2006年VOA标准英语-Controversy over Barry Bonds' Home Run Record
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（六月）
By Ernest Leong
Washington, DC
08 June 2006
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Experts refer to baseball as a "game of numbers." Recently, Boston Red Sox pitcher 2 Curt 3 Schilling won his 200th game and Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees collected his 2,000th hit. Impressive numbers, but another recent accomplishment 4 dwarfs 5 them all. Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 715th career home run to take second place on the all-time list. Unfortunately for Bonds, the moment was a controversial one.
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A moment of pure joy, or it should have been, as the Giants' Barry Bonds passed Babe Ruth for second on the all-time Major League Baseball home run list. Even in his hometown of San Francisco, there were mixed feelings about Bonds' achievement.
"Everybody jumped out of their seats. You know what, the whole crowd went nuts!" said one fan.
"Bonds does not deserve to be in the record book and beat Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, who did it the right way," said another. "Right way"means without steroids.
Mel Antonen
Mel Antonen, a baseball writer for USA Today, said, "Steroids give athletes an unfair advantage. They're very unhealthy." He said, "The government is very worried when baseball and football players take steroids to enhance performance; it sets a bad example."
Bonds is currently being investigated by the federal government for perjury 6, or lying to a grand jury about possible steroid use. News reports allege 7 Bonds used steroids, but Bonds claims he never did so knowingly.
Hank Aaron is the all-time home run king with 755 homers. Aaron reportedly said he will not be in the ballpark if, and when, Bonds passes him.
The link between steroids and home run hitting baseball players accelerated after a player's strike in 1994, according to investigators 8. In 1998, St. Louis Cardinal 9 Mark McGwire and Chicago Cub 10 Sammy Sosa both broke the previous single-season home run record. Questions were raised about whether their achievements were tainted 11 by drugs, but the two sluggers helped win back many fans.
The increase in ballpark attendance did not go unnoticed by baseball owners. Antonen said, "The owners were allowing it [steroid use] by looking the other way because they knew that's what fans wanted."
In 2004, employees of the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative, BALCO, were accused of distributing steroids to top athletes in several sports. Barry Bonds was among those implicated 12.
Last year, some major league players -- McGwire and Sosa among them -- testified at a U.S. Senate hearing on steroid use in baseball. Major League Baseball Commissioner 13 Bud Selig also testified. Selig said, "I will suspend any player who tests positive for an illegal steroid."
Baseball now has much harsher penalties for steroid use, and the league has said it is investigating the Bonds case.
Pete Humm
Pete Humm, owner of Pete's All Stars, a sports memorabilia store in Virginia, believes Bonds' personality also figures into the debate over his achievements. "He is not a fan's player,"Humm said. "He's not friendly with the media, he's not friendly with kids."
Antonen said that Bonds, "takes all second guessing personally. He takes the opinions of columnists 14 personally when, in essence, they're just covering the game."
The doubts over Bonds and steroids have affected 15 the value of Bonds-related memorabilia. Recently, experts estimated the value of Bonds' 715th home run ball to be $100 thousand. Without the steroid debate, Humm said it could have been as high as $1 million.
Babe Ruth hit 714 homers playing in the 1920s and ‘30s and helped make baseball a popular attraction. Bonds passed Ruth, but some fans want that number erased 16 from baseball's record books.
The response may be more vehement as Bonds closes in on Hank Aaron's record
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
- Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
- He gave me an extremely curt answer.他对我作了极为草率的答复。
- He rapped out a series of curt commands.他大声发出了一连串简短的命令。
- The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
- Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。
- Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists. 莎士比亚使其他剧作家相形见绌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The new building dwarfs all the other buildings in the town. 新大楼使城里所有其他建筑物都显得矮小了。 来自辞典例句
- You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
- She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。
- The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。
- Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
- The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。
- The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
- The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
- The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
- He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
- This story will be more fodder for the gossip columnists. 这个传闻会是闲谈专栏作家的又一素材。
- The columnists coined the phrase \"to broderick\", meaning to rough up. 专栏作家们杜撰出一个新词“布罗德里克”意思是“动武”、“打架”。 来自辞典例句
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。