我是在《泰晤士报》上看到这一篇的，觉得还不错所以贴上来... 那因为泰晤士报的文章有点长orz所以我小小翻了一下，有错烦请指正>"< 原文：http://tinyurl.com/2ldtp2 中文：http://tinyurl.com/yo343p From The Times May 8, 2007 Level-headed Torres has eyes trained on England 引领鳌头放眼英伦 The Atle'tico Madrid striker is maybe the best player outside the Champions League, in which he is yet to be involved 马竞的头号射手或许是欧洲战场外最为杰出的球员，而他将引起另一起波澜。 Guillem Balague Fernando Torres started playing football in his district, but one day the coach of a rival team sent a formal complaint to the federation because he was not the legal age to play in that competition. It was true – his parents had faked his registration – but he was not too old, he was two years younger than permitted. And he was the top goalscorer that season. 托雷斯是在其地方的小球队里开始他的足球生涯，在某一天敌队的教练提出控诉而 使他收一张联邦的控诉状指称说他还没到可以参加比赛的合法年龄。这是真的：他 的父母亲篡改他的资料，因为托雷斯的年纪还太小，他还有两年才被允许可以上场 比赛 ─ 但他在当时就已经成为那一季的顶尖射手了。 Later on, when he was a tall, thin 11-year-old, he went for a trial at Atle'tico Madrid. “He showed intelligence, explosive pace and bravery. He did not think football like a child would,” Manolo Rangel, the coach who gave marks to the youngsters and who became his mentor, said. He gave Torres 11 out of 10. 之後，十一岁时他长的高且瘦，而他考进了马竞的入队考试。〝他展现出极具天赋 的技巧及充满爆发力的速度，而他所展露出来的一切：让你难以想像他还是个孩子。〞 Manolo Rangel，迄今仍然清楚地记得托雷斯当时的表现，而他现在是托雷斯的顾问 ，他当时将托雷斯自众人中拔擢出。 What makes Torres special, though, is not his ability, but his mental strength. Listening to him in a restaurant near the Atle'tico training ground, the reaction to his words is one of amazement – he sounds older than his 23 years. 究竟是什麽让托雷斯如此地特别？除了杰出的才能外，他更具备了坚定且果决地意 志。当你在邻近马竞练习场的一间餐厅里听到他讲出的那一席话时，你会惊艳他所 说出来的字句是超乎他这年龄般地成熟。 “At 17 you can earn lots of money,” he says. “If you don’t have sensible parents, you could be lost for football very soon. Some parents think they have a goldmine in their kid – I see it every weekend in the youth matches I go to. I have had colleagues that were better than me and they never made it because their parents never allowed them to enjoy their football.” 〝当你在十七岁有能力赚到很多钱时，若是没有有远见且理智的双亲，我想那将 会使你更快失去了对足球的热爱；有些父母把自己的小孩看作是摇钱树：我每周 都尽我所能地去看那些年轻球员的比赛。在这群人中有我的同侪，且才能比我更 好，但他们的父母却没让他们享受到踢球的快乐。〞 Torres was born in a modest district in the southern part of Madrid. “It is a working-class area,” he says. “When you grow up in a place like that, you never forget where you are from. My parents taught me to respect the family, the authority of the elders. 托雷斯出生在马德里南部--而他形容他所成长的地方是〝那是属於蓝领阶层所住 的地区。当你在那样的地方出生、成长，你不会忘记自己的根本为何、自己是在 怎麽样的地方长大。我的双亲教导我要敬重家人及德高望重的长者们。〞 “Those are also the values of Atle'tico, the humble, poor club of the city. Atle'tico fans come from similar backgrounds to me and that is why there is such closeness to them. And why I will never play for Real Madrid. Once your life starts changing, it is important to remember who helped you.” 这也是马竞的价值所在，不怎麽富有但谦逊。马竞球迷们的出身有许多都跟我类 似，这是为什麽我觉得他们如此好亲切的来由，而这也就是为什麽我不去皇家马 德里踢球的原因。当生活出现许多比现今更好的机会时，你更不能忘得更该优先 考量的是：那些曾帮助过自己的人。 Torres talks with a monotone voice, looking you in the eye. The voice says shyness, the eyes confidence. And his words reveal the extent to which he has had to grow up quickly. 托雷斯专注且用着不变的语调述说这些事，声调有些羞怯但眼神却散发着自信，而 从他说出来的话透露出他比任何人都看得更远且将成长得更快。 He is the youngest player, at 17, to play for Atle'tico and the youngest, at 19, to become captain. He made his debut in 2001 against Leganes and scored his first goal the next week against Albacete. After two years in the second division, Atle'tico returned to the top flight and Torres scored 13 goals. Since then, he has been the club’s top scorer in every season. 他十七岁时成为马竞队上最年轻的球员，且随後成为马竞最年轻的队长─在他以十 九岁之龄接队长之职。首披马竞战袍出赛是在2001年对上Leganes的比赛，隔周对 上Albacete他踢进他职业生涯第一颗进球。马竞在西乙沉浮两年後又重回西甲战场 ，托雷斯在其中贡献了十三颗进球。此後，他在每季赛事中皆为队上进球榜之榜首。 “I have lots to improve still,” Torres said. “I love learning from the best forwards in the world. [Thierry] Henry has been better than any other player in the world. Till recently, people didn’t talk about the Premiership that often. But for the last two years it is almost an obligation to sit down to watch the Premiership.” 