视频-肩负祖国期待 伊拉克备战奥运男足半决赛 |
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http://sports.sina.com.cn 2004年08月24日 21:05 新浪体育 |
Iraq is preparing itself for its biggest sporting challenge since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime. 伊拉克现在正在准备他们从萨达姆政权倒台之后,在体育项目中最好的一次突破机会。
On Tuesday (24 August) night, the country plays Paraguay in the Olympics soccer semi-finals for a chance to capture a gold in Athens. 星期二晚上,伊拉克就将和巴拉圭队在奥运会男足的半决赛中相遇。这也给了伊拉克队一个夺得奥运金牌的好机会。 Iraq's new soccer coach Adnan Hamad said it was impossible to separate sport from politics in the current Iraq。 伊拉克男足的新教头哈马德表示,在现在的伊拉克,要将体育和政治分开是不可能的。 He said the Iraq team's victories are giving a big boost to the people, the Iraqi people really loves soccer and their big interest is Iraqi team. There are big celebrations in every Iraqi towns after their each win. 哈马德表示伊拉克的胜利对于伊拉克人民有着巨大的鼓舞作用,伊拉克人民都很热爱足球,他们最大的爱好就是目前这支球队。每当球队能够取得一场比赛的胜利的时候,在伊拉克的城镇中都会有盛大的庆祝活动。 Many of the team hail from the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City and say their views of the US occupation are at odds with President Bush's use of their images in a campaign advertiser. 在这支球队中,大多数的球员都来自巴格达的郊区。他们表示美国的占领其实就是布什为自己竞选打的一个广告。 The Iraq team recently visited Britain on a Goodwill tour, during which the play friendly matches against British teams and met British foreign minister. 在奥运之前,伊拉克队刚刚在一次慈善活动中访问了英国,他们在那儿和英国的球队进行了几场友谊赛,并拜访了英国的外交部长。 |