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A Great One Goes Out in style , His Own style一位网坛巨星独具风格地隐退 By Sally JenkinsMain person:Pete Sampras全名：皮特桑普拉斯最年轻的美网男单冠军出生时间：年月日国籍：美国身高：米体重：公斤握拍：右手转入职业时间：年辉煌战绩：单打最高排名：冠军争夺最高排名：Pete Sampras will leave the game as he played it,a modest,easy,all-time great.You see all kinds of retirements in sports,and mosy of them are emothionally awkward and diffcult to watch.Theres the weeping news conference.Theres the endless,ceremonial,youll-miss-me tour.Theres the stutter-step retirement,in which the athlete retires only to unretirewhen he craves attention or need the money.Almost no one retires well.译文：网坛巨星皮特桑普拉斯即将告别赛坛。他离开比赛的作风如同其打的比赛一样潇洒，他是一名为人谦虚和善，表现一直出色的网坛干将。你会看到体育界形形色色的退役，大多数在情感上另人尴尬而难以看的下去。有痛苦流涕的新闻发布会。没完没了，隆重的“你们会想念我”的巡回退役仪式。当运动员渴望公众瞩目或是金钱，就会采取假动作“顿步”式的退役，以退为进，以期今后重返江湖，更好地在体坛施展。几乎没有人能真正地全身而退。词汇解释goes out=leave the game退役，退出as:像一样easy:随和的（easy-going) emotionally:煽情地endless:没完没了的厌倦的youll-miss-me:别把我忘记tour:巡回 stutter:结巴news conference:招待会have a congerence with.:和谈判、协商awkward:手脚不灵便的困难的重点词汇weep n.眼泪&v.流眼泪，哭eg. weep bitter tears of remorse流下悔恨（痛苦）的泪水tears of joy 喜悦（欣喜）的泪水tears常用复数 weep for the deceased哀悼死者deceased故去的2. ceremony 典礼，仪式eg. a wedding of ceremony 结婚典礼Master of ceremony司仪opening/closing ceremony 开闭幕式礼节eg. the ceremony of shaking hands握手礼节遵守繁文缛节、虚的形式eg.They use much ceremony with each other.他们之间彼此彬彬有礼 ceremonial 礼仪场合的eg. ceremonial dress礼服正式的eg. ceremonial garb正装fantastic garb奇装异服garb oneself as a sailor/princess打扮成水手模样小公主3. crave 渴望恳求，乞求eg. crave ones pardon恳求某人原谅Nothing crave ,nothing have.无所求，无所有注意：这里的stutter-step巧妙地运用了网球运动里的“假动作”（a ）这个术语来贴切地形容多数运动员的网坛告别是对观众的一次“假动作”，他们只是，来重新唤回人们的关注并满足金钱的需要。But Sampras is retiring in graceful self-control.He plans to announce his retirement in a ceremony at the U.S. Open tonight,and a lot of people wonder why Sampras wont make more of the event,allow himself to be more elaborately feted.The simple answer is that Sampras doesnt need it.He doesnt need a last of adrenaline or dose of adulation.He doesnt need a prolonged ego bath.He doesnt needmore money,or trophies.He doesnt need any of the things that other athletes find it so hard to walk away from.Hes content.译文：然而，桑普拉斯的退役却潇洒而自制。他计划在今晚的美国网球公开赛的一个仪式上宣布退役。对此，好多人不明白桑普拉斯为什么不好好借机炒作，再让大家更好地为自己庆祝一把。答案很简单：桑普拉斯不需要这些。他不需要再来最后的一剂肾上腺素，也不需要更多的吹捧。他不需要这种拖延的自我陶醉。他不需要更多的钞票，也不需要更多的奖杯。他不需要任何那些让其他的运动员难以割舍的东西。他非常知足。词汇解释announce宣告，宣布 allow允许为留出余地fete： n.节日或喜庆日=an elaborate partyv.款待、宴请：用宴会、盛宴或精心安排的娱乐来庆祝或款待prolonged延长的walk away from从走开，对不屑一顾jolt: 摇晃重击最后一搏a jolt of whiskey一口威士忌a jolt of eletricity一股电流adrenaline 肾上腺素dose剂量adilation恭维trophies战利品，尤指体育比赛中作为胜利象征而授予的奖品或纪念品，如奖杯content满足的 self-control克己，自制重点词汇1. grace 优美，温文graces 风度，魅力体面宽厚，仁慈eg. an act of graces善举She walks with graces.她步态优雅 Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施 graceful 优美的，雅致的，得体的，适度的，合度的eg. She is as graceful as a swan.她的姿态像天鹅一样的优雅her behavior is graceful.举止端庄a beautiful and graceful girl一个漂亮而优美的女孩儿2. elaborate v. 精心（努力）策划制作变得复杂详述 eg.My boss asked me to elaborate on my proposal. 我的老板让我详细说明我的建议 Please elaborate your plan请作出详细的计划 They did not elaborate.他们没做任何解释 adj. 精心制作的 eg.an elaborate party一个精心策划的聚会 复杂精美的intricate or rich indetail3.wonder n.奇迹，奇观 eg. The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world. 长城是世界奇观之一wonder drug灵丹妙药 v.想知道好奇感到惊讶eg. wonder at惊叹于，折服于wonderful令人惊奇的，奇妙的eg. a wonderful story令人惊奇的故事 wonderful animal奇妙的动物We had a wonderful time.我们过得愉快极了！4.event大事件节日eg. The National Day and the International Labour Day are greatevents in China.在中国，国庆节和国际劳动节是很大的节日注意：U.S. Open美国公开赛French Open法国公开赛Austria Open澳洲公开赛近义词比较affair -个人小事1.thing-泛指各类事情event-大事件eg. current event时事2.night： 从太阳落山到太阳升起evening：晚饭后到深夜之间 That contentment is a kind of achievement in itsownright.Sampras has made himself invisible since his victory inlast years U.S. Open.His 14th major championship now stands as the last match of his career,the perfect finish.译文：这种满足就是一种自我成就。桑普拉斯自从去年美网公开赛取得胜利后就销声匿迹了。现在看来他的第14次锦标赛就是他的网球生涯的最后一场比赛，并画上了完美的句号词汇解释invisible淡出人们的视线achievement付出努力、坚持，成就major较大的，主要的stand显示出，作为出现championship锦标，锦标赛the 14th championship第十四次夺冠There is no one perfect.人无完人重点词汇