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Wonder Boy Wayne Rooney|神奇少年鲁尼

 

Biography
  Wonder boy Wayne Rooney is the name on everybody's lips. At the tender1 age of 16, Rooney became a shining superstar when he scored a seamless2 goal against Arsenal to earn his first victory for Everton in the last minute of the game.
  Wayne Rooney is a born and bred3 Liverpudlian4. The son of a working-class family, he grew up in the suburb5 of Croxteth. Brought up in a three-bedroom council house6 with his parents and his younger brothers, young Wayne had not much more than the dreams of every other little boy in his town. His mum was a dinner lady at a local school. The family have always been Everton-mad, and Rooney's old bedroom window, which was visible from the street, was filled with Everton pennants7.
  Rooney was the talk of the town well before his international success. He was only nine when he was spotted8 by an Everton scout9 playing in the local Junior League. In his last season there he scored 99 goals before joining the Everton academy10. His progress was so swift that he was playing for the Under-19s side when still only 15.
  His life now is very different, though his superstardom doesn't look like it's gone to his head11. He still looks like the boy next door, and if you passed him on the street you wouldn't look twice. He certainly doesn't carry the glamour12 of Beckham, but who cares? As long as he keeps scoring the goals, he's a national hero.
  Wayne Rooney is the top goal scorer in Euro 2004, and has been described by England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson as the greatest teenage talent to emerge13 at a soccer tournament since Pele at the 1958 World Cup. Still at only 18 his career has just started, Ronney is a boy that everyone wants to be.


鲁尼小传
        神奇少年韦恩·鲁尼是大家乐意谈论的人物,在16岁的时候,在同阿森纳队比赛的最后关头他以一个天衣无缝的进球第一次帮助埃弗顿队赢得胜利,他自己也成了一颗耀眼的新星。
  韦恩·鲁尼是土生土长的利物浦人,他出生于工人阶级家庭,在利物浦克罗克斯的郊区长大。从小就和父母以及两个弟弟住在三间简易住房里,幼年鲁尼的梦想并不比镇里的其他小男孩远大。他的母亲是当地学校的一位厨师,他们一家人都是埃弗顿队的狂热球迷,人们可以从街道上看到鲁尼卧室的破旧窗户上插满了埃弗顿队的三角旗。
  早在鲁尼名扬四海之前,他就是镇里街头巷尾人们津津乐道的人物。他9岁在当地的少年联赛踢球的时候就被埃弗顿的球探看中,在进入埃弗顿队之前的最后一个赛季里,他一共进了99个球。他的进步神速,15岁的时候就开始在19岁以下青年队踢球。
  尽管是超级巨星了,鲁尼似乎并没有因此而忘乎所以,但是他现在的生活和从前大不一样了。他现在看起来依然像个邻家男孩,在路上碰到他你不会多看一眼。他显然没有贝克汉姆那样的个人魅力,但是谁在意呢?只要他不断进球,他就是民族英雄。
  鲁尼是2004年欧锦赛的头号射手,英格兰队教练埃里克森称他是自1958年世界杯赛时的贝利之后最伟大的少年天才。18岁的鲁尼足球生涯才刚刚开始,他是每个人心目中的楷模。
 

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1. tender   adj. 稚嫩的
2. seamless   adj. 无缝的,完美的
3. breed  v. (bred, bred)  生,教养
4. Liverpudlian  n. 利物浦市民