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1、美国名人棒球运动员罗伯托克莱门特RobertoClemente:ThefirstLatinoPlayerHonoredintheBaseballHallofFameplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:25repeatByBriannaBlake2006-8-26VOICEONE:mSteveEmber.VOICETWO:AndmFaithLapiduswithPeopleinAmericainVOASpecialEnglish.Today,wetellaboutRobertoClemente.Hewasoneofthemosthonoredbaseballplayers

2、inhistory.HebecamethefirstLatinobaseballplayertobeincludedintheBaseballHallofFame.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Mostsportsplayersareknownforhowgreattheyplayagame,orhowmanyrecordstheybreak.ButRobertoClementewaslovednotonlyforhisabilityinsportszbutalsoforthekindofpersonthathewas.Clementewasoneofthefirstprofessional

3、LatinobaseballplayersintheUnitedStates.Hebecameoneofthebest.Healsoworkedtochangethewaybaseball,andthecountry,treatedracialminoritiesinthenineteenfiftiesandsixties.Hestoodupagainstracismanddidnotpermitanyonetobetreateddifferentlyinhispresence.TodaysLatinobaseballplayerssayRobertoClementeopeneddoorsfo

4、rthemtoreachtheirgoalsinasportthathadnotalwaystreatedthemequally.VOICETWO:RobertoClementeWalkerwasborninnineteenthirty-fourinCarolina,PuertoRico.Robertosfamilystruggledfinancially.Asayoungboyzhehelpedhisfather,whoworkedonasugarfarmandalsomanagedastorethatsoldfood.Inschool,Robertowasanexcellentrunner

5、.Healsowonawardsforthrowingthejavelin.Butmorethananything,helovedplayingbaseball.PuertoRicoswarmislandclimatemadeiteasyfortheyoungboytoplaybaseballallyear.Hehadmanyskills.Buthisstrongestqualitywashispowerfulrightarmthatcouldthrowaballagreatdistance.Whileinhighschool,Robertosignedacontracttoplaybaseb

6、allfortheSanturceCrabbersinthePuertoRicanwinterleague.Attheageofeighteen,RobertowasalreadyhittingabaseballbetterthanmanyprofessionalplayersintheUnitedStates.VOICEONE:Thisabilitywasrecognizedthefollowingyear.AnofficialfromtheBrooklynDodgersteaminNewYorkCitycametoPuertoRicolookingfornew,youngplayers.T

7、heofficial,AlCampanis,waspleasedwithRobertosskill.HeofferedtogivehimatenthousanddollargifttoplayfortheBrooklynDodgers.ButRobertowasunabletojointhemajorleagueteambecausehewasstillinhighschool.TheyoungbaseballplayertoldMisterCampanisthathewouldjointheBrooklynteamassoonashefinishedschool.Bythetimehefin

8、ishedhighschool,RobertohadreceivedseveralotheroffersfrommajorleagueteamsintheUnitedStates.Oneteamofferedhimathirtythousanddollargiftjusttosignacontractagreement.AlthoughClementehadnotsignedacontractwiththeBrooklynDodgers,hekepthiswordtotheteam.HerefusedtheotheroffersandsignedontoplayforBrooklyn.(MUS

9、IC)VOICETWO:TheDodgersputRobertoClementeononeoftheirminorleagueteamswhereyoungplayersoftenbegin.Butsoonafterhisfirstseason,thePittsburghPiratestookClementefortheirteam.ClementebeganplayingforthePittsburghPiratesinnineteenfifty-five.Atthetime,ClementewasstilllearningtospeakEnglish.Inthenineteenfiftie

10、stheUnitedStateswasstillverymuchdividedbetweenraciallines.PittsburghdidnothaveaLatinAmericancommunityatthetime.Clemente,ablackPuertoRican,wasshockedwhenheexperiencedracisminAmerica.VOICEONE:Inthespring,baseballplayersattendedtrainingcampsinthesouthernstateofFlorida.Manyeating-placesintheSouthatthatt

11、imedidnotserveblackpeople.Sotheblackplayersontheteamwereforcedtoasktheirwhiteteammatestobuyfoodforthem.Theblackplayerswouldtheneatonthebusthatdrovethemtothegames.RobertoClementehadaverystrongsenseofself-worth.Hewouldnotletotherstreathimunequally.Clementefeltthathavingtoaskhisteammatesforfoodwasinsul

12、ting.HelaterbecameastrongbelieverinthemessagesofcivilrightsleaderMartinLutherKingJunior.Clementesworkhelpingpoorpeople,especiallythoseinPuertoRico,becameaveryimportantpartofhislife.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RobertoClementestoodoutamongtheotherplayersonhisteam.Hewasastrongrightfielderwhoquicklybecameknownforhi

