皇马超级巨星C罗第四度捧得金球奖

 　　Cristiano Ronaldo has been named winner of the Ballon d'Or by France Football magazine for a fourth time last Monday.

　　上周一，皇家马德里队球星克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多第四次成为《法国足球》杂志主办的金球奖的得主。

　　The Real Madrid star beat out arch-rival Lionel Messi of Barcelona for the coveted¹ award, as well as the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

　　这位皇马球星击败了劲敌、巴塞罗那球星莱昂内尔·梅西及安东尼·格列兹曼、路易斯·苏亚雷斯、内马尔等人，获得了这一备受瞩目的奖项。

　　Absent from last Monday evening's ceremony in Paris, Ronaldo, who's currently on Club World Cup duty with Real in Japan, made his acceptance speech through a pre-recorded footage.

　　由于目前正跟随皇马在日本参加世界俱乐部杯比赛，C罗未能出席上周一晚在巴黎举行的颁奖仪式，而是通过事先录好的视频发表了他的获奖感言。

　　皇马超级巨星C罗第四度捧得金球奖

　　"For me it's a great honor to receive my fourth golden ball," said the Portugal striker. "The emotion is like for the first one, it's a dream come true again. I never thought in my mind to win four times. I'm so happy. I take the opportunity to thank all my teammates, from the national team and for Real Madrid," said Ronaldo.

　　这位葡萄牙前锋称："第四次捧得金球奖奖杯对我来说是一项巨大的荣誉。"他还表示："我的心情和首次获奖时一样，梦想再次成真。我从未想过能四度获奖，我太高兴了。借此机会我也要向国家队和皇马的所有队友表达谢意。"

　　The 31-year-old has scored a total of 102 goals in 110 appearances for club and country throughout the year, helping² Real win the Champions League in May and Portugal triumph over hosts France for Euro 2016 in July.

　　现年31岁的C罗今年共计出场110次，共为俱乐部和国家队踢入102球。5月他助皇马赢得冠军杯，7月率领葡萄牙队击败东道主法国队问鼎2016年欧洲杯桂冠。

　　The Real superstar first won the award in 2008 after Premier³ League and Champions League triumphs with Manchester United, but it's not until 2013 when he added his second.

　　这位超级巨星第一次获得该奖项是在2008年，当时他率领曼联队获得了英超和欧冠联赛的冠军。不过直到2013年，他才第二次获得该奖项。

1 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。