英伦广角 2013-12-07 英超再现足球流氓 球迷向边裁扔烟花致其受伤

 It is an illegal continental¹ football craze that has been catching² on at English grounds all too quickly. And the authorities have had enough. This incident happened at Aston Villa’s home game against Tottenham at the end of October. An assistant referee³ struck on the neck by a flare⁴. Those who use pyrotechnics at matches often describe them as harmless fun. No so, says one mother whose 8-year-old son was hit and burnt by a smoke bomb before last season’s Merseyside derby at Anfield. 

 

My husband took him to be treated by St. John’s ambulance and brought him to his seat, but he was too shaken to stay, he left before the game started. 

 

The use of flares⁵ at games is commonplace in Europe, and it’s a growing trend in English football. In 2010-2011, there were 8 incidents in the hall of the top 4 divisions, the football conference and the domestic cup competitions. The following year, it rose to 72, last year it jumped farther to 172. And last season there were 71 arrests for possession of flares, a rise of 154%.

 

Fans were getting a bit fed up of it, fans were saying look, we thought this was a laugh first, but you know, it isn’t, we’re worried about it, we don’t want them near us, we certainly don’t wanna bring our kids to matches, and that’s a big concern, and people understand they don’t wanna bring their children to a match, they think there’s gonna be flares or smoke bombs going off near them, people are really affected⁶ by the smoke, people often just can’t see the game. And that gets really irritating for people. 

 

Researchers found that children as young as 8 have been caught smuggling⁷ flares on behalf of adults. 

 

Well, this new campaign has the backing of the premier⁸ league, the football league and the football association, and its message could not be any more simple—by all means, come and support your team, but if you even try to get any kind of pyrotechnic into a ground, you will be arrested. 

 

Some clubs are already using specially⁹ trained dogs to catch the culprits before they get inside the ground, like here at Manchester United’s recent clash against arsenal¹⁰. A trainer posing as a fan is picked out for an extra search because the dog has detected the scent¹¹ of the firework.

 

Andy Brady, Sky News.

1 continental   

adj.大陆的，大陆性的，欧洲大陆的

参考例句：

• A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
• The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。

2 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

3 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

4 flare   

v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发

参考例句：

• The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
• You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。

5 flares   

n.喇叭裤v.（使）闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 )；（使）（船舷）外倾；（使）鼻孔张大；（使）（衣裙、酒杯等）呈喇叭形展开

参考例句：

• The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

8 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。

9 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

10 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

11 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。