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PBS高端访谈:尽管美国队输掉了比赛,但世界杯对于美国足球则是一次胜利

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   JUDY WOODRUFF: America's exciting run in the World Cup may be over, but these past two weeks have generated a new level of interest in the future of the U.S. team and in the sport itself.

  Almost 22 million people in the United States watched the match against Belgium yesterday, strong numbers, and particularly so on a work day, higher than the average ratings for the NBA finals or the World Series.
  And, today, there's still plenty of talk about what lies ahead.
  Jeffrey Brown has more.
  JEFFREY BROWN: From sea to shining sea yesterday, Americans embraced the role of soccer nation.
  CROWD: I believe that we will win! I believe that we will win!
  CROWD: I believe that we can win!
  JEFFREY BROWN: Even President Obama joined in the fun, taking in the match with a group of White House staffers.
  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Go, go, go. Whoa, that's a foul1.
  JEFFREY BROWN: The U.S. squad2 forced Belgium into extra time, before falling 2-1, despite the heroics of American goal keeper Tim Howard, who had a World Cup record 16 saves.
  Howard spoke3 this morning on ABC.
  TIM HOWARD, Goalkeeper, U.S. Men's National Soccer Team: Our heads are high because we couldn't have given any more. We played four phenomenal games, and last night everybody — everybody gave everything they had, and sometimes you don't win, but we're proud of ourselves.
  JEFFREY BROWN: Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, speaking just after the match, saw a big upside for American soccer.
  JURGEN KLINSMANN, Head Coach, U.S. Men's National Soccer Team: We now know that we can play eye to eye with the big nations. The teams that we faced here are pretty much everyone's favorites to win the World Cup.
  JEFFREY BROWN: As for the fans, the outcome produced a full spectrum4 of reactions, some serious, some less so.
  MAN: But I feel that we played our hearts out. We did an amazing job. And I look forward to the future. I can't wait. I cannot wait.
  MAN: I'm boycotting5 Belgian waffles, chocolates, Stella Artois.
  MAN: Everything Belgian is boycotted6 in Brooklyn.
  JEFFREY BROWN: The U.S. Soccer Federation7 praised the fans in a message to more than one million Twitter followers8. It read: "Thank you for your support, passion and pride the whole World Cup."
  In the meantime, the competition continues Friday with two matches featuring World Cup powers: Germany v.s. France and Colombia against host nation Brazil.
  And with me now is a woman who knows something about goalkeeping and World Cup madness. Briana Scurry9 tended goal for the 1999 American team that won the women's World Cup after she made a crucial save. She's also a two-time gold medal winner in the Olympics as part of the U.S. team. She retired10 in 2010 after an illustrious career, but also after suffering a severe head injury.
  And welcome to you.
  BRIANA SCURRY, Former Goalkeeper, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team: Thanks for having me.
  JEFFREY BROWN: I had to laugh.
  Tim Howard told an interviewer, with so many shots coming at him, he said, it began to feel like the clock was broken.
  (LAUGHTER)
  JEFFREY BROWN: Do you know the feeling?
  BRIANA SCURRY: Yes. I'm sure his minutes seemed like an eternity11.
  Tim had a fantastic game yesterday. You couldn't have asked more from him. And being a goalkeeper myself, I understand what it feels like, can we get to the end of the game already, because you're playing a great game, which he did do, and he just wanted his team to be able to move forward in the tournament. Unfortunately, they weren't able to do that.
  JEFFREY BROWN: I'm sure this is different for everyone, but I wonder your experience, in watching him — when you're in goal like that and the shots just keep coming…
  BRIANA SCURRY: Right.
  JEFFREY BROWN: … are you thinking, oh, my goodness, it's one of those days, they just won't stop, or are you just laser-focused, like, you're not even aware of how many shots you have saved?
  BRIANA SCURRY: Well, it was interesting, because Belgium was coming at him wave after wave after wave.
  But in watching the game, watching how Tim's positioning was, he was dialed in. He was a warrior12.
  JEFFREY BROWN: When you say positioning, explain what you mean.
  BRIANA SCURRY: OK. By positioning, I mean his angle in the goal as compared to where the person is with the ball.
