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1.prime 强盛时期

2.inexplicably 莫名其妙地

3.winning streak 连胜

4.spanned 跨越

5.waned 衰弱

6.spotlight 聚光灯

7.emergency hospital procedure 急诊手术

8.poisoning 中毒

9.barbiturate 巴比妥盐酸（用于镇静、催眠等）

10.fail miserably 惨败

11.insistence 坚持要求

12.synthetic fiber 合成纤维

13.commit suicide 自杀

14.obscurity 默默无闻

15.icon 偶像

16.conferred 授予

17.comparable 可比较的

18.adorned 装饰

19.catalyst 催化剂

原文

Bjorn Borg

The professional career of tennis player Bjorn Borg was one of the most interesting ones in recent sports history.

Borg's success in his sport came at an early age.

Borg won Wimbledon when he was only 20 years old.

However，by the time he was 26，an in prime of his career，Borg inexplicably retired from professional tennis.

Borg，who began playing tennis at the age of nine，was the number one ranked junior player by the age of 14，and had won the Italian and French Open titles at the age of 18.

These were the first of several major championships won by Borg in the late-1970s and early-1908s.

Probably his greatest achievement was a winning streak at Wimbledon that spanned five years.

Between the years 1976 and 1982，Borg enjoyed almost complete dominance in competitive tennis.

His retirement in 1983，then，was a bit of puzzle.

Although his skills waned somewhat in the previous year，he was still one of the top players on the tour，and only 26 years old.

Even stranger was the fact that Borg refused to revealed the reasons for his retirement.

Following his retirement，Borg encountered a number of personal problems，which kept him in the media spotlight even though he was no longer playing competitive tennis.

Five years after his retirement，an emergency hospital procedure saved his life.

While Borg claimed he had food poisoning，it was suspected he had a barbiturate overdoes.

In 1991，Borg attempted to make a comeback on the professional tennis tour，only to fail miserably.

His insistence on using a wooden racket at the time，when all of the world's top player were using synthetic fiber racket didn't help matters.

At the same time，Borg's second wife attempted to commit suicide，and the couple divorced in1993.

Eventually，Borg disappeared into obscurity，and there is little news of his life today.

These sad stories about the latter part of his career aside，Borg was an important figure in modern tennis history.

He was the sport's first modern media star and icon.

Teenage girls conferred upon him a status comparable to a rock star.

His face adorned T-shirts and other merchandise，making him the most marketable tennis player in history.

Borg's career was catalyst for Swedish tennis players.

Those who followed in his footsteps and held him up as their hero including tennis stars Mats Wilander and Stephan Edberg.

Perhaps most important of all，Borg gave to the sport of tennis a degree of showmanship，visibility，and marketability that was used as a role model for the sport in future decades.

翻译

比约恩·博格

网球运动员比约恩·博格从的职业生涯是近代体育史上最有趣的职业生涯之一。
博格在运动上的成功是在他很小的时候取得的。
博格20岁时就赢得了温布尔登网球公开赛。
然而，在他26岁的时候，在职业生涯的黄金时期，博格莫名其妙地从职业网球退役。
博格9岁开始打网球，14岁时成为排名第一的青少年选手，18岁时赢得意大利和法国网球公开赛冠军。
这是博格在20世纪70年代末和1908年代初赢得的第一个主要锦标赛冠军。
他最大的成就可能是在温布尔登连续五年获胜。
从1976年到1982年，博格在竞技网球领域几乎完全占据主导地位。
1983年，他退休了，这让人有点困惑。
虽然他的技术在前一年有所下降，但他仍然是巡回赛的顶尖球员之一，只有26岁。
更奇怪的是，博格拒绝透露他退休的原因。
退休后，博格遭遇了一些个人问题，这让他成为媒体关注的焦点，尽管他不再打竞技网球。
在他退休五年后，一次急诊手术挽救了他的生命。
博格声称自己食物中毒，但是他被怀疑服用了过量的巴比妥类药物。
1991年，博格试图在职业网球巡回赛中复出，但以惨败告终。
当时，世界顶级球员都在使用合成纤维球拍，但他坚持使用木制球拍，这无助于解决问题。
与此同时，博格的第二任妻子试图自杀，两人于1993年离婚。
最终，博格默默无闻地消失了，他今天的生活几乎没有什么新闻。
抛开这些关于他职业生涯后期的悲惨故事不谈，博格是现代网球史上的重要人物。
他是这项运动的第一位现代媒体明星和偶像。
十几岁的女孩们授予他一个与摇滚明星相当的地位。
他的脸装饰着T恤衫和其他商品，使他成为历史上最受市场欢迎的网球运动员。
博格的职业生涯是瑞典网球运动员的催化剂。
那些追随他的脚步并将他视为英雄的人就包括了网球明星马茨·威兰德和斯蒂芬·埃德伯格。
也许最重要的是，博格赋予网球运动一定程度的表演技巧、知名度和市场性，这在未来几十年被用作这项运动的榜样。

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