非专业的；n.业余爱好者

参考例句：

• He made an amateur attempt to build a cupboard.他很外行地试做了一个碗柜。
• Although Tom's only an amateur he's a first-class player.虽然汤姆只是个业余爱好者，但却是一流的高手。

6 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

7 stubbornness   

n.倔强，顽强；牛性；牛脾气；犟劲

参考例句：

• He has a touch of stubbornness in his composition. 他脾气有点倔。 来自辞典例句
• A blind streak of stubbornness in him wouldn't let him back down. 盲目的顽固是不会让他回心转意的。 来自辞典例句

8 impatience   

n.不耐烦，急躁

参考例句：

• He expressed impatience at the slow rate of progress.进展缓慢，他显得不耐烦。
• He gave a stamp of impatience.他不耐烦地跺脚。

9 youngsters   

n.孩子( youngster的名词复数 )；少年；青年；年轻人

参考例句：

• We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace. 我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。
• The camp is for youngsters aged 8 to 14. 这次夏令营是为8至14岁的少年儿童安排的。