  And so, as you saw, most of the time, you couldn't get the ball past him because his angle play was so spectacular. And that's because he was focused on this game, and he knew that he might have to take the weight of the team on his shoulders. And at this point in the tournament, when it's round-robin, it's one thing, but when it's the knockout phase, sometimes, a goalkeeper can carry team through a situation.
  And he definitely did that yesterday.
  JEFFREY BROWN: And that's the key to goaltending, is the positioning?
  BRIANA SCURRY: It is. It's always been the key. The positioning…
  JEFFREY BROWN: It's always about the angles?
  BRIANA SCURRY: Yes. It doesn't necessarily matter how it looks, just as long as it's effective. And he was definitely more than effective yesterday.
  JEFFREY BROWN: Well, so it was a loss, but it's being seen as a great — this whole experience is being seen as great victory for American soccer. Now, what has to happen to maintain that, you know, to make it more than just a once-every-four-years experience?
  BRIANA SCURRY: Right.
  This World Cup was one of the first that had social media just all over it. And I think that was the one thing that got people more involved, feeling like they were part of team USA, was the social media. The players were very blue-collar, very American, very much roll up your sleeves and get it done.
  They may not have been the best team on the pitch, but they sure worked hard. And I think a lot of Americans could relate to that. And so I think now, moving forward, we have got a new fan base bubbling up. And so now U.S. soccer and all its entities13 need to take that momentum14 forward and grow the game.
  JEFFREY BROWN: And that can happen through the professional game here, through young people? You think that can be maintained?
  BRIANA SCURRY: I definitely think it can be maintained. We have got a great momentum right now. If anything in soccer works, it works for everybody, so whether it's the men's team doing well or the women's team doing well.
  And this event really put soccer into the mainstream15. And so we need to grab on to that momentum and keep going forward with it.
  JEFFREY BROWN: All right, now, even while celebrating what's happened, you're also trying to raise awareness16 of a problem in this sport, which is head injuries, not just for this sport, but, as we have discussed on this program, for many sports.
  BRIANA SCURRY: Yes.
  JEFFREY BROWN: And it's something you experienced firsthand. First, how big a problem is it for the sport? What should people know?
  BRIANA SCURRY: Well, what people should know is that concussion17 in female soccer is the second highest rate of concussions18.
  So it's alarming. It's alarming. Our youth players, females in particular, are having more concussions reported than just about any other sport. And now, with the World Cup being as successful as it's been there, there are going to be more kids playing. So, actually, youth safety with concussions is even more important now than before, because you're going to have more youth wanting to play, and we need to keep our kids safe.
  JEFFREY BROWN: Your own experience came in 2010. Right? It wasn't what we think of — the headers is where we think probably a lot of concussions, head-to-head injuries.
  BRIANA SCURRY: Right.
  JEFFREY BROWN: Yours was a — what, a knee to your head?
  BRIANA SCURRY: Right.
  I was playing goal for my team, the Washington Freedom. We were playing Philadelphia. And I was coming out for a routine low ball, bending over to pick it up. And their forward came in and tried to get in front of me and she ended up crashing her knee into the right side of my head.
  And, unfortunately, with concussions, it's oftentimes not head to ball. It's head to head, head to knee, head to post, these kinds of things, where the side impacts are the worst impacts. And, unfortunately, in April, that's what happened to me, 2010. And it changed my life. And it hasn't been the same since.
  JEFFREY BROWN: How much awareness of it is there even to this day? In the World Cup, there was at least one incident that got a lot of attention. A player from Uruguay was knocked cold. And then he came back and played.
  BRIANA SCURRY: Right. Yes. That was unfortunate a situation.
  FIFA didn't handle that properly. That Uruguayan player was knocked out for at least, like you said, 10 to 15 minutes, and they actually let him decide whether or not he should continue play. At that point, you want to take that decision out of the player's hands.
  And clear to the medical staff and the officials, it should have been, at least, in my opinion, that that player should have been done for the rest of that game, because there is no reason to risk it.
  JEFFREY BROWN: So when that happens, how — well, how did it change your life?
  BRIANA SCURRY: I have many different symptoms that I suffer through, and I continue to deal with.
