人物点滴－阿根廷战神巴蒂斯图塔 Batistuta

 

　　还记得那一头飘逸的长发吗？还记得那位阿根廷的"战神"吗？巴蒂斯图塔，尽管阔别欧洲足坛2年之久，但也许喜爱佛罗伦萨的球迷心中一直有一个梦想：盼着战神能够重回佛罗伦萨，在他欧洲之梦开始的地方结束自己的足球生涯，然而这一切终将成为历史，继巴乔和雷东多之后，巴蒂斯图塔也向喜爱他的球迷们道别了，这位36岁的前锋，宣布结束自己的职业生涯。 

　　Gabriel Batistuta, Argentina’s all-time scoring leader and a former Fiorentina and AS Roma star, announced on Sunday he was retiring from soccer.

　　"I’m retiring for good," the 36-year-old striker said in a statement released from Doha, Qatar, where he has played the last year-and-a-half for Qatari club Al-Arabi.

　　Plagued by knee injuries, he announced on Saturday he was ending his contract prematurely¹ with Al-Arabi, where he moved in 2003 after playing briefly² with Inter³ Milan.

　　Batistuta, who retired⁴ from Argentina’s national team three years ago, is the squad’s leading scorer with 56 goals in 77 games, and played on the country’s 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cup teams.

　　He also led Argentina to Copa America titles in 1991 and 1993.

　　"Gabriel has lost his enthusiasm for the sport," his agent, Settimio Aloisio told the Argentine news agency Noticias Argentinas.

　　"He thought it was better he left the game now, before it left him," he said.

　　Batistuta debuted⁵ in 1988 in Argentina’s first division with Newell’s Old Boys, joining River Plate a year later before starring at Boca Juniors in 1990, where he quickly caught the attention of European clubs with his goal-scoring prowess .

　　In 1991, he signed with Italy’s Fiorentina, becoming the club’s idol⁶, and leading the team to the Copa Italy and Supercup in 1995 and 1996.

　　He moved to AS Roma in 2000, helping⁷ the team win the league championship in his first season. In 2003, he played briefly at Inter Milan before deciding to wind down his career in Qatar, where last season he was the league’s leading scorer with 25 goals.

1 prematurely   

adv.过早地，贸然地

参考例句：

• She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs. 她早产，肺部未发育健全。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His hair was prematurely white, but his busy eyebrows were still jet-black. 他的头发已经白了，不过两道浓眉还是乌黑乌黑的。 来自辞典例句

2 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

3 inter   

v.埋葬

参考例句：

• They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。
• The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。

4 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

5 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

6 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

7 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。