英国新闻听力 英国足总鼓励人们踢足球

英国足总鼓励人们踢足球（English FA Encourage People Playing Football）

这个星期，英国足球总会宣布投入4亿美元现金建设足球场的草皮。这是新五年规划的一部分，国家比赛战略组旨在鼓励更多人参与这项运动，优化设施，聘请更多的裁判。现任足球总会的主席是崔斯曼勋爵。

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1.referee¹ n. [体]裁判员 2.youngster n. 年轻人，少年 3.footballer n. 足球选手，足球员 4.obsess² vt. 使烦扰，使困扰 5.coaching n. 训练，教练，指导 6.Portugal n. 葡萄牙 7.gear to v. 使适合 8.overtly³ adv. 公然地，公开地 9.conversion⁴ n. 变换，转化 10.convince vt. 使相信，使信服 11.umpire n. 仲裁人，裁判员 12.pirouette n. 脚尖旋转 13.confidence n. 信心 14.overseas adj. 外国的，海外的

[积少成多]

【trace back to 归咎于，追溯到，追究到】

例句1：Her fear of water can be trace back to a childhood accident. 

她很怕水，起因可归于儿时的一次事故。

例句2：The association between our two countries can be traced back to last century. 

我们两国之间的往来可以追溯到上个世纪。

English FA Encourage People Playing Football

REPORTER: This week the English FA announced a four hundred million dollar cash injection for grass roots football. Its part of a new five year plan, the National Game Strategy aiming to get more people playing the game, improve facilities and get more referees⁵. The FA's chairman is Lord Triesman.

LORD TRIESMAN: If we get the right preparation of youngsters some of them, as in any sport, will go all the way through to the top. That's a big prize but the other very big prize in my view is that we would have a generation of youngsters who are healthier, who are well motivated or are used to working in a team rather than thinking themselves as an individual. As a country that's a big asset.

REPORTER: Well now some facts for you. In England there are seven million footballers, three million adults and four million children. There are one hundred and twenty five thousand teams, twenty six thousand referees and forty five thousand public pitches. And we know of course that the Premier⁶ League is the richest in the world. Well despite all this, England failed to qualify for this year's European championship. And now only thirty eight percent of footballers in the Premier League are actually English. Sir Trevor Booking is the FA's director of football development. He spent nearly three years compiling the report which led to the plan.

TREVOR BOOKING: After the first eighteen months when I went out to try and get everyone's opinion. Everyone's been quite obsessed⁷ with the younger age groups, the five to eleven's. Because I saw when I left primary school any skill level I had was already in place. And the more I went out and looked at youngsters I just felt there were too many that just weren't good enough technically⁸ to cope with certainly eleven, the eleven once ago they go into that at the age of eleven and twelve. So how do we improve? That was a challenge and the more you went out the more even in the professional game the same issue was there. And anyone who is any good at coaching and they started of in the younger age group, there's no money in it, they're lucky to get their expenses.

So they worked quickly up and as they moved through the age groups and probably get into sixteen plus where perhaps they get a change and they get a more regular wage. So if you looked at one or two of the other countries; certainly Spain and Portugal and France, they've been age appropriate for a while, that means specific courses and syllabus⁹ and sessions geared to the five to eleven age group. Then they move into the eleven to sixteen and then they move into sixteen plus. So five to eleven is overtly working primarily on the individual skill, more contact time with the ball, trying to get that first touch or that comfort when the ball comes to you that you kill the ball instantly. Then it's what they call game conversion, how do you convert some individual skill into a team play and at the competitive level. The intensity¹⁰ of the moms and dads on the sideways is far too great and we have to do something about that as well.

IAN MORRIS: So you think the charge that's leveled at England that they don't have technically good players at the very top can be traced all the way back to the coaching at a young age?

TREVOR BOOKING: Oh yeah definitely. I'm convinced of it. And I've seen it now and it's like a young Fabregas, you know you get him coming from seventeen into the first Arsenal¹¹ and he's decision making is just magnificent.

COMMENTATOR¹²: Forward it goes to Fabregas, long pass forward, good one for that umpire, he's speed in that center, Akim Taylor and he's just lifted over the goal keeper and for a goal kick but it was a delicious ball.

TREVOR BOOKING: A ten yard simple pass to his right is the pass and he gives it, he doesn't have to step over it, doesn't have to do a little pirouette to try and catch the eye, he knows a straightforward¹³ ten yard pass is the one. His decision making is excellent because over the few years building up to that opportunity at seventeen he was encouraged to make those decisions and we are not making youngsters take on those responsibilities early enough.

IAN MORRIS: And going back to the youngsters, there seems to be this change where you want the players to play more with the ball, you want them to enjoy, you want them at a young age to really get the confidence levels of playing with the football. Why has this taken so long for the people in part to realize a very young age that the kids aren't getting enough football?

TREVOR BOOKING: I think it's been coming for a while, whether the you know money within the game has protected it because of course you know, the ability to bring over some of the best players from the overseas meant the standards and the level was really good and the momentum¹⁴ seems to be towards wanting change. Um, but I believe we've got to make sure the change is something that's going to be meaningful and make a difference.

REPORTER: The FA's director of football development Sir Trevor Booking there with World Football's Ian Morris.