  One was really very difficult headaches, intense headaches. I have balance issues. I had problems with memory, concentration, learning, retrieving19 information. I had a basket of symptoms. And it took me three years to even get to the right doctor to be able to diagnose what I had going on and to be able to get me on the road to recovery.
  JEFFREY BROWN: Let me ask you briefly20, for now, because we will continue our conversation online, but what do you think should be done? Is it an equipment problem? Is it stopping headers, for example? Is it a training issue? What should be done?
  BRIANA SCURRY: The solution with concussion awareness is multifaceted.
  There are things that can be done on the prevention side. One of those things that I am in favor of is not teaching kids how to head until they're 13, 14 years old. There is no need for an 8-year-old to be heading the ball.
  We know that is true. And then, after the concussion happens, knowing what to look for as a player, as a coach, as a parent, understanding the differences in your child, in your player。

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1 foul Sfnzy     
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
参考例句:
  • Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
  • What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
2 squad 4G1zq     
n.班,小队,小团体;vt.把…编成班或小组
参考例句:
  • The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
  • A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。
3 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
4 spectrum Trhy6     
n.谱,光谱,频谱;范围,幅度,系列
参考例句:
  • This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
  • We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成,我们已了解不少。
5 boycotting 57a67b98478553c5793be6a3cf8759e5     
抵制,拒绝参加( boycott的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • They're boycotting the shop because the people there are on strike. 他们抵制那家商店,因为那里的店员在罢工。
  • The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections. 主要反对党都抵制此次选举。
6 boycotted 6c96ed45faa5f8d73cbb35ff299d9ccc     
抵制,拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
  • The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程,要宫路下台。
7 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
参考例句:
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
8 followers 5c342ee9ce1bf07932a1f66af2be7652     
追随者( follower的名词复数 ); 用户; 契据的附面; 从动件
参考例句:
  • the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
  • The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
9 scurry kDkz1     
vi.急匆匆地走;使急赶;催促;n.快步急跑,疾走;仓皇奔跑声;骤雨,骤雪;短距离赛马
参考例句:
  • I jumped on the sofa after I saw a mouse scurry by.看到一只老鼠匆匆路过,我从沙发上跳了起来。
  • There was a great scurry for bargains.大家急忙着去抢购特价品。
10 retired Njhzyv     
adj.隐退的,退休的,退役的
参考例句:
  • The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
  • Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
11 eternity Aiwz7     
n.不朽,来世;永恒,无穷
参考例句:
  • The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
  • Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞,永世相随。
12 warrior YgPww     
n.勇士,武士,斗士
参考例句:
  • The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
  • A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。
13 entities 07214c6750d983a32e0a33da225c4efd     
实体对像; 实体,独立存在体,实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
  • The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。
14 momentum DjZy8     
n.动力,冲力,势头;动量
参考例句:
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
15 mainstream AoCzh9     
n.(思想或行为的)主流;adj.主流的
参考例句:
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
16 awareness 4yWzdW     
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
参考例句:
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
17 concussion 5YDys     
n.脑震荡;震动
参考例句:
  • He was carried off the field with slight concussion.他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场。
  • She suffers from brain concussion.她得了脑震荡。
18 concussions ebee0d61c35c23e20ab8cf62dd87c418     
n.震荡( concussion的名词复数 );脑震荡;冲击;震动
参考例句:
  • People who have concussions often trouble thinking or remembering. 患脑震荡的人通常存在思考和记忆障碍。 来自互联网
  • Concussions also make a person feel very tired or angry. 脑震荡也会使人感觉疲倦或愤怒。 来自互联网
19 retrieving 4eccedb9b112cd8927306f44cb2dd257     
n.检索(过程),取还v.取回( retrieve的现在分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息)
参考例句:
  • Ignoring all, he searches the ground carefully for any cigarette-end worth retrieving. 没管打锣的说了什么,他留神的在地上找,看有没有值得拾起来的烟头儿。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
  • Retrieving the nodules from these great depths is no easy task. 从这样的海底深渊中取回结核可不是容易的事情。 来自辞典例句
20 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地,简短地
参考例句:
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
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