世界名人简介 第2期:艾力士·罗德里奎兹
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：世界名人简介
英语课
Alexander Rodriguez, a.k.a. A-Rod, is one of the world’s greatest baseball players. He plays for the New York Yankees, after starting his career with Seattle and Texas. He holds a long list of baseball records. He is the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs. He will get $30 million if he breaks the all-time home run record of 762.
艾力士·罗德里奎兹，他的名字简称是“A-Rod”，他是全球最知名的棒球运动员之一。他目前效力于纽约洋基队，之前还在西雅图水手队和德州游骑兵队效力。他还是史上最年轻的500支本垒打的球员。如果他打破了762支本垒打记录的话，那么他将收获3000万美元。
Rodriguez was born in 1975 in New York City to Dominican parents. He loved baseball when he was growing upand was a star player at school. He was the USA Baseball Junior Player of the Year and the Gatorade national baseball student athlete of the year. In 1993, Alex was the first ever high school player to try out for Team USA.
1975年，罗德里奎兹出生于纽约，他的父母是多米尼加人。小的时候他就非常喜爱棒球运动，他在学校也是一位明星球员。他曾经是美国初中年度棒球运动员，年度佳得乐国家棒球运动员。1993年，他成为了唯一一位进入美国国家队的高中生。
Rodriguez was signed by the Seattle Mariners 1. He made his major league debut 2 aged 3 18, becoming the youngest position player in Seattle history. He quickly set many Seattle club records and in 1996 was the Major League Player of the Year. In 2000, he signed with the Texas Rangers 4 in what was the most lucrative 5 contract in sports history.
西雅图水手签下了他。当他第一次进入美国职业棒球大联盟时，他才18岁，他成为了西雅图历史上进入大联盟最年轻的运动员。之后，他迅速创造了西雅图俱乐部的记录，1996年，他成为了职业棒球大联盟年度最佳运动员。2000年，他与德州游骑兵队签约，这也是体育史上合同奖金最高的一次。
Rodriguez joined the New York Yankees in 2004. In 2007, he became the first player in history to have at least 35 home runs, 100 runs, and 100 RBI in 10 consecutive 6 seasons. His success has brought criticism fromthe press. He told a magazine: "When people write about me, I don't know if it's because I'm good-looking [or] I make the most money.”
2004年，罗德里奎兹加盟了纽约洋基队。2007年，他成为了历史上首位连续十个赛季拥有至少35支本垒打、100支四垒、100次打点的棒球运动员。他的成功也招来了媒体的批评。他曾经在接受杂志采访时称：“当人们在评论我的时候，我不知道是因为我长得好看，还是我挣得钱多。”
1.home run 本垒打
We also visited a foster home run by a pastor 7 who worked for Rev 8. Chun.
我们还采访了一个为春文韩元工作的牧师所建立的寄养家庭。
2.set record 创纪录
The result - I can stream TV to my laptop, play content from my server and set record timers over the internet.
结果我可以把电视信号传到笔记本上，从我的服务器播放媒体，或通过互联网设置定时提醒。
3.Major League 美国职业棒球大联盟
I remember once he even took me on the train to St. Louis to see the Cardinals 9, then our nearest major league baseball team.
记得有一次，他甚至带我坐火车到圣路易斯去看红雀队比赛，那是离我们最近的棒球大联盟队伍。
4.good-looking 好看的
If people want such toys they will also, in theory, want good-looking content to put on them.
如果人们需要这样的新玩物，那么理论上他们也需要与之配套的好看的内容。
海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）
- Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
- The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。
n.首次演出，初次露面
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
adj.年老的，陈年的
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员
- 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
adj.赚钱的，可获利的
- He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
- It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。
adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
- It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
- The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
n.牧师，牧人
- He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
- We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
v.发动机旋转，加快速度
- It's his job to rev up the audience before the show starts.他要负责在表演开始前鼓动观众的热情。
- Don't rev the engine so hard.别让发动机转得太快。
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