Fitness（关于身体素质）

Fitness（关于身体素质）
Fitness in today’s sports is higher than its ever been，we are seeing world records smashed daily from swimming to athletics¹．The professional athlete today is faster fitter stronger than at any time in the past．As a professional in the England and Australia all those years ago our training was 4 mornings a week which included sprints² long distance runs，weights training that was the extent of our work out “o” plus ball skills for 2 hours some players would go back in the after noon for extra but most went of to play golf．We did not have to days experts and to days machinery³ to help us to be faster and stronger．
Footballers to day have every benefit available to then to make them the players they are．They have trainers for sprints，trainers for skill trainers for weight chefs to make sure they eat and drink and have individual diets．Machines to monitor everything imaginable which in the end will give a team the edge．
The facilities that are available to clubs are now more equipped then ever before
Indoor field for when it rains or snows and for winter training．Boots have been designed by computers for individual feet．，balls that are lighter⁴ and move faster in the air then ever before，so the players have everything imaginable to give them the maximum chances to be the best at what they do．
Players do have to put the rest of the jigsaw⁵ together that will make them the best．The sacrifice that the players put into to days game is quit remarkable⁶．some can sustain it for many years but many fall at the wayside due to the very difficult commitments players have to give and go through year in year out．When i played we would play 42 games a season today’s player will play as mush as 100 games in a season and that has to take its toll⁷ on the body．Many player who can go on into there thirties and still play at the highest level are very rare in to days game．
Technology has come a very long way since the days when I played． Players get over injuries so much faster due to key hole surgery which can also prolong there playing days．
The first round is over and the teams that have impressed me so far are Argentina，Spain，Brazil，Ivory Coast，Holland．I’m sorry to say that the English side have been the most disappointing side I have seen．I still feel it will be an Argentina and Brazil Final．But keep your eyes on the Swiss and on the team from Germany home ground advantage has always been hard to beat．So could we see a German and Brazil final that will be all sorted out over the next 3 weeks．

1 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

2 sprints   

n.短距离的全速奔跑( sprint的名词复数 )v.短距离疾跑( sprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• You can run sprints only so long before you're out of breath. 你死命地跑，只能跑那么一段时间，到了喘不上气的时候，只好停下来。 来自辞典例句
• The cheetah finds the open grasslands ideal footing for its lightning-quick sprints. 非洲猎豹把开阔的草原作为它们闪电猎食的理想处所。 来自互联网

3 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

4 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

5 jigsaw   

n.缕花锯，竖锯，拼图游戏；vt.用竖锯锯，使互相交错搭接

参考例句：

• A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.一副拼图就能让我沉醉几个小时。
• Tom likes to work on jigsaw puzzles,too.汤姆也喜欢玩拼图游戏。

6 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

7 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。