2007年VOA标准英语-Indianapolis Colts Win Super Bowl XLI

By David Byrd
Miami
05 February 2007

The Indianapolis Colts have defeated the Chicago Bears, 29-17 to win the National Football League's Super Bowl in Miami, Florida. As VOA'S David Byrd reports, the Colts captured the title for the first time since 1971, when the franchise¹ was in Baltimore.

The game did not look good for Indianapolis when Devin Hester ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown. However, Indianapolis was able to score when quarterback Peyton Manning threw a touchdown to Reggie Wayne. The Colts missed the extra point.

The Bears took a 14-6 lead when quarterback Rex Grossman connected with Muhsin Muhammad from four yards out. Adam Vinatieri kicked a 14-yard field goal in the second quarter to make it 14-9. Indianapolis took a 16-14 lead in the second quarter when Dominic Rhodes scored on a two-yard touchdown run.

The Colts added two more field goals while Chicago added a field goal of its own to make the score 22-17. But Chicago's hopes were shattered² when quarterback Rex Grossman threw an interception³ that the Colts ran back for a touchdown.

 
Colts' coach Tony Dungy reacts after 4th quarter touchdown, 4 Feb. 2007
Colts' Coach Tony Dungy says his team was able to prove that it could play defense⁴ against the Bears.

"It was really just confidence. And we talked about it last night, that everyone was going to talk about their defense and our offense," said Dungy. "We felt like defensively and special teams wise we could win the game."

Chicago Bears' coach Lovie Smith, who worked with Dungy at Tampa Bay before coming to Chicago, said that turnovers⁶ were costly⁷, especially late in the game.

"You know it's hard to win when you have as many takeaways - as many turnovers as we had today," he said. "That was hard to overcome. We made a little run there at the end, but again, the turnover⁵ really kind of did us in."

 
Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates his victory

Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning was voted the MVP (Most Valuable Player). He says that his teammates did not panic when Chicago took the early lead.

"No panic whatsoever⁸. Everybody stayed calm, really tried to go out - everybody did their job," he said. "Once we got the lead we felt good. We just had to keep chipping away and to get some points and it was nice to have those turnovers there at the end."

With the win, Tony Dungy becomes the first African American coach to win a Super Bowl title. This is the first title for the Colts since 1971.

1 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

2 shattered   

破碎的； 极度疲劳的

参考例句：

• He dropped the vase and it shattered into pieces on the floor. 他失手把花瓶掉到地板上摔碎了。
• The experience left her feeling absolutely shattered. 她在这次经历之后，感到彻底垮了。

3 interception   

n.拦截；截击；截取；截住，截断；窃听

参考例句：

• Aerial photography can provide valuable information on precipitation, evapotraspiration, interception, and runoff. 航空摄影可提供有关降水量、蒸发蒸腾量、入渗和径流量的有价值的资料。
• Light interception and distribution in hedgerow orchards with different alleyway widths is indicated in Fig. 56. 图56显示篱壁果园不同行间宽度的光能截取和分配的情况。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 turnover   

n.人员流动率，人事变动率；营业额，成交量

参考例句：

• The store greatly reduced the prices to make a quick turnover.这家商店实行大减价以迅速周转资金。
• Our turnover actually increased last year.去年我们的营业额竟然增加了。

6 turnovers   

n.营业额( turnover的名词复数 )；失误（篮球术语）；职工流动率；（商店的）货物周转率

参考例句：

• However, one other thing we continue to have issues with are turnovers. 然而，另外一件我们仍然存在的问题就是失误。 来自互联网
• The Shanghai team took advantage of a slew of Jiangxi turnovers. 上海队利用江西队的频繁失球占了上风。 来自互联网

7 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

8 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。