Take Away English-Chinese Footballers in the UK 加盟英足的中国球员
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
Football is gaining popularity in China
In the past few years, the popularity of football in China has increased, and in Britain, football clubs have also taken an interest in Chinese footballers.
In 2002, Sun Jihai signed to Premiership team Manchester City and has since become one of their key defenders 1. Jihai entered the history books by being the first Chinese player to score in the Premiership.
Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce has praised Jihai’s versatility 2 and said that the player was missed when he was off the pitch due to injury earlier this year.
Another China international, Li Tie has been a regular midfielder at Everton football club for several years. However, he suffered a setback 3 at the end of 2004 because of a broken leg which kept him out of action for several months.
The latest Chinese player to join a Premiership team was the 18 year old prodigy 4 Dong Fangzhou, who was bought by Manchester United in 2004. Because of problems with red tape he does not yet have a work permit to play in Britain, so he is currently at a Belgian feeder club.
However, the striker was able to play for Manchester United in their Far East tour. He impressed manager Alex Ferguson in his first club appearance, scoring a goal to help the team beat Hong Kong 0-2. Ferguson said that Dong has great potential, and compared his goal to British football legend Gary Lineker.
The Scottish premiership has also become interested in Chinese players, with Rangers 5 football club signing a partnership 6 deal with Shenzhen Jianlibao to co-operate in coaching and player development.
Rival club Celtic signed another promising 7 Chinese player, Du Wei, although so far he has stayed on the substitutes’ bench. However, manager Gordon Strachan has described him as a joy in training sessions and said that he is likely to play for the club soon.
GLOSSARY 词汇表
taken an interest in
对…发生兴趣
defenders
后卫
versatility
多面手
international
国际球员
suffered a setback
受挫
prodigy
天才（少年）
feeder club
(为主队培训队员的)中转俱乐部
potential
潜力
partnership deal
合作协议
promising
有发展前途的
signed to
签约
entered the history books
载入史册
off the pitch
不(能)上场参赛
midfielder
(足球)中场
out of action
停赛
red tape
官僚手续
striker
（足球）前锋
legend
传奇式人物
rival
竞争对手
on the substitutes bench
(替补)板凳队员
- The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Versatility is another of your strong points,but don't overdo it by having too many irons in the fire.你还有一个长处是多才多艺，但不要揽事太多而太露锋芒。
- This versatility comes from a dual weather influence.这种多样性是由于双重的气候影响而形成的。
- Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
- She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。
- She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
- He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。
- Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
- Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
- The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
- Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。