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What Makes a Soccer Player Great Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, hut there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way-was it through training and practice, or are great players "born, not made" First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past-players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six. countries have ever won the World Cup-three from South America and three from western Europe. There has never been a great national team-or a really great player-from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four. Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood-a poor, crowded area where a boy’s dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a "ball" made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums of Belfast. All great players have a lot in common, hut that doesn’t explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others. The word "tricks" at the end of Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
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On British NewspapersBesides the daily newspapers, there are a number of Sunday newspapers in Britain. Many of them are connected with the "dailies", though not run by the same editor and his members. The Sunday papers are larger than the daily papers and usually contain more articles concerned with comment (评论) and general information rather than news. The national daily and Sun day papers have the largest circulation(发行) in the world. Of the Sunday papers, the Observer and the Sunday Times are the best known.It is a regrettable fact that the number of magazines of a literary or political nature has dropped down since the war. This has probably been caused by the ever-wider use of radio and television. The most successful magazines are those published for women. Their covers are designed to catch the eye, and they certainly succeed in doing so! They offer their readers articles on cookery (烹饪法), fashion, needlework, and many other matters of women interest. They also provide advice to those in love, and adventures with handsome heroes. Some women’s magazines also include serious articles of more general interest.The visitor who looks at the magazines displayed in a large bookstall (书摊) which may be found in an important railway station will notice that there is a wide variety of technical or semitechnical(半专业的) books and magazines. There are magazines for the motorist, the farmer, the gardener, the nurse, and many others.There are many local and regional newspapers. It is common in Britain for a news agent(报刊经售人) to deliver (投递) the morning papers to his customers for a small extra payment, this service is usually performed by boys and girls who want to earn some pocket-money. The Observer carries more political articles than The Sunday Times.()
The Hammersmith Hospital in West London, home of the Royal Post-graduate Medical School has been the scene(发生地点) of many innovations in medicine. It is now home(中心地,根据地) to the most expensive and ambitious medical technology project ever in Britain, which this year will make the Hammersmith the world’s first fully digital hospital. The paper-free office brought about by computerization and modern information technology is familiar to(为……所熟悉) many office workers today. It has taken longer for the same technology to be applied to medical imaging(医学影像学), because of the immense computing power and high cost o the equipment required. But now the Hammersmith is becoming the first hospital in which all imaging data-- X-rays, ultrasonic ,CT and MRI images--are stored not on cumbersome, inflammable films but as digital data on optical discs. The first consequence of this can be seen in the air-conditioned computer room in the new building, where two compact(坚实的,结实的) cabinets each about as tall as a man and 0.6m wide are ready to store every X-ray and scan made at the Hammersmith in the next 16 years on optical discs(光盘). Space saving is the most obvious but not the most important advantage of the digital h6spital. A consultant conducting a clinic with a workstation linked by fibre optics(光纤) to the data store has no need of cumbersome trolleys loaded with patients’ X-rays. The new technology considerably reduces the exposure to ionizing (电离的) radiation needed to get pictures doctors need, corresponding to reducing the slight but inevitable health risk that come with repeated X-rays. X-rays record their images on fluorescent(荧光的) plates, lasers read off and store the data and the plates are wiped clean to use again. This requires less radiation than conventional(常规的) imaging. The ability to enhance imaging also reduces the need for extra exposures. Another advantage is that any stored image can be sent to any of the hospital’s 138 workstations in four seconds(soon that will come down(降落) to two seconds). Soon it will be possible to send it direct to other hospitals, or to computer screens in GP’s(全科医生) clinics. PACS(图像存档通讯系统) is the most expensive single medical technology project ever funded in UK. Most of the money has come from the Department of Health, which has realized that it will benefit patients at the Hammersmith Hospital and those referred from elsewhere, in terms of(按照) better, quicker and safer diagnosis and treatment. Another technique uses radio a belled(用放射性同位素示踪的) white blood cells to guide doctors to the sites of hidden abscesses(脓肿) or other trouble spots. In the most innovative technique of all, interventional(干预的,介入的) radiology, doctors use tiny instruments at the ends of fine catheters(导管), inserted deep into the body under local anaesthetic, to perform a growing amount of microsurgery, viewed by surgeons—and patients if appropriate—in extremely clear detail. Every scrap(碎片,段) of unwanted image is electronically edited off the screen by the computer. The Hammersmith Hospital is also pioneering interventional radiography, in which doctor carry out microsurgery at the same time as they image the patients’ organs in minute detail. The blocking or unblocking of arteries to prevent damage due to bleeding or thrombosis(血栓形成) is among the conditions now being treated in this way. The Hammersmith Hospital______.
The White House We got up early this morning and (51) a long walk after breakfast. We walked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city was larger (52) I thought it would be. (53) the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that’s (54) Washington is a special kind of city. (55) the people in Washington work for the government. About 9:30 we went to the White House. It’s (56) to the public from 10 till 12, and there was a long line of people waiting to gel in. We didn’t have to wail very long, because the line moved (57) quickly. The White House is really white. It is painted ever7 year. And it seems very while, because it’s got beautiful lawns all around it, (58) many trees and shrubs. The grounds (59) about four square blocks. I mean, they’re about two blocks long (60) each side. The part (61) the President lives and works is not open to the public. But the part we saw was beautiful. We went through tire of the main rooms. One of them was the library, on the ground floor. On the next floor, there are three rooms named (62) the colors that are used in them: the Red Room, the Blue Room and the Green Room. The walls are covered with silk (63) . There are (64) old furniture, from the time (65) the White House was first built. And everywhere there are paintings and statues of limner presidents and other famous people from history.
Diet, Alcohol Linked to Nearly One Third of CancersDiet is second only to tobacco as a leading (1) of cancer and，along with alcohol，is responsible for nearly one third of cases of the disease (2) developed countries, a leading researcher said on Tuesday.Dr. Tim Key, of the University of Oxford, told a cancer conference that scientists are still discovering how certain foods contribute to (3) , but they know that diet, alcohol and obesity (4) a major role."Five percent of cancers could be avoided (5) nobody was obese," he said.While tobacco is linked to about 30 (6) of cancer cases, diet is involved in all estimated 25 percent and alcohol (7) about six percent.Obesity raises the (8) of breast, womb, bowel and kidney cancer, while alcohol is known to cause cancers of the mouth, throat and liver. Its dangerous impact is (9) when combined with smoking.Key told the meeting of the charity Cancer Research UK (10) other elements of diet linked to cancer are (11) unknown but scientists are hoping that the EPIC study, which is comparing the diets of 500, 000 people in 10 countries and their risk of cancer, will provide some (12) Early results of the study have revealed that Norway, Sweden and Denmark have the (13) consumption of fruit and vegetables among European countries while Italy and Spain have the highest. Eating at (14) five portions of fruit and vegetables a day is recommended to reduce the risk of cancer.Key, principal scientist on the EPIC study, said it is looking at dietary links to some of the most common cancers (15) colorectal, breast and prostate. 58（）
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