CRISTIANO RONALDO:RISE TO 1）PROMINENCE

⊙ By Guillem Balague

翻译：BillyBudd

2017年国际足联颁奖盛典隆重召开，克·罗纳尔多（C罗）众望所归，荣获年度世界足球先生奖项，这已是他第二年蝉联该奖，也是他第五次被评为世界足球先生。如今，无人不艳羡他名利双收，但没有谁的财富是从天上掉下来的，克·罗纳尔多也是经历了一番辛苦播种，才获得了今日成果——他年少离家，一个人在异乡咬牙训练。这世上有天赋的人并不少，但只有在一路艰苦中坚持下来的人，才会找到出头天。

On the 12th of

August, 2003, Manchester United

2）signed a3）relatively4）unknown18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo for just over £12 million.Ronaldo was going to become one of the best players the game has ever seen. But his rise to prominence was far from easy.

In 1996, having been offered a trial by Sporting Lisbon, Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in the Portuguese capital with a chance to achieve his dreams. It was a5）dauntingtask for an 11-year-old, he would have to grow up quickly. Having signed with Sporting,Ronaldo would now have to adapt to life away from home.

Cristiano:My parents…to leave a kid with[sic] 11 is a big thing. I cried every day to [sic]miss my family. My father said, “If this is what you want. Go try and let’s see what’s gonna happen.” It’s very difficult, you know.Leonel Pontes（Ex-Coach）: He never showed us his problems. He was a strong kid, because he wanted to play football, he wanted to train, he wanted to practice. And he…he spoke everyday with his mother,and his mother spoke with me. And we…we tried to speak with him, to show him the way, to show him that…life is not easy sometimes, and we must make

the effort every

days [sic] to…to change and

to…to focus in [sic] what we want. And

1） prominence ['prɒmɪnəns] n. 著名，卓越

2） sign [saɪn] v. 签约

3） relatively ['relətɪvlɪ] adv. 相对地

4） unknown [ˌʌn'nəʊn] adj. 默默无闻的，不为人知的

5） daunting ['dɔːntɪŋ] adj. 使人畏缩的

6） jealous ['dʒeləs] adj. 嫉妒的sometimes he cried, not in front of us, but his mother said a lot of time [sic], “He’s crying, he’s crying.” I’m…I’m not seeing

听力难度葡式发音 适合泛听语速：130词/分钟that, I never see that.

José Semedo（Friend）: The boy from Madeira,the first training he did, we never see something like this before. He was so much better than everybody. So, so much better. It was impossible to be6）jealous of him, because you are jealous, he keeps7）scoring three goals. He don’t [sic] want to lose. He wants to win.

Cristiano: Winning—that’s the most important to me. It’s as simple as that. I always say it doesn’t matter if you play good or if you play bad. Most important is to win. The people memorize in 10 years or in 20 years who wins.

7） score [skɔː（r）] v. （比赛中）得分，进球

8） Armani 阿玛尼，世界知名奢侈品牌，1975年由时尚设计大师乔治·阿玛尼（Giorgio Armani）创立于意大利米兰，他以使用新型面料及优良的制作而闻名。

9） sacrifice ['sækrɪfaɪs] v. 舍弃，牺牲

10） dedication [ˌdedɪ'keɪʃn] n. 献身，奉献

Leonel:I think the personality of him changed everything and showed the difference between him and the others. He liked to play,he had a passion to…to work. And I think it’s the difference, because some players live with some skills but don’t work hard to improve,because they had…they think that it’s…it’s enough, and for Ronaldo, it’s not enough.

Cristiano: We suffer. People now thinking that, “Ah, they have8）Armani,they have cars,they have everything.” But they didn’t know that we suffered to achieve that. I have what I have now because I am [sic]9）sacrificeda lot,10）dedication,hard work all the time,and belief.

Carlos Freitas（Ex-Director of Football）: At that time, he lived near the stadium with the other boys coming out of Lisbon. And during the night, he was going to the gym, training alone, and the security people have to say to him, “Listen, go to sleep.” He had an aim,he had a focus—to be the best in the world since he was a kid. He was totally different from the other boys, because he can decide a game alone.

Cristiano: Football is so fast and the things are coming so fast that people don’t think about the present. Present is the most important in everything in the [sic] life. Future’s gonna come. Present? It’s now. Let’s enjoy now. For me, every year, it’s a new challenge. I don’t care if last year I scored 100 goals. This year, I have to be the same.

