加拿大《环球邮报》（Globe and Mail）中国在场外失望地观看
Disappointment as China watches from sidelines
Shanghai — Expectations were high four years ago when China made its World Cupd_______①in what was heralded as the first of many such finals appearances.
This time, though, China failed to even make it through the group stage of qualifying.（1）The closest the team will get to experiencing the 2006 World Cup is an exhibition match against France two days before the June 9 opener.
（A）______________________________?（问题到底出在哪里呢？）
"The biggest problem is not enough young players," Bora Milutinovic, who coached China at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, said in a telephone interview.
When China qualified for the 2002 World Cup, it seemed to many observers to be another step in a natural proGREssion toward the topr_______②,even after the team bounced out in the group round without scoring a goal in three matches.
（2）Whatever proGREss China was making, however, came to a screeching halt in November 2004, when its qualifying campaign ended after losing to Kuwait on goal difference.
Yet China's problems involve much more than not scoring goals.
China has struggled to expose its players to the game's most competitive level, failing to overcome a lack of strong soccer tradition. Few Chinese players havef_______③experience, while teams in the Chinese Super League — the top flight domestic league — repeatedly have been distracted by chronic mismanagement and match-fixing scandals.
Among many observers, however,（3）the biggest lament is the national association's failure to implement a strong youth program to develop more homegrown talent.That's especially important because most of the heroes of the 2002 campaign, including former Everton midfielder Li Tie and striker Hao Haidong, are in thet_______④of their careers.
"It's not like in the United States where so many people are playing," said Milutinovic, who has led more teams in the World Cup — five — than any other coach. "There should be a million people playing."
（4）China's soccer woes place the country in an odd position given its prowess in other international sports, placing second in the medalt_______⑤at the 2004 Athens Olympics. China is gunning for the top spot when it hosts the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing and is pushing its state-sponsored training program into overdrive.
（B）______________________.（换主教练也不管用。）Milutinovicleft his post after the 2002 tournament, and his replacement, Dutch-born Arie Haan, quit following elimination from this year's tournament.V_______⑥club coach Zhu Guanghu was chosen to pick up the pieces.
China gets its next chance to test its proGREss in exhibition matches against Switzerland on June 3 and France on June 7.
Soccer remains an enormously popular spectator sport in China. The World Cup is dominating sports pages and driving a market for jerseys and other products associated with the tournament.
（5）But if Chinese fans are feeling a little left out, the soccer association says it can't blame them.
"I know lots of fans are feeling bad when they are reading World Cup newsi________⑦to China," national soccer association vice president Zhang Jilong recently said.
Still, many fans are far from giving up.
"China's soccer is still moving forward," said part-time student Ma Zhongping, playing kickabout with a group of friends outside Shanghai's massived________⑧stadium. "We've come so far in a short time in investment, in numbers of professional players, in leagues and tournaments."
And, Ma is quick to point out, China's soccer woes are hardlyu________⑨.
"Even countries with hundreds of years of soccer tradition like Germany, England and Italy have had problems with gambling andc_______⑩,"Ma added.
试一试：
1．根据首字母提示和译文，填入适当单词（注意与原文句子衔接完整）：①made its World Cupd_______（首次参加世界杯）
②toward the topr_______（朝着高水平队伍）
③havef_______experience（有留洋经历）
④in thet_______of their careers（处于他们职业生涯的衰退期）
⑤placing second in the medalt_______（位居金牌榜第二位）
⑥V_______club coach（俱乐部资深教练）
⑦World Cup newsi________to China（与中国无关的世界杯新闻）
⑧massived________stadium（市中心大型体育馆）
⑨hardlyu________（ 在世界上并不少见）
⑩problems with gambling andc_______（很多赌球和腐败的问题）
参考答案：①debut ②ranks ③foreign ④twilight ⑤tally ⑥Veteran ⑦irrelvant ⑧downtown ⑨unique ⑩corruption
2．翻译划线部分英文：
参考答案：
（1）中国队与2006世界杯最近距离的接触，就是6月9日世界杯开幕前两天跟法国队的一次友谊赛了。
（2）不过，无论中国队曾经取得了怎样的进步，这一切在2004年11月便戛然而止了。
（3）最大的问题（悲哀）在于中国足协没有实施有力的青年球员培训计划，培养更多的高水平本土球员。
（4）鉴于中国在其它体育项目上的强大实力，中国足球的遭遇将该国置于尴尬境地。
（5）中国足协说，如果中国球迷感觉自己被排除在外了，也是可以理解的。
3．根据译文，写出句子：
参考译文：
[（A） So what went wrong?
（B） Coaching changes haven't helped.
注：学习老外的表达方式而已，学会拿来主义。
中国足球究竟差在哪里？
2023-01-07英汉翻译
