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IN football, nothing is more valuable than the wonder kid. Managers
spend plenty of their time searching for these rare gems (宝石).
Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira is one such gem from Brazil. He won the
Tuttosport Golden Boy Trophy (奖杯) on December 7. The award is given to
the best player in Europe under the age of 21.
Anderson plays for Manchester United and he has already won the Premier
League (英超) and the Champions League (冠军联赛) with his team. In fact,
Anderson even scored a penalty (点球) in the Champions League final.
”[He is] 20, with the decision-making, position-taking intelligence of
a 30-year-old. Short at 1.76m, yet muscular (强健的) and rapid enough to
win most physical battles,” writes Duncan Castles, reporter with
Britain''s The Guardian newspaper.
And Anderson is glowing (焕发) with self-confidence. ”Scared? I''ve never
been scared of anything,” he said. ”When the subject is playing
football, I''m not scared of anyone. You are there for the football;
you are there to have fun, to play.”
But in the eyes of Brazilian journalists, Anderson still needs time to
mature (成熟). They described him as ”arrogant (傲慢的)”. ”He rolled up to
the team''s London hotel in an expensive Audi R9, R&B blaring (鸣响)
from the sound system and strode (大踏步) past reporters,” they said.
Anderson is honest in his attitude toward money. ”Yes, I like money a lot. Who doesn''t?”.
Anderson''s father died in 2001 and by the age of 14, his youth-team
salary (薪水) in a local club in Brazil supported his mother, sister and
two brothers. ”I became used to being a man very young. I was 15, but
already thinking as if I was 22, 23 or 24 and making very tough
decisions about my future. I had to help the family, but that was also
a responsibility. And that I still do today and hope to be able to do
for my family until I am 60.”
Teens 点金
核心词汇
wonder n. 奇才，奇人
He''s a wonder; he can arrange everything well without any help.
rare adj. 罕见的；珍奇的
That bird is very rare in this country. |
posted @ 2008-12-20 13:13
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