貝克漢姆日前表達(dá)了對(duì)英格蘭射腳魯尼賭博一事的看法，這位英格蘭足球隊(duì)長說：“英格蘭隊(duì)足夠強(qiáng)大，賭博機(jī)構(gòu)的力量還不足以影響我們?cè)谑澜绫谋憩F(xiàn)。在我們球隊(duì)中，球員不可能因?yàn)橘€球而毀了自己。” 貝克漢姆同時(shí)說，他自己并不是一個(gè)賭博愛好者，“我只是有時(shí)出去看看賽馬，但我從未參與過賭球。我唯一關(guān)心的是我的事業(yè)--傳球?！? 另外，貝克漢姆否認(rèn)了媒體有關(guān)歐文和魯尼不和的傳言。

Reports suggested that a rift had developed between Rooney and Michael Owen after Rooney allegedly gambled away ￡700,000. But Beckham hit out at the targeting of Rooney and insists that the striker will not be affected by allegations aimed his way.  “Wayne does not have a (gambling) problem, he has just been highlighted because of who he is and what a great player he is — that’s the only reason,” Beckham said. “You can get people criticising him for one thing but you also have to look at the other things he does: Wayne also does a lot of work for charity and everyone knows that.” And while Beckham admitted that he does not form part of the card schools within the camp, he insists that they will not damage England’s chances at this summers World' Cup in Germany. “Personally I like going to the Grand National or horse racing sometimes just for a day out to have a bit of a fun with the lads or with my wife, but I have never been a card man in my life,” Beckham said. A smile then crept across his face as he joked: “The only thing I’ve played is snap and that’s it. It’s not that I’m not any good at cards, (it’s) because I’m good at snap. “I’ve never been into playing cards but there have always been card schools in every team I’ve played in and every team I have known,” he added. “People were saying there was an issue between Michael and Wayne. It’s probably just because they are the two main centre-forwards that people want to say that, but there is no problem and there never has been. I have never seen it affect any of the players or the way they’ve played. “It’s not just Wayne, there are lots of other players (who gamble on card games). But it doesn’t affect our players. “In our England squad, it’s impossible for the players to fall out over something like that: the banter and the togetherness of the team is too strong to be affected by card schools. There are no fall outs and there is no problem at all.” (China Daily)

Vocabulary:

rift: a break in friendly relations（裂痕，關(guān)系破裂） hit out at: 猛烈抨擊 card: 文中引申為gambling（賭博） snap:（足球）迅速傳球 centre:（足球）中鋒 forward:（足球）前鋒 fall out: 鬧翻；散伙