VOA常速英语2020--疫情冲击高校体育

Colleges and universities, many already under financial strain, could face additional funding hardships if they cut sports programs. And you know there's never a good time for a pandemic, but for college sports, I think this was particularly bad, because it happened right at the beginning of the Men's Basketball Tournament. And the Men's Basketball Tournament is the largest source of revenue for the NCAA. According to figures from the National Collegiate Athletic¹ Association or NCAA, college sports make roughly one billion dollars annually² in ticket sales and promotions³ for the universities. Athletic dollars from basketball, football and baseball can contribute more than half of a school's operating budget. That loss of revenue this year will be felt not just this year, but for the next several years to come. Some of that money trickles⁴ down to students through financial aid.

目前有许多学院和大学面临着财政压力。如果这些学校削减体育项目，那么他们将面临额外的资金困难。无论什么时候爆发疫情都是不合时宜的，但这场疫情给大学体育带来的影响尤为糟糕，因为它发生在男子篮球锦标赛开幕之际。而男子篮球锦标赛是美国大学体育协会的最大收入来源。根据美国大学体育协会的数据，大学体育每年从门票销售和大学推广中赚取大约十亿美元。篮球、橄榄球和棒球的体育收益可以贡献学校一半以上的运营预算。今年的收入损失不仅会影响到今年，而且在未来几年也会持续带来影响。这些收益中的一部分会通过经济援助的形式发放到学生手中。

There are more than 20,000 international student athletes enrolled⁵ in competing NCAA schools. These schools provide more than 2.9 billion dollars in athletic scholarships to students annually. Prior to the pandemic, I was pretty confident that I would be able to get a scholarship, with the improvements I would have made during the season. But because of the ending of the season that it happened, hopefully in the end I'll be able to still get a scholarship, and still be competitive at the college level. Some schools are pushing to go ahead with their college football season, a move that will require a huge increase in Covid-19 testing for their athletes. They don't necessarily have the right resources to do all the testing. So it's a concern because I don't know of a university football team that hasn't had positive cases. But Thomas Ford⁶, who is working with colleges and universities to increase their testing capacity, understands the push to not cancel sports. The economic impact to the universities is huge as you can imagine. I think the budget for football is like 500 million dollars for Texas. And so it's not a small fee. What do you do with season ticket holders⁷, what do you do with people that have already bought tickets. Can you refund⁸ all that money or have you allocated⁹ it somewhere else already. Whether schools will delay sports seasons or be forced to cancel them entirely¹⁰ is yet to play out.

有超过2万名国际学生运动员注册进入竞争激烈的美国大学体育协会所属的学校。这些学校每年为学生提供超过29亿美元的体育奖学金。疫情爆发之前，我对于拿下奖学金信心十足，因为我在这个赛季会取得一些进步。但赛季结束了，我还是希望我最终能拿到奖学金，希望我在大学里仍然有竞争力。一些学校正在努力推进大学橄榄球赛季，这一举措将需要大幅增加对运动员的新冠肺炎检测。但这些学校不一定有合适的资源来进行所有的检测。我不知道有哪支大学橄榄球队还没有出现过确诊病例，所以这很令人担忧。不过，托马斯·福特正在与学院和大学合作，提高他们的检测能力。他能够理解这些学校不取消运动项目的努力。你可以想象得到，取消会对大学造成巨大的经济影响。我想，德克萨斯州的橄榄球预算大概是五亿美元。这可是一笔不小的费用。季票持有者怎么办，已经买票的人怎么办？你能退还所有的钱吗？或许你已经将这笔钱分配用于别的地方了。学校是会推迟运动季，还是被迫完全取消运动季，这还有待解决。

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美国之音记者伊莎·萨拉伊，华盛顿报道

1 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

2 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

3 promotions   

促进( promotion的名词复数 )； 提升； 推广； 宣传

参考例句：

• All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
• He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。

4 trickles   

n.细流( trickle的名词复数 )；稀稀疏疏缓慢来往的东西v.滴( trickle的第三人称单数 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Trickles of sweat rained down my head and neck. 我颈上头上的汗珠，更同盛雨似的，一颗一颗的钻出来了。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
• Water trickles through an underground grotto. 水沿着地下岩洞流淌。 来自辞典例句

5 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

7 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

8 refund   

v.退还，偿还；n.归还，偿还额，退款

参考例句：

• They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。
• We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意，我们愿意退款给你。

9 allocated   

adj. 分配的 动词allocate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research. 福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究。
• More funds will now be allocated to charitable organizations. 现在会拨更多的资金给慈善组织。

10 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。