Interview with David Elleray:
'I think to be a referee these days, particularly at the top level you obviously need to be extremely fit. And we go through a rigorous fitness testing programme. You have to be a strong character because you are forever making decisions and almost every time you blow the whistle you upset half the players and at least half the crowd - so you've got somebody who is strong enough to be able to be unpopular.
I think you therefore have to be somebody who has courage to make decisions which you know are going to be unpopular. You've got to be able to have a good memory so that during the game you are consistent with the issuing of yellow cards so a bad foul in the first minute gets a yellow card a similar offence 60/70 minutes later should get the same punishment so you need to be consistent at that level.
But also not be tempted that if you think you've made a mistake at one end of the field that you try and even it up by making a mistake at the other end of the field - so it requires physical fitness and mental toughness and that basically comes down to integrity.'
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ad.明显地；显而易见地 (初中英语单词)