13、spowerfulthrowingandnear-perfectaim.Clementehadanunusualwayofhittingthebaseball.Hestoodfartherawayfromthepitcherthanmostplayers,andusedaheavierbatthanmostplayers.Hewasalsoknownasaveryaggressivehitterzswinginghardandfastatalmostanyball.ThePittsburghPiratesdidnotdowellthefirstfewyearsClementeplayedont

14、heteam.Butbynineteensixtallthatchanged.Thatyear,heplayedinthefirstofhistwelveAll-Stargames.Everyyear,thebestplayersfromtheNationalandAmericanleaguescompeteinanAll-Stargame.Thatsameyear,ClementehelpedhisteambeattheNewYorkYankeestowintheWorldSeries-thenationalbaseballchampionship.VOICEONE:Clementecont

15、inuedtoimprove.Hehadsufferedforyearsfrompaincausedbyanautomobileaccident.YetevenwithhishealthproblemsClementerarelymissedagame.BynineteenSiXty-One,hewasfeelingbetteranditshowed.Hehitextremelywellthatyearandwonhisfirstbattingaward.RobertoClementewasoneofthebestbaseballplayersatthetime.Buthedidnotrece

16、iveasmuchinterestfromthenationalmediaasothertopplayerslikeMickeyMantleandWillieMays.Manypeoplebelievethatwasbecauseheplayedforateaminasmallercity.However,Clementespopularitybegantogrowduringthenineteenseventy-oneWorldSeries.ThePittsburghPirateswontheseriesagainsttheBaltimoreOrioles.Clementewasvotedt

17、heMostValuablePlayerofthatyearsWorldSeries.OnesportswriterlaterdescribedClementesthrowing,runningandhittingduringtheWorldSeriesasclosetothelevelofperfection.(MUSIC)VOICETWO:RobertoClementewasalsoalovinghusbandandfather.HehadmarriedVeraCristinaZabalainnineteensixty-four.Togethertheyhadthreesons.Cleme

18、nteneverforgothisPuertoRicanroots.Hemadesureallofhissonswerebornontheisland.Duringhiseighteenyearsinthemajorleagues,ClementewonmanyawardsandhelpedhisteamwintwoWorldSerieschampionships.Innineteenseventy-twoClementemadehisthreethousandthhitinthelastgameoftheregularseason.Atthattime,nooneknewthatitwoul

19、dbehisfinalbaseballseason.VOICEONE:Duringthewinterofthatyear,ClementereturnedtoPuertoRicowiththisfamily.Hebegantoworkononeofhislong-timedreams-openingasportscenterfortheyoungpeopleofSanJuan.Then,onDecembertwenty-third,amajorearthquakestruckManagua,Nicaragua.Thousandsofpeoplewerekilled.Clementequickl

20、yorganizedanaidefforttohelpthousandsofhomelessearthquakevictims.ButhewasangeredbyreportsfromtheareathattheNicaraguangovernmentwasnotgettingthesuppliestothevictims.SoClementepaidforasmallplaneandapilottotakesuppliestoNicaragua.ClementeandfourotherswereonthatplaneonDecemberthirty-first,nineteenseventy

21、-two.ButtheplanecrashedintotheAtlanticOceanshortlyaftertake-off.Everyoneontheplanewaskilled.Clementesbodywasneverfound.Hewasthirty-eightyearsold.VOICETWO:TheBaseballWritersAssociationofAmericaheldaspecialelection.Theusualfive-yearwaitingperiodforentranceintotheBaseballHallofFamewassuspended.Soonafte

22、rhisdeath,RobertoClementebecamethefirstLatinoplayertobeincludedintheBaseballHallofFame.ThePittsburghPiratesalsohonoredhiminnineteenseventy-three.TheyremovedClementesnumber-twenty-one-fromtheirteam.Thatmeantnootherplayerontheteamcouldeverwearthatnumber.RobertoClementeoncesaid:Anytimeyouhaveanopportun

23、itytomakethingsbetterandyoudont,thenyouarewastingyourtimeonEarth.Clementetrulylived,anddied,bythosewords.Someexpertshavecalledhimbaseballsgreatesthero.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:ThisprogramwaswrittenbyBriannaBlake.ItwasproducedbyLawanDavis.mSteveEmber.VOICETWO:AndmFaithLapidus.YoucandownloadtranscriptsandarchivesofourshowsatWWW.51VOA.COM.JoinusnextweekforanotherPEOPLEINAMERICAinVOASpecialEnglish.