北京時間4月3日凌晨，有“體育奧斯卡”之稱的第8屆勞倫斯獎頒獎晚會在西班牙巴塞羅那揭曉。瑞士天王費德勒再收大禮，連續第3年被評為年度最佳男運動員。女子最佳運動員則被俄羅斯撐桿跳女皇伊辛巴耶娃摘走。年度最佳團隊被06世界杯冠軍得主意大利男子足球隊收入囊中。美國網球明星小威廉姆斯成為年度最佳復出運動員。

Roger Federer

Tennis number one Roger Federer was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the third year in a row on Monday.

The 25-year-old Swiss became the first sportsman to receive the award on three occasions attributed to his continued domination of men's tennis in 2006.

Russia's record-breaking pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva won the award for World Sportswoman of the Year, while the team of the year award went to the Italian football side for their World Cup triumph.

Serena Williams took the comeback of the year award and the breakthrough prize went to fellow tennis player Amelie Mauresmo of France following her first two grand slam titles.

Barcelona Football Club were given the Spirit of Sport award for their support of UNICEF and former Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer, who led his side to victory in the 1974 World Cup and was involved in organizing the 2006 tournament, took the lifetime achievement award.

Federer, who has finished as world number one in each of the three years he has won the award and chalked up three grand slam titles for the second time in three years, was unable to attend the ceremony. His award was picked up by German former world number one and six times grand slam winner Boris Becker.

Vocabulary:

World Sportsman of the Year：年度最佳男運動員

pole vaulter：撐桿跳高選手

the lifetime achievement award：終生成就獎


（來源：Xinhua  英語點津boeybb編輯）

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