英国足总鼓励人们踢足球

记者：这个星期，英国足球总会宣布投入4亿美元现金建设足球场的草皮。这是新五年规划的一部分，国家比赛战略组旨在鼓励更多人参与这项运动，优化设施，聘请更多的裁判。现任足球总会的主席是崔斯曼勋爵。

崔斯曼勋爵：如果我们能够为年轻人提供合适的资源，在任何运动中，都会有一些人能够在他们的领域中登峰造极。这是一个大奖励，但是在我看来，让我们的年轻一代能够更加健康，更有动力，更适应团队合作，而不是以自我为中心，这点更加重要。对国家来说，这是一笔巨大的财富。

记者：现在为您报道一些相关消息。在英格兰，现在有700万足球选手，其中，300万成年选手，400万儿童选手。目前有12.5万支球队，2.6万位裁判，4.5万个公共球场。当然英超联赛是世界上最富有的。但是尽管如此，英格兰还是未能达到今年欧洲锦标赛的标准。目前英超联赛只有38％的球员是英国人。布鲁琼克爵士是足球总会足球发展部的总监。他花了三年时间编撰了这个报告，并导致这项计划的出台。

布鲁琼克爵士：在最开始18个月中，我走出家门与人沟通，尝试了解每个人的想法。在5岁到11岁这个阶段的青少年都对自己充满了困惑。因为就我观察，小学毕业的时候，我该掌握的球技都掌握了。但是我进一步观察青少年时，就发现他们的球技跟整个球队并不协调，甚至不如他们11、12岁时与整个球队的配合。我们要如何提高呢？这是一个挑战，你观察的越多，就会发现，在职业比赛里，也存在类似的问题，甚至更多。任何擅长训练的人都知道，训练应该从年轻一代着手，这种培训并没有资金，唯一幸运的是，他们可以不用负担自己的开支。

因此他们成长的很快，而且当他们渐渐长大时，他们会进入不同的年龄组，16岁以后，他们的状况会有所改变，会有固定的收入。因此，如果你看其他一两个国家，包括西班牙，葡萄牙和法国，他们会设立年龄适应期，也就是说会为处于5岁到11岁的球员专门安排特殊课程和课程提纲以及会议。然后他们会进入11岁到16岁的阶段，最后是16岁之后的阶段。所以5岁到16岁这个阶段，他们主要致力于个人技巧的学习，包括更多地与足球接触，尽力感受球的触感，舒适度，并且在球向你飞来的时候，能够很快地将它拦截下来。这就是人们所说的运动转化，你如何将一种个人技巧运用到一个球队比赛中，并使它具有竞技水准。在赛场旁为你加油的爸爸妈妈的紧张气氛一触即发，我们也一定要行动起来。

伊恩·莫里斯：因此你认为造成英格兰如此水准，英格兰缺乏技术顶尖的球员的原因可归咎于我们没有在青少年时期对他们进行训练？

布鲁琼克爵士：确实。我相信如此。当我看到他的时候，他像一个小法布雷加斯，你知道你让他17岁就走进了赛场，他做的决定都是举足轻重的。

解说员：然后球传给前锋法布雷加斯，一个长传到另一个前锋，裁判叫了声好球，球传给了加速的中锋阿金·泰勒，阿金·泰勒接到了球，他跳起来躲过了守门员，是个球门球，但是这是个好球。

布鲁琼克爵士：一个从十码外的简单传球到他的右边，他顺势传了出去，他没有必要停住球，没有必要踢花式足球，吸引眼球，他知道十码的直传球就好。他的决策非常准确，因为自17岁第一次参赛时，他就被鼓励要自己做决定，正是这些年的经验，给了他敏锐的直觉。而我们并没有及早地培养年轻球员担负责任的意识。

伊恩·莫里斯：回到这些年轻球员，现在已经出现了一些改变，你希望球员们多与足球接触，你希望他们能够乐在其中，你希望为他们从小树立起踢足球的信心。为什么人们花了那么多时间才意识到孩子们小时候与足球接触得不够？

布鲁琼克爵士：我想需要一段时间，你知道这项运动的资金可以提供保护，因为，你知道，要吸引一流的海外球员，我们必须具备高标准和高水平，最重要的是要寻求改变。恩，但是我相信，我们一定要确保改变是有意义的，而且是会带来不同的。

记者：今天来我们节目做客的是足球总会足球发展部的总监布鲁琼克爵士和《世界足球》的伊恩·莫里斯。

1 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。

2 obsess   

vt.使着迷，使心神不定，（恶魔）困扰

参考例句：

• I must admit that maps obsess me.我得承认我对地图十分着迷。
• A string of scandals is obsessing America.美国正被一系列丑闻所困扰。

3 overtly   

ad.公开地

参考例句：

• There were some overtly erotic scenes in the film. 影片中有一些公开色情场面。
• Nietzsche rejected God's law and wrote some overtly blasphemous things. 尼采拒绝上帝的律法，并且写了一些渎神的作品。

4 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。

5 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句

6 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

7 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

8 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

9 syllabus   

n.教学大纲，课程大纲

参考例句：

• Have you got next year's syllabus?你拿到明年的教学大纲了吗？
• We must try to diversify the syllabus to attract more students.我们应该使教学大纲内容多样化，可以多吸引学生。

10 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

11 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

12 commentator   

n.注释者，解说者；实况广播评论员

参考例句：

• He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
• The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。

13 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

14 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。