貝克漢姆無緣倫敦奧運國奧隊

David Beckham’s dream of playing in the Olympic Games has been crushed after Great Britain team manager Stuart Pearce performed a dramatic late U-turn.

大衛(wèi)·貝克漢姆征戰(zhàn)倫敦奧運的夢想最終因為英國隊教練斯圖爾特·皮爾斯做出的戲劇性決定而破碎。

Beckham was considered a certainty to play in his home city of London after
being confirmed for Team GB’s 35-man preliminary squad last month but was axed from the final group of players, announced on Thursday morning.

上個月，小貝入選了皮爾斯公布的35人大名單，然而在周二公布的名單上，貝克漢姆卻沒有入選最終的18人名單。

“Everyone knows how much playing for my country has always meant to me,”
Beckham said. “So I would have been honored to be part of this unique Team GB
squad. Naturally I am very disappointed, but there will be no bigger supporter
of the team than me. And like everyone, I will be hoping they can win the
gold.”

小貝說：“每個人都知道為國征戰(zhàn)對我來說意味著什么，所以如果能參戰(zhàn)奧運會我將覺得無比光榮?，F(xiàn)在我真的很失望，但我會成為英國國奧隊最忠實的支持者，像所有英國人一樣，期盼他們能奪得金牌。”

Even members of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games were
stunned by Beckham’s omission and will have to drastically rethink their plans,
as he was expected to have a dual role as both player and Olympic
ambassador.

倫敦奧組委的每個成員對小貝落選倫敦奧運都感到很吃驚，他們將徹底地重新考慮他們的計劃，因為小貝原被認為將身兼雙重角色——奧運隊成員和奧運大使。

Officials hoped David Beckham would be an ambassador and player for the
London Games.

奧組委原期盼貝帥擔任倫敦奧運大使和倫敦奧運隊成員的角色。

Yahoo! Sports revealed earlier this year that Beckham’s selection was not as
automatic as many suspected, with Pearce determined to field as strong a lineup
as possible in the Olympic tournament.

今年早些時候，當皮爾斯決定組建奧運足球比賽最強陣容時，貝克漢姆一度被認為是倫敦奧運足球比賽英國隊成員的不二人選。

Beckham’s struggles early in the season with the Los Angeles Galaxy initially

put his place in peril, though a recent resurgence in both his own form and that
of the Major League Soccer club appeared to have made him a lock for a
place.

盡管自己和足球大聯(lián)盟俱樂部的出色表現(xiàn)讓他順利入選35人大名單，但這個賽季初小貝在洛杉磯銀河隊的表現(xiàn)讓他無緣倫敦奧運。

As recently as last week Games officials were preparing for Beckham to be
involved on the playing side, with Pearce having given no indication to even
those in his inner circle that the 37-year-old midfielder would be excluded.

即使是圈內(nèi)人士，皮爾斯也沒有走漏半點兒37歲小貝無緣倫敦奧運的風聲，而直到上個禮拜，奧組委還在為小貝入選做著各種準備工作。

【生詞點睛】

dramatic [dr?'mætik,-k?l] adj. 戲劇的;引人注目的;激動人心的

certainty ['s?:t?nti] n. 必然;確實;確實的事情

preliminary squad： 初步陣容，大名單

Olympic Tournament：奧運比賽

lineup ['lain?p] n. 陣容;一組人;電視節(jié)目時間表

resurgence [ri's?:d??ns] n. 復(fù)活;再現(xiàn);再起

official [?'fi??l, ?u-] adj. 官方的;正式的;公務(wù)的n. 官員;公務(wù)員

inner circle 核心集團;內(nèi)部，圈內(nèi)

【萬能短語】

be expected to有望做某事;被期待做某事

例句：Managers of restaurants, hotels and the like would be expected to help the
government enforce the ban. 飯館、酒店和類似場所的經(jīng)理將被要求幫助南昌市政府執(zhí)行這個“禁煙令”。

Be involved

a. be involved on sth

例句：Who will be involved on the project from the client side, and what are their responsibilities? 客戶端中哪些人將參與項目，他們的責任是什么?

b. Be involved in doing sth

例句：As you read through each one, try to focus on the processes and people
that will be involved in bringing your vision to reality.
在閱讀每一項技能的過程中，盡量集中于將您的遠景變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實所涉及到的流程和人員。