娜姐继续 经纪人否认李娜退役传闻

 　　Two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na's agent Max Eisenbud denied on Wednesday rumors² that the Chinese star would retire during the upcoming Asian season.

　　两次大满贯得主李娜的经纪人麦克斯?埃森巴德否认退役传闻，称这位中国网球明星不会在即将到来的亚洲赛季上退役。

　　"She is not retiring," Eisenbud responded in an e-mail to China Daily on Wednesday morning in regards to the internet buzz that Li would call an end to her professional tennis career later this year.“

　　她不会退役。”周三早晨埃森巴德在回复中国日报记者的邮件中这样写道。这之前网上有传闻称李娜将在今年年末结束她的职业网球生涯。

　　Eisenbud, vice-president of International Management Group's tennis division, began grooming³ Li for stardom since IMG signed her in 2009.

　　埃森巴德是国际管理集团（IMG）网球分部的副总裁，自2009年李娜签约该公司后成为她的经纪人。

　　Rampant⁴ speculations⁵ on Li's potential retirement⁶ started to spread on Chinese social media on Tuesday after US sportscaster Mary Carillo revealed while commentating for CBS during the US Open that Li is preparing to retire after the China Open in October.

　　热传的李娜即将退役的传闻起始于美国体育播音员玛丽?卡里略近日在CBS美国公开赛节目中的爆料，称李娜准备在今年十月份的中国公开赛上宣布退役。该消息周二经中国媒体报道后，引起热议。

　　More than 7.3 million Chinese micro blog users had viewed the page containing "Li's unconfirmed retirement rumor¹" on Sina Weibo, China's largest micro-blogging platform, by Wednesday morning.

　　周三早晨，在中国最大的微博平台新浪微博上，包含“李娜退役传闻”话题的网页点击量超过730万。

　　Although Eisenbud didn't offer any further comments, it doesn't seem reasonable for Li to hang up her racquet in such an abrupt⁷ fashion given her current athletic⁸ form and her lucrative⁹ endorsement¹⁰ deals.

　　虽然埃森巴德并未给出更多的解释，但是从李娜当前的运动形式以及利润丰厚的赞助商代言来看，以这样一种仓促的方式结束网球生涯似乎也并不合理。

　　Winning Asia's first Grand Slam singles championship at the 2011 French Open, Li became one of the sport's global icons¹¹ and one of the most marketable female athletes. Her second major title, at the Australian Open earlier this year, helped her climb to a career high of world No 2 ranking while bringing her another bunch of sponsorship deals.

　　自从在2011年法网公开赛上成为亚洲第一个大满贯的单打冠军之后，李娜就步入了全球知名体育明星以及最有市场价值的女性运动员的行列。在今年年初的澳网公开赛上，最有市场价值的女性运动员的头衔帮她在体育生涯中攀升到世界第二的位置，同时也带给她更多的赞助商代言。

　　On Forbes' highest-paid female athletes 2014 list, Li followed Russian ace¹² Maria Sharapova to be the second-highest paid woman in sports. Li earned $23.6 million, including $5.6 million from prize money, between June 2013 and June 2014. She now has more than 10 sponsors including Nike, Mercedes and Rolex.

　　在2014福布斯收入最高的女性运动员排行榜上，李娜排在俄罗斯运动员玛利亚?莎拉波娃之后，成为体育界收入第二高的女性。2013年6月至2014年6月期间，李娜的收入为2360万美元，其中包括560万美元的奖金。目前她代言的产品超过10个，如耐克、奔驰和劳力士等。

　　Still, Li's absence at the US Open, following a sad departure from Argentinean mentor¹³ Carlos Rodriguez, still drew concerns on how long the 32-year-old Wuhan native would stay on court.

　　但是，缺席今年的美国网球公开赛、离开阿根廷教练卡洛斯?罗德里格斯等事，无不让大家担忧：这位32岁的武汉运动员还能在网球赛场上呆多久。

　　Li has fallen to No 3 on the world rankings after missing the US Open series.

　　缺席美国网球公开赛使得李娜的世界排名降到了第三位。

　　Li's next tournament will be the inaugural¹⁴ Wuhan Open, a Women's Tennis Association Premier¹⁵ tournament beginning on Sept 21 in Li's home city Wuhan.

　　李娜的下一场比赛是今年9月21日在李娜家乡武汉举行的首届武汉公开赛，这是一场国际女子职业网联（WTA）的顶级赛事。

1 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

2 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 grooming   

n. 修饰, 美容，（动物）梳理毛发

参考例句：

• You should always pay attention to personal grooming. 你应随时注意个人仪容。
• We watched two apes grooming each other. 我们看两只猩猩在互相理毛。

4 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

5 speculations   

n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 )；思考；投机活动；推断

参考例句：

• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth. 你的揣测都很接近于事实。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• This possibility gives rise to interesting speculations. 这种可能性引起了有趣的推测。 来自《用法词典》

6 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

7 abrupt   

adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的

参考例句：

• The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
• His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

8 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

9 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• 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。

10 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

11 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

12 ace   

n.A牌；发球得分；佼佼者；adj.杰出的

参考例句：

• A good negotiator always has more than one ace in the hole.谈判高手总有数张王牌在手。
• He is an ace mechanic.He can repair any cars.他是一流的机械师,什么车都会修。

13 mentor   

n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导

参考例句：

• He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
• He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。

14 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

15 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。