英語名人堂：泰格·伍茲

艾德瑞克·泰格·伍茲(Eldrick Tiger Woods)1975年生，美國著名高爾夫球手，在2009年前高爾夫世界排名首位，并被公認(rèn)為史上最成功的高爾夫球手之一。他的綽號“Tiger”的中文意思是“虎”，所以中文經(jīng)常被稱為老虎。

伍茲是加利福尼亞人，在洛杉磯地區(qū)長大。伍茲和艾琳·諾德格林于2004年10月5日在加勒比海島國巴巴多斯結(jié)婚。2009年11月28日伍茲的一次車禍，在短短的幾周內(nèi)，引出了多達(dá)十幾位的情人隊伍，輿論嘩然。

2014年10月1日，泰格·伍茲宣布會在佛羅里達(dá)開辦一家餐廳，餐廳名為：朱庇特伍茲：體育餐飲俱樂部(WoodsJupiter: Sports and Dining Club)。

Tiger Woods is one of the most successful golfers ever. He has the potential to be the greatest of all time. He has been number one in the world for most of the past decade and looks like hanging on to that position for a while to come. His real name is Eldrick; Tiger is a nickname his father gave him.

Tiger shot to fame as a two-year-old. He showed off his skills on television in 1978 withcomedian Bob Hope. In 1990, aged 15, he became the youngest ever U.S. JuniorAmateur Champion. There were dozens of records and victories in between. In 1994, Woods became the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Amateur Championship. He turned professional two years later.

Sports experts predict he will become sports first billionaire. He cannot stop winning. He has the second highest number of major golf championships of any male player, and he’s still young. His career is full of impressive records. He’s the youngest player to win the US Open and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments. It seems likely he’ll break more records.

Woods is a Buddhist. He got his faith from his Thai mother. He said it helps control hisstubbornness and impatience. It perhaps also explains his charity work. He has set up many projects to help disadvantaged youngsters. He believes being a good role model is much more important than golf and has helped thousands of teenagers around the world.