〝我仍有许多待改进的地方。〞托雷斯如是说〝我热衷在学习仿傚那些世界一流前 锋，而亨利是站在这些一流前锋金字塔的顶端。以往在这里并没有什麽人看英国职 业足球的，直至这两年才因祖国情谊而开始观看这一系列赛事。〞 In 1999, he was voted best young player in Europe and Arsenal tried to sign him because he had no contract. He got one straight away. Recently it was extended until 2009, but the buyout clause was reduced from €60 million to €40 million (about ￡27 million). He said then that “the club will grow and me with it”, but also that “we have to make it into Europe, be top four”, which sounded like conditions to stay. 1999 年，托雷斯获选为欧洲最佳新秀，在当时阿森纳曾尝试与他签约，因他在当 时并没有合约的束缚，但他随即便获得了一张新的合约：跟马竞。而最近他将那张 合约续至2009年，但却将合约中薪资的条目自600万欧元降至400万﹝约为270万英磅﹞ 。托雷斯对此表示说：〝我将与马竞同进退，且我们的目标是成为前四名，让马竞 进军欧洲战场。〞他就是为此留在马竞的。 Rumours last summer suggested that Torres was close to joining Manchester United. There were meetings between Sir Alex Ferguson and his representatives in Paris, but after United signed Michael Carrick from Tottenham Hotspur, the chance had gone. 这就让人想起去年夏天托雷斯欲加入曼联的传闻。弗格森爵士与托雷斯的经纪人於 巴黎会晤，但之後曼联自热刺签下了卡里克，而这机会便为之破灭。 Two weeks ago, friends gave Torres a captain’s armband for his birthday bearing the logo “We’ll never walk alone”, which led some to speculate that he would be moving to Liverpool. “My group of mates have got that logo tattooed on their arms,” Torres says. “I have been told about Anfield and how special it is, but I haven’t managed to go yet. I would like to, though.” 两周以前，托雷斯的朋友在他的队长臂章上绣上〝我们永不独行〞的字句并赠予他 作为生日礼物，这是否意味着他将转至利物浦呢？托雷斯说：〝我这群朋友将这一 句话刺在他们的手臂上，我也听说过安菲尔德的事积及其特别之处，但这并不代表 我能到那，纵使我如斯渴慕。〞 Torres is probably the best player outside the Champions League, a competition that he has never been involved in, even though Atle'tico are considered, in terms of fan-base, history and financial strength, one of Spain's top three clubs. “In Spain, clubs have no patience,” Torres says. “In the last seven years I have had six coaches. If there is a new boss, seven new signings, we start every year from zero.” 托雷斯可能是欧洲战场外最杰出的球员，但却未参与其中，马竞曾想过将他卖给西 班牙那有着广大的球迷支持、历史悠久财力雄厚的三大顶尖球会之一。〝西班牙的 球会大多都没什麽耐性。光在过去七年中，我就有过六个教练。新老板、签七次新 合约，然後我们每一年都从零开始。〞 Some consider this the reason why his progress has faltered. Initially, he had been greeted as the next big star. He was different from the typical Spanish striker and seemed to have come from the French school of forwards, from the same mould as Henry and Nicolas Anelka, who are skilful, powerful and score goals. 还有其他原因使他这条路走得更为颠簸。起先，他被期许成为下一个巨星，因为他 是如此不同於其他典型的西班牙射手，看似出身自盛产顶尖前锋的法国走来，因他 被认为具备有亨利及Anelka那样有力量跟脚法高超的射门技巧。 But now people concentrate more on his weaknesses, saying that he is more interested in raising his profile, in the manner of David Beckham, than improving on the pitch. 但现在，人们将他最近的低潮归咎於他将心思放在那喜爱打扮、营造个人特色的兴 趣上，较他在球场上放得心思还要多 ─ 因有着大卫‧贝克汉的前车之监。 “I change my hairstyle, so what?” Torres said. “I think it shows football is becoming more like showbusiness, but what can I do about that? 〝我就是爱变换我的发型，但那又如何？我想这代表着足球变得更像商业化更像一场秀， 但我在这当中又做了什麽？〞 Luis Aragone's, the Spain head coach, also said recently that Torres “still has a poor first touch and doesn’t finish well”, and despite fitting the profile of the player Manchester United and Liverpool are looking for, he is, as a friend said, second in many lists of potential targets. But Torres appears to be keen to play abroad. 西班牙国家队总教头Luis Aragone's近来也说托雷斯的表现是〝贫乏且未臻完善〞。and despite fitting the profile of the player Manchester United and Liverpool are looking for, he is, as a friend said, second in many lists of potential targets.但托雷斯表态说他希望至海外征战。 “It is important that Spanish players go to another league,” he said. “All those in England have grown as players, they are more complete.” 〝能到国外联赛踢球对许多西班牙球员来说是意义重大的，而那些在英超的西班牙球员将 在那更加茁壮且娴熟。〞 Those words will have many Premiership managers pricking up their ears. 这些含意未伸的话将使那些英超主帅们侧耳倾听。 --- 其实後面几段有些意思我不太懂= =||| 三大球会的那个、西班牙队总教头那个orz --

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