Wimbledon Line Judge（在线收听）

　　BBC Learning EnglishWeekenderWimbledon Line JudgeCallum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender.
　　This weekend, as well asthe World Cup football there is another big sporting eventthat I'll be watching, and that's Wimbledon. Wimbledon isone of the four major tennis competitions in the year andis played on the grass of the south London All England LawnTennis Club.
　　The main court at Wimbledon is known as Centre Court andover the years players such as Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe,Martina Navratilova and Venus Williams have played and wonthere.
　　But it's not just the players that get to work on theCentre Court, there is also the umpire, who controls thematch and keeps the score, and the line judges. The linejudges are there to watch to see if balls land out of thecourt. They make important decisions which sometimes makethe players very angry but they don't get paid for this –they are volunteers.
　　Veronica Mwondela is one of these volunteers. We caughtup with her on the Centre Court to find out more aboutwhat's involved in being a line judge or lines' person.
　　First we asked her why she wanted to do the job.
　　VERONICAWhy did I want to become a lines' person? Well simplybecause I love tennis and I used to play a lot of tenniswhen I was younger. I quickly realised that I was nevergoing to make the grade to play on Centre Court and so Ithought the only way to get to Centre Court is to be alines person and I have got on Centre CourtCallum: Veronica used to play tennis but she said that shewas never going to make the grade. To make the grade. Thisexpression means to be good enough to do somethingsuccessfully. She realised that she wasn't good enough tobe a top professional player but could still get to centrecourt by being a line judge.
　　Veronica has made it to centre court as a line judge,officiating at a quarter- final on Centre Court. So apartfrom having good eyesight and knowing the laws of the gamewhat qualities do you think it takes to be a line umpire?
　　VERONICAThe qualities that you need as a line umpire, you need tohold your nerve, sometimes it can be intimidatingespecially when a player is unhappy with your call and youneed to be confident about your call so you need to have aloud confident voice and if a player is unhappy youneed to hold your nerve. So it's all about confidencereally.
　　Callum: Being a line umpire is all about confidenceVeronica says. You have to have a loud confident voice, beconfident about your call and importantly, you also have to'hold your nerve'. To hold your nerve – to be strong andnot change your mind if a player disagrees with your call.
　　It can be intimidating at times, she says, you can feel alot of pressure – but you have to hold your nerve.
　　Walking out on to the centre court a Wimbledon is anexperience not many of us have had or are likely to have –so what's it like? How does if feel?
　　VERONICAYou know when you walk out on to centre court and thepeople begin to clap and you're waiting for the players tocome and that feeling you can never get used to it. CentreCourt Wimbledon is really special and every time you walkout on court it feels like a special time, I don't thinkI'll ever tire of walking out on to Centre Court. You dofeel nervous and you feel the excitement, you feel a littletension. It's only when the first ball is hit that youbegin to sortof get into it and also when you make your fist call,especially if it's a fault or out call because you've gotyour voice out there and then you get into the match.
　　Callum: Veronica describes it as a very special feeling,one she will never tire of, she'll never get bored of it –it's very special. There are nerves and excitement but oncethe first ball is hit and particularly once you've madeyour first call – when you shout that the ball was out ora the service was a fault, that's when you begin to 'getinto it', to feel involved and more relaxed.
　　Of course sometimes the players argue with the line judgeswhen they think they have made a mistake. Has Veronica evermade a mistake? This is what she said when we asked her.
　　VERONICA(Laughs) Of course I have, but I won't tell you which ones!
　　Callum: That's all from this edition of Weekender, I'm offhome now to watch some tennis.
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