万花筒 2012-10-24&10-27 环法传奇丢七冠遭终身禁赛 阿姆斯特朗名誉扫地

 Some breaking news now on Lance Armstrong. The global governing body of cycling has just announced moments ago: it will ban on Armstrong for life and strip him of his 7 tour titles. ABC's Neil Collins join us now from Seattle with the very latest on this breaking news. Neil.

Amy. That's right. This is it. The UCI: cycling's governing body, that press conference going on in Switzerland right now officially stripping Armstrong,banning him for life saying,quote 'there is no place in cycling for Lance Armstrong'. This was the final hurdle¹ and it's now really and officially epic² downfall: Lance Armstrong turning into a virtual outcast in just a matter of days.

In what look at times more like a goodbye party than a celebration, Lance Armstrong made two appearances at Livestrong's 15th anniversary this weekend. But he didn't concede much. 

People ask me a lot: how you doing? And I tell them so: I have been better, but I have also been worse.

As his reputations, sponsorships and influence have fallen off a cliff, the silence surrounding his message over the years has begun to crack. A former competitor testified in his deposition³ that Armstrong bribed⁴ him to throw a race with some million-dollar price.

-What was the offer?

-My memory if it is right,I think was 50,000 dollars.

-Is it fair to say that you are offered money to not challenge Mr Armstrong to allow him to win?

-That's correct.

Armstrong, won that race. Former Sports Illustrated⁵ reporter Salina Robert tells us a story we heard repeatedly. Whenever a doping question was raised, it was met with threats and intimidation⁶.

'I don't think that there is a really, any politician or celebrity⁷ or athlete who has really put together the machinery⁸ to, you know, suppress reporting about them like Armstrong has.'

Former Bicycling Magazine editor in chief Steven Medin writes in a blog: Armstrong exerted a Corleone-like influence in the cycling industry; he can make an advertiser disappear from our pages. Robert says Armstrong and his people try to turn her into a villain⁹ with her bosses and smear¹⁰ her reputation personally when they heard she was investigating doping allegations. And she says Livestrong was never far from the surface, something others had referred to as his cancer shield .

'You are confronted with the sort of perception that you are not pro-Lance, then certainly you are pro-cancer.'

A pile of multi-billion-dollar lawsuits¹¹ are coming next. At the end, he'll also likely have to return millions more in prize money. The trouble just keeps on coming for Lance. Amy.

Yeah. So many new allegations. Neil Collinski. Thank you so much.

1 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

2 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

3 deposition   

n.免职，罢官；作证；沉淀；沉淀物

参考例句：

• It was this issue which led to the deposition of the king.正是这件事导致了国王被废黜。
• This leads to calcium deposition in the blood-vessels.这导致钙在血管中沉积。

4 bribed   

v.贿赂( bribe的过去式和过去分词 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• They bribed him with costly presents. 他们用贵重的礼物贿赂他。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He bribed himself onto the committee. 他暗通关节，钻营投机挤进了委员会。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 illustrated   

adj. 有插图的，列举的 动词illustrate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition. 他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
• The manufacturing Methods: Will be illustrated in the next chapter. 制作方法将在下一章说明。

6 intimidation   

n.恐吓，威胁

参考例句：

• The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
• The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。

7 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

8 machinery   

n.(总称)机械，机器；机构

参考例句：

• Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。

9 villain   

n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因

参考例句：

• He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
• The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

10 smear   

v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
• There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。

11 lawsuits   

n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
• I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句