2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistan Shocked Over News National Cricket Coa

By Benjamin Sand
Islamabad
23 March 2007

Pakistani cricket fans are reacting with outrage² over news that the country's cricket coach was murdered shortly after the team's surprising loss in the World Cup. From Islamabad, VOA correspondent Benjamin Sand reports.

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Bob Woolmer is seen during team practice at St. Mary's College Grounds in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, in this 5 Mar 2007 file photo

It is news people here feared. Jamaican police announced that Pakistan cricket Coach Bob Woolmer's death last Sunday is being treated as a murder case.

"The pathologist's report states that Mr. Woolmer's death was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation,"  a spokesman said.

The 58-year-old Englishman was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital several hours later.

His death occurred just one day after Pakistan's defeat to Ireland in the Cricket World Cup, which is being held in Jamaica. The loss was the latest in a series of setbacks for the country's revered³ cricket team.

In August, the team captain was accused of ball tampering⁴ during a game in England, causing the team to forfeit⁵ its match.

And then some of Pakistan's top players were caught up in a doping scandal and accused of using illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

For cricket fans such as Navid Mansoor in Islamabad, the news about Woolmer is nearly too much to bear.

"It's shameful⁶ for us, for Pakistanis, and everybody is sincerely very sad about Bob Woolmer." said Mansoor.

Jamaican police interviewed the Pakistani players Thursday and fingerprinted⁷ each one before clearing the team for travel outside the country.

Jamaican authorities say there was no sign of forced entry into Woolmer's room, suggesting he may have known his killer⁸.

Nasim Ashraf, who will be resigning his position as head of Pakistan's Cricket Board, told reporters Friday no one on the team is a suspect in the case. He said the group would be flying home on Saturday.

 

The murder investigation⁹ has triggered a firestorm of wild speculation¹⁰ in Pakistan.

Woolmer's death is front-page news here and every possible lead and suspect are being debated by Pakistan's diehard cricket fans.

Many doubt Woolmer was murdered and insist he either killed himself or suffered a heart attack after Pakistan's upset loss to Ireland.

Others think he may have been killed before he could name names in a possible expose about match fixing in professional cricket.

But everyone here seems to agree at least that Woolmer's death is a tremendous loss for the national team.

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

3 revered   

v.崇敬，尊崇，敬畏( revere的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• A number of institutions revered and respected in earlier times have become Aunt Sally for the present generation. 一些早年受到尊崇的惯例，现在已经成了这代人嘲弄的对象了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Chinese revered corn as a gift from heaven. 中国人将谷物奉为上天的恩赐。 来自辞典例句

4 tampering   

v.窜改( tamper的现在分词 )；篡改；（用不正当手段）影响；瞎摆弄

参考例句：

• Two policemen were accused of tampering with the evidence. 有两名警察被控篡改证据。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• As Harry London had forecast, Brookside's D-day caught many meter-tampering offenders. 正如哈里·伦敦预见到的那样，布鲁克赛德的D日行动抓住了不少非法改装仪表的人。 来自辞典例句

5 forfeit   

vt.丧失；n.罚金，罚款，没收物

参考例句：

• If you continue to tell lies,you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.你如果继续撒谎，就会失掉大家对你的好感。
• Please pay for the forfeit before you borrow book.在你借书之前请先付清罚款。

6 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

7 fingerprinted   

v.指纹( fingerprint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The criminal was fingerprinted in the sheriff's office. 罪犯在警长办公室里被取下指纹。 来自辞典例句
• They were then taken to be photographed and fingerprinted. 然后，他们被带去照相、留指纹。 来自互联网

8 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。