◆ Manchester United 曼联：位于英国英格

兰曼彻斯特郡的曼彻斯特市，现为英格兰足球超级联赛俱乐部。曼联是英格兰足球史上最为成功的俱乐部之一，也是欧洲乃至世界最具影响力、最成功的球队之一，队内明星辈出，如大卫·贝克汉姆（David Beckham）、瑞恩·吉格斯（Ryan Giggs）、加里·内维尔（Gary Neville）等。

◆ Sporting Lisbon 里斯本竞技：也称葡萄牙体育俱乐部，但由于历史原因，在葡萄牙之外，人们习惯称其为“里斯本竞技”。里斯本竞技位于葡萄牙首都里斯本，拥有葡萄牙乃至欧洲最优秀的青少年训练体系，培养了包括菲戈（Luís Figo）及克·罗纳尔多等优秀球星。

作文素材常积累：克·罗纳尔多——There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world’s best player. It’s all about trying to be the best. 克·罗纳尔多出生在葡萄牙的马德拉岛。要成为一名职业球员，代价并不低。他早早地离开了父母的庇护，独自一人前往繁华首都接受训练；幸而他一贯专注，既然选择了上路，目的地就该定在最高的山峰。光做梦有什么意思，重要的是要朝着最高峰踏踏实实地努力。

It was impossible to be jealous of him, because you are jealous, he keeps scoring three goals.

“继续做某事”可以用keep doing sth.来表达，而keep on doing sth.也有同样的意思。但两者的意义存在些微不同：keep doing sth.强调动作的连续不断，一般不与表示瞬间动作的动词（如buy、die、come等）连用；而keep on doing sth.强调反复性和决心，既可接瞬间性动词（表示反复），又可接延续性动词（如know、walk、read等）。如：

● We must keep going forward. （我们必须不断前进。）

● Mr. Wang kept on explaining until the students understood. （王老师反复解释，直到学生们听懂了为止。）

参考译文

2003年8月12日，曼联以略微超过1200万英镑的价格签下了当时还没什么名气的克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多。那年，他18岁。罗纳尔多即将成为足球史上的最佳球员之一，但他的崛起之路远非坦途。

1996年，里斯本竞技给了罗纳尔多一次考验的机会。他来到葡萄牙首都，有了一个实现梦想的机会。这对一个11岁的孩子来说是一次严峻的考验，他必须快速地成长起来。在与里斯本竞技签约后，罗纳尔多接下来得适应远离家人的生活。

克里斯蒂亚诺：我父母……与一个才11岁的孩子分开是件大事。因为想家，我每天都会哭。当时我父亲说：“如果这就是你想要的。去试试吧，让我们拭目以待。”这非常困难，你也知道。

莱昂内尔·庞特斯（前教练）：他从不向我们吐露他的苦恼，他是个很坚强的孩子，因为他想踢足球，他想训练，他想练习。他每天都会跟他母亲通话，他母亲又会跟我通话。我们试着跟他沟通，告诉他该怎么做，告诉他生活有时候并不容易，我们必须每天都作出努力，去改变，专注我们的梦想。有时候他会哭，虽然并不会在我们面前那么做，但他母亲跟我说过很多次：“他哭了，他哭了。”我没见到，我从来没见过他哭。

何塞·塞梅多（好友）：那个来自马德拉的男孩，他第一次训练时的表现——我们从未见过那样的表现。他比其他人出色太多了，非常非常出色。你根本不可能嫉妒他，因为在你忙着嫉妒他时，他又踢进三颗球了。他不想输球，他只想赢。

克里斯蒂亚诺：获胜——那是对我而言最重要的事，就这么简单。我总说，不管你踢得是好是坏，最重要的是要赢球。因为在10年、20年后，人们只会记得谁是赢家。

莱昂内尔：我认为是他的性格改变了一切，让他脱颖而出。他热爱踢球，对练球充满激情。我认为这就是不同点，因为一些技巧不错的球员并不会努力提高，因为他们有……他们觉得那就够了，但对罗纳尔多来说，这还不够。

克里斯蒂亚诺：我们也曾经历苦痛。人们现在会想：“啊，他们穿阿玛尼，他们有车，他们什么都有了。”但他们不知道的是，我们也是经历了种种痛苦之后，才有现在这些成就。我之所以能拥有如今这一切，是因为我牺牲了很多，奉献精神，时刻努力，以及有坚定的信念。

卡洛斯·弗雷塔斯（前足球部主任）：那时候，他跟其他来自里斯本的男孩们就住在体育场附近。晚上的时候，他会前往体育馆独自练习。保安不得不过去喊他：“听着，快回去睡觉。”他从小就定下了目标，重点明确——他要成为世界上最厉害的球员。他跟其他男孩完全不一样，因为他可以凭一己之力决定一场球赛的胜负。

克里斯蒂亚诺：足球的节奏太快了，一切都来得太快，人们不会想着当下。但当下才是人生中最为重要的，未来终将到来。当下？就是现在。让我们享受现在吧。对我来说，每一年都是新的挑战，即使我去年进了100颗球我也不在乎。今年，我同样要做到。