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  在这一部分,我们将把与世界足坛相关的最有意思的一些人物介绍给大家,看看关于他们的特写。每次,你都有机会读一篇故事并学习一些有用的词汇,然后做个练习,检验一下自己的阅读技巧

  今天,我们给大家介绍 Bob Cattell,他是一位儿童作家,擅长撰写足球方面的文章。用他自己的话说,他对小球员如何应对压力非常感兴趣。面对困难,他们是 buckle under (屈服)呢?还是 pull through (去努力克服)呢?
Strikers

Most adults would agree that to get a ten or eleven-year-old child interested in football is a piece of cake. To persuade the same child to read a book is much harder. So it was, that three years ago children's author Bob Cattell embarked upon a series of six books under the general heading of Strikers.

Co-written with David Ross, the stories follow the early career of Thomas Headley, from his transfer to the mighty Sherwood Strikers to his breakthrough into the England team. On the way Thomas comes across match-fixers, media magnates, jealousteam mates, and inevitably, injuries and the pain of being dropped.

"I noticed there were plenty of books about kids playing football," explains Bob, "but nothing really for kids about the modern professional game. At the same time, whereascricket has inspired a huge list of books by high quality writers, football has never really made it into literature. Maybe it's because the reality is often stranger than fiction."

Glossary
a piece of cake 非常容易的事情;小菜一碟
persuade (v.) 说服
embark upon 开始;着手
transfer (n.) 转会
breakthrough (n.) 惊人的进展;突破
match-fixer (n.) 贿赂球员操纵比赛的人
media magnate 媒体巨头
team mate 队友



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