VOA标准英语2010年-Aspiring Young South African Athletes

As the 2010 FIFA World Cup Continues in South Africa, future football and other aspiring¹ professional sports hopefuls train at a special facility at the University of Pretoria. 

New groups of promising² future sports champions arrive throughout the year at the University of Pretoria's High Performance Centre, or hpc.

The top level athletes are in what is called the TuksSport Academies.

These three young teenage footballers train two or three times a day with Tuks.  Jacob Mkhize said he is happy with his progress.

"Well, it's been fun," said  Jacob Mkhize. "The transition has been fun.  It's also been tough.  We're pushed, and so far I think I'll become a good footballer if I can stick to the program."

Anees Allie has been at the Tuks academy for three years.

"I hopefully, you know, will become a professional soccer player and maybe get a contract with a big team in Europe, but that's high goals," said Anees Allie. "But for now I'm just hoping to play for the first team here."

The sports grounds at the High Performance Center offer 76 hectares of sports dedicated³ lands.

There are comfortable living quarters for the athletes, for rest and study.

On a tour around campus one can see a variety of sports going on:  There is everything from gymnastics and trampoline, to netball, field hockey, and of course football - or soccer - which is not only played in the day, but also by floodlight in the evening.

Bisso is the head coach of the under-age-11 Tuks football team.  He says there are two sections to the Tuks academy at the High Performance Centre.

"We've got the commercial academy, where kids are actually paying to try and play at the club, and then we also have the actual academy itself, where we go all around the country scouting⁴ for possibly the next up-and-coming kids," said Bisso. "And they go to the Tuks high performance academy school, where they learn to play football but also study academically."

The academy features a sport science and medical unit that includes a physiological⁵ test lab.

Menzi Ngcobo is one of the three biokineticists.

"Basically what happens down here is we collect as much data as we can for the coaches, so the coaches can base their training on those results," said Menzi Ngcobo. "So we tell them where the players are in terms of fitness, and we also make recommendations where they need to be for their sport."

It's all part of South Africa's goal to help build the best sports teams it can for the future.
 

1 aspiring   

adj.有志气的；有抱负的；高耸的v.渴望；追求

参考例句：

• Aspiring musicians need hours of practice every day. 想当音乐家就要每天练许多小时。
• He came from an aspiring working-class background. 他出身于有抱负的工人阶级家庭。 来自辞典例句

2 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 scouting   

守候活动，童子军的活动

参考例句：

• I have people scouting the hills already. 我已经让人搜过那些山了。
• Perhaps also from the Gospel it passed into the tradition of scouting. 也许又从《福音书》传入守望的传统。 来自演讲部分

5 physiological   

adj.生理学的，生理学上的

参考例句：

• He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
• Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。