VOA标准英语2010年-Noisy Vuvuzelas Cause Concern at World
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(六)月
Fans play their vuvuzelas prior to the World Cup group D soccer match between Serbia and Ghana at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, 13 June 2010
The World Cup organizing committee chairman, Danny Jordaan, says South Africa 2010 officials will continue to evaluate whether the plastic horns known as vuvuzelas are affecting play on the field. Players, officials and broadcasters have all complained about the constant din 1 they generate, but FIFA officials say the horns will not be banned.
The vuvuzelas make a loud noise comparable to a huge swarm 2 of bees, and they are blown incessantly 3 by fans throughout the matches. While some have defended the instrument as part of the South Africa World Cup experience, criticism has been almost as loud as the vuvuzela itself.
VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer 4 is in South Africa to cover the World Cup and spoke 5 about the impact of the vuvuzelas.
"The vuvuzelas were ever-present," Brewer says. "Those are these meter-long plastic horns that the South Africans love to bring to football games and blow them constantly throughout the games. It is a constant buzz and a constant noise you have to deal with. Not just the fans in the stands, but everybody who has been watching the games on television certainly can tell that that is the case."
Christiano Ronaldo, who plays for Portugal and Spanish football club Real Madrid says the noise disturbs the players' concentration. Parke Brewer says others agree that the vuvuzelas cause problems.
"The noise they made and the broadcasters complaining they could hardly hear themselves talk over the noise,' Brewer adds. "In addition to that, of course, it is very difficult for the players and the coaches to get verbal signals to each other. No doubt about it, it affects the game."
Despite the complaints about the plastic horns, Parke Brewer doubts that vuvuzelas will be banned.
"I think FIFA president Sepp Blatter was very adamant 6 last year here at the Confederations Cup when these vuvuzelas were a big talk of the tournament," he said. "It is one of those traditions here in South Africa that I am not sure they are going to take away. I think there would be huge protests across the country if they tried to take away their precious vuvuzelas."
Danny Jordaan says the vuvuzelas are being evaluated on an ongoing 7 basis and that a ban is an option "if there are grounds to do so." He said he would prefer to have the fans singing or chanting.
- The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深，喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
- They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd.他们力图让自己的声音盖过人群的喧闹声。
- There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
- A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。
- The machines roar incessantly during the hours of daylight. 机器在白天隆隆地响个不停。
- It rained incessantly for the whole two weeks. 雨不间断地下了整整两个星期。
- Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
- I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职，做一名酿酒人。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
- Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。