Ronaldo retires from soccer

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- In a tearful announcement（公告,宣告）, Corinthians star striker Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima, or simply Ronaldo, revealed his decision on Monday to retire as a professional soccer player.
    Surrounded by his children, the athlete declared that his heart wants to continue, but his body is unable to proceed. The 34-year- old's statement came suddenly and without warning. His decision comes only two days after teammate and friend Roberto Carlos opted¹ to leave Corinthians based on death threats from Corinthians' fans and fear for his family's safety.
    Ronaldo was expected to play the entire 2011 season with the hopes of continuing in 2012 and the chance of playing in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Ronaldo claimed that he suffers from hyperthyroidism, a disease that leads to constant body pain, weight gain, depression and tiredness.
    Unable to recover quickly from injuries due to his diagnosis² and the lack of bodily hormones³ to combat the symptoms(症状), the athlete declared that he needed to take additional hormones, but was prohibited due to drug regulations.
    The athlete openly stated that he holds no hatred⁴ towards his critics who did not know about his diagnosis. He added that he hopes his critics will be more careful in the future when judging the performance of other athletes, taking into consideration their heath conditions, family, issues of security and lifestyle.
    Ronaldo described that he "lost his career to his body." Before causing more damage than already accumulated, the athlete claimed that he cannot go up a flight of stairs without feeling pain and added that in his apartment building, there is no elevator.
    Both Corinthians and Ronaldo have loosely planned for a farewell in June or July. After his professional career, Ronaldo plans on expanding future career as an agent and previously⁵ expressed his interest in representing Brazilian talent such as 19- year-old Neymar.
    Regarding the recent failure that was Corinthians participation⁷ in the preliminary round of the 2011 Libertadores Cup, Ronaldo asked for the fans forgiveness and comprehension. The team's elimination⁸ and resultant fan hostility⁹ is what cumulated in Roberto Carlos' departure and certainly facilitated Ronaldo's early retirement¹⁰.
    Ronaldo began his professional career in 1993 with Brazil's Cruzeiro. Leaving Brazil, the athlete then played for PSV Eindhoven, followed by Barcelona, Inter⁶ Milan, Real Madrid and then returning to Brazil to play for Corinthians.
    During his time with the above mentioned teams, the athlete scored 264 goals. With the Brazilain national team, Ronaldo scored 62 goals and remains¹¹ the leading scorer during World Cup competition, scoring a record 15 goals.
    After his goodbye, the coaching staff and members of the Corinthians team applauded the striker and one-by-one hugged the athlete in his last day as a professional soccer player. Ronaldo closed his discourse¹² by stating that he will be available for any future administrative¹³ projects that Corinthians has to offer.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

2 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

3 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

4 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

5 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

6 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。

7 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

8 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

9 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

10 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

11 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

12 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

13 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。