2007年VOA标准英语-Bears, Colts, Make Final Preparations For NFL C

By David Byrd
Miami
03 February 2007

The Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts are making their final preparations for Sunday's National Football League Super Bowl game in Miami. As VOA's David Byrd reports, part of that preparation includes dealing¹ with something neither team wants to think about, the possibility of losing.

Several players on the Chicago Bears team have Super Bowl experience, including backup quarterback Brian Griese and wide receiver Mushin Muhammad. The difference between the two men? Griese won a Super Bowl ring with Denver, while Muhammad was on a losing team - the Carolina Panthers - in Super Bowl 38.

Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith addresses the media ahead of his team's Super Bowl matchup with the Indianapolis Colts

Bears Coach Lovie Smith said that he knows the pain of losing in the championship game, and, he says, it is a pain he hopes his players will not have to experience. "You know, I am one of them also, that has been on the losing side. And it leaves scars² forever. You know, Fred Miller³ and Brian Griese both have championship rings. So, we have had a chance to show that ring to them (the team), as much as anything to let them get a look at what it means when you win it all," he said.

Part of the Bears' preparations has involved repetition⁴ of a single word - FINISH. Signs with the word, FINISH have been posted around the Bears' hotel and practice areas. Players received cards in their hotel rooms with the word FINISH on it. It has been 21 years since the Bears won a Super Bowl.

The Colts last won the NFL Championship in the 1970s. Colts' coach Tony Dungy says that his team is treating Sunday's contest like just another football game. "If we don't win the ballgame, I will be extremely disappointed," he said. "I will be happy for (Bears' Coach) Lovie Smith, probably happier for him than for anyone I would play against. But it really does not change. We are focused in and dialed in, and our responsibility is to our organization, to the state of Indiana and to our team. And that's our focus, and it is no different than any other game."

Coach Dungy and Coach Smith have had different approaches to motivating their teams. Smith, last year's Coach of the Year, said he has been brainstorming⁵ his pre-game speech for about a year now. Dungy brought in two-time Indianapolis-500 winning driver Helio Castroneves of Brazil to speak to the Colts. Castroneves, a Miami resident⁶, spoke⁷ to the Colts after practice earlier this week. The Super Bowl is Sunday at Miami's Dolphin Stadium (starting at 2325 UTC).

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 scars   

n.伤痕( scar的名词复数 )；精神上的创伤；有损外观的地方；裸岩

参考例句：

• Slowly the war scars faded. 战争的创伤慢慢地消失了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• I've got scars from head to toe in tribute to my courage. 为了嘉奖我的胆量，我得到浑身的伤疤。 来自辞典例句

3 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

4 repetition   

n.重复；反复

参考例句：

• The perfomance improved with each repetition.演出每演一场都有改进。
• This degree of repetition is not found in any known language.这种重复程度在任何已知语言中都不曾出现。

5 brainstorming   

献计献策,合力攻关

参考例句：

• With Brainstorming, treat the view on how to solve the problem rightly. 利用脑激励法(Brainstorming)，正确对待学生实验中的问题解决观。
• We are going to do some brainstorming soon. 我们很快就要做些脑力激荡。

6 resident   

a.居住的，居留的；住校的，住院的

参考例句：

• I've been resident in this place for five years. 我已经在这个地方住了五年。
• They engaged a resident tutor. 他们聘用了一名住家的家庭教师。

7 spoke   

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。