英语听力—环球英语 554 Drogba Scores a Goal

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Welcome to Spotlight¹. I'm Nick Page.
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And I'm Marina Santee. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1
It was the last day of the football season. All eyes were on two teams. In two hours one of them would be football champions of England. One team was Manchester United². The other team was Chelsea. They were playing in separate³ games that day - but the results of the two games would decide which team would be champions.
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However, two of the players were hoping for another prize. These two men wanted to win the prize for scoring the most goals in the 2010 football season. Wayne Rooney plays for Manchester United. He had scored twenty-six goals. Didier Drogba plays for Chelsea. He had also scored twenty-six goals. The big question was, "Could either of them score today"?
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We move forward in time. It is the end of the afternoon. At Manchester, Wayne Rooney has already left the football field. He did not finish the game. He injured⁴ his leg. He did not score any goals. At Chelsea, Didier Drogba has scored three goals to help his team to become England's champions. He has also won the Golden⁵ Boot Award for being the top goalscorer in England for the year 2010.
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We move forward another six days. Chelsea have just played in a big game at Wembley Stadium⁶ in London. It is the FA Cup Final – one of the biggest events in English football. At the end of the game, only one goal has been scored.
That one goal has won the cup for Chelsea. It was scored by Didier Drogba.
Voice 1
That same week, at the World Football Gala awards in London, Didier Drogba was chosen as the Best Striker in the World - that is, the best goal-scorer. It is an exciting year for this West African footballer. But his best day is still to come. For at this moment, a new hospital is being built in Drogba's home town of Abidjan on the Ivory⁷ Coast. The money for the hospital is coming from the Didier Drogba Foundation⁸. The footballer has already given four and a half million [4,500,000] dollars of his own money to help pay for this project. The hospital will also offer a home for children who have no living parents.
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Drogba is a rich footballer who lives in London. Why is he giving so much of his money to help poor people in West Africa? For the answer, we have to go back a few years. Didier Drogba visited a friend in hospital in Abidjan. The poor conditions in the hospital made Drogba very sad. He wanted to do something to help. He says:
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"I do not forget where I come from. I have been given the chance to succeed in life, but I often think about the people who did not have this chance. We all need to do what we can to defeat poverty⁹...
"We hear about all the diseases¹⁰ that cannot be cured, but young people are just as likely to die because they do not have the right medicines...
"I decided¹¹ the Didier Drogba Foundation's first project should be to build and fund¹² a hospital to give people basic healthcare and a chance just to stay alive...
"Women dying¹³ while giving birth in the 21st century should not happen. But there are still too many today, particularly on the African continent."
Voice 1
Didier Drogba worked hard to be a great footballer. He is recognised as Africa's number one player. He is captain of his country's football team and is the best goal-scorer ever to play for the Ivory Coast.
Many people say that Drogba has used his fame to help bring peace to his country. During the World Cup competition in 2006 the Ivory Coast qualified¹⁴, but the nation was torn by war. Didier Drogba made a request to both sides to stop fighting. His request was answered with a ceasefire. Five years of civil war came to an end.
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Didier Drogba wants to help the poorer women and children of his country. In two thousand and seven [2007] he became a United Nations Goodwill¹⁵ Ambassador¹⁶. This means¹⁷ he will help to fight poverty. He set up the Didier Drogba Foundation and bought some land in the town where he was born. Friends and businesses have helped him to raise the millions of dollars needed to build the new hospital on this land. The new hospital is only one of the things Didier Drogba wants to do. He hopes his Foundation will provide help in other places too, giving better health and schools for the poor, especially women and children. Often, they are the ones who struggle the most. He says:
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"The children's education is a very important matter to me, as much as their health."
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He also wants to see men treat women and girls with more respect. He says:
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"Women should be seen as equal to men... As an example to many young boys in Africa I will do my best to change the way they think and act towards girls and women."
Voice 1
Many people who watch Didier Drogba on the football field say that he cheats. They say that he falls over and pretends¹⁸ to be hurt. He argues with the referee¹⁹. He has been sent off the football field for hurting another player. He even argues with his own team during games.
Some people say he is not a good example to young boys wanting to be good sportsmen²⁰.
But, he has much respect from other members of his team. And away from the football field Didier Drogba is doing much to change the lives of poor women and children far away in his West African homeland.
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Ivory Coast played in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa this summer. But their most famous player and captain broke his arm in a friendly game soon before the big event! His arm was injured, yet he still played in the World Cup! Ivory Coast did not win the Cup. However, their most famous footballer will be giving his country something worth much more than a football prize. His new hospital will help to bring good healthcare to thousands of people for many years.
 

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

3 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

4 injured   

adj.受伤的

参考例句：

• Our best defender is injured and won't be able to play today.我们最佳的防守员受伤了，今天不能参加比赛。
• The injured men have been dug out of the snow.受伤人员从雪中被挖了出来。

5 golden   

adj.金的，含金的，可贵的，金色的，贵重的，繁盛的

参考例句：

• My teacher is an Englishman with golden hair.我的老师是一个金黄色头发的英国人。
• It's a balmy evening,the golden time for lovers.这是一个暖和的夜晚，是恋人们的黄金时光。

6 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

7 ivory   

n.象牙，乳白色；adj.象牙制的，乳白色的

参考例句：

• My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.我祖母有一些象牙首饰。
• It is carved from ivory.它是用象牙雕成的。

8 foundation   

n.[pl.]地基；基础；基金会；建立，创办

参考例句：

• The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。
• The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

9 poverty   

n.贫穷， 贫困， 贫乏， 缺少

参考例句：

• We must continue to war against poverty and disease.我们一定要继续同贫穷和疾病作斗争。
• He showed his poverty in his knowledge of agriculture.他表现出缺乏对农业知识的了解。

10 diseases   

n.疾病( disease的名词复数 )；弊端；恶疾；痼疾

参考例句：

• Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases. 抽烟是引起几种严重疾病的病因。
• The illness frequently coexists with other chronic diseases. 这种病往往与其他慢性病同时存在。

11 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

12 fund   

n.基金，资金，存款，财源，贮藏；vt.提供资金，积累

参考例句：

• They decided to set up a fund for this purpose.他们决定为此专立一项基金。
• This fund may not be drawn on without permission.这笔钱非经批准不得动用。

13 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

14 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

15 goodwill   

n.善意，亲善，信誉，声誉

参考例句：

• His heart is full of goodwill to all men.他心里对所有人都充满着爱心。
• We paid ￡10,000 for the shop,and ￡2000 for its goodwill.我们用一万英镑买下了这家商店，两千英镑买下了它的信誉。

16 ambassador   

n.大使，特使，（派驻国际组织的）代表

参考例句：

• He took up office as an ambassador for ten years continuously.他连任十年大使。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

17 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

18 pretends   

v.假装( pretend的第三人称单数 )；伪装；（尤指儿童）（在游戏中）装扮；自诩

参考例句：

• She pretends to various abilities she doesn't, in fact, possess. 她自称有种种她事实上并不具有的才能。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He pretends to admire me,though privately he hates me. 他假装敬佩我，虽然他私下仇恨我。 来自《简明英汉词典》

19 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

20 sportsmen   

运动员( sportsman的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He is one of this country's top professional sportsmen. 他是本国的顶级职业运动员之一。
• He is one of this country's top professional sportsmen. 他是本国的顶级职业运动员之一。