【參考譯文】齊內達當選為本年度足球先生
Mon Dec 15,12:21 PM ET
BASEL, Switzerland - Zinedine Zidane won the FIFA Player of the Year award for a third time Monday, beating Thierry Henry and Ronaldo. Birgit Prinz of Germany won the women's player of the year vote. World Cup champion Brazil won its second straight Team of the Year award.
【參考譯文】巴塞爾，瑞士法新電-本周一，齊達內壓過羅納爾多與亨利獲選為本年度國際足總最佳球員，第3次贏得這項殊榮。德國女將比爾吉特獲得了本年度國際足總最佳女球員獎，世界杯冠軍巴西隊則第二次被選為最佳球隊。
【講解】 FIFA is the acronym of 國際足球聯合會, Federation Internationale de Football Association即International Football Federation.
straight here means Uninterrupted, consecutive.無間斷的、連續的。sick for five straight days. 連續病了四天; their fourth straight victory.他們連續第四次勝利。
Zidane, who also won in 1998 and 2000, led a poll of 142 national coaches. He had 264 points to Henry's 186. Ronaldo, who won last year for the third time, received 176.
【參考譯文】此前，齊達內已在1998年度和2000年度當選世界足球先生，共有142名世界各地的國家教練參與投票。齊達內獲得了264分，亨利為186分，而上一年度獲選人羅納爾多則得到176分。
【講解】 coach is A person who trains or directs athletes or athletic teams. 教練。Our football coach trains the team. 我們的足球教練訓練這個隊;The coach played him at centre.教練叫他擔任中鋒。有一個和coach相關的謔語，ride in the marrow-bone coach,坐“兩腳車”去，步行，就是我們平常開玩笑時把步行稱為11路車。
He joined Real Madrid for a world record 75 million euros (90 million dollars) from Juventus in 2001 and he proved his worth by scoring the winning goal in the 2002 Champions League final for Madrid to become the champions of Europe for a record ninth time.
【參考譯文】齊達內以破世界記錄的7500萬歐元(900萬美元)的價格轉會皇家馬德里。 2002年，他在歐洲冠軍聯賽大決賽中射進致勝的一球，證實了自己的價值，使皇家馬德里第9次贏得歐冠賽的冠軍。
【講解】 score here means To succeed in acquiring.成功地獲得。scored two tickets to the play.得到兩張戲票。習慣用語隨機應變和score相關，play to the score，而那個能play to the score 的人可以稱為acrobat。
