For a chance to go on a date with the blonde1 beauty herself, can you guess whom Anna Kournikova defeated2 to become the No. 1 most searched3 athlete on the Internet? I'll give you a hint.4 He was tall, led a pack5 of bulls,6 and flew through the air. That's right. Anna beat7 Michael Jordan.
給你一個可以跟金髮美女的她約會的機會，你猜得出安娜庫妮可娃打敗了誰，成為網路上最常被搜尋的運動員嗎？給你一個暗示。他高高的，率領了一群公牛，還能在天上飛。答對了。安娜打敗了麥可喬登。
How is it possible that a 22-year-old female8 tennis player from Russia could be more popular than Mike? There are two answers to this question. One is that she's the sexiest tennis player, since, well, ever. The other is that she really knows how to play.
一個來自俄羅斯的二十二歲女性網球選手，怎麼可能會比麥可還受歡迎？這問題有兩個答案。一個是她是最性感的網球選手，前無古人；另一個就是她真的很會打球。
For many of her fans, especially young men, the highlight9 of watching an Anna Kournikova tennis match10 is seeing her stuff11 one of those tennis balls in her underwear.12 Are those short little skirts really meant to hold tennis balls? Pictures of the adorable,13 almost purposefully14 sexy Kournikova are abundant.15
對許多她的球迷來說，尤其是年輕男性，看一場安娜庫妮可娃網球賽的高潮，是看她把一顆網球塞進內衣裡。那麼短小的裙子真的是要來放網球的嗎？可愛、幾乎是刻意賣弄性感的庫妮可娃，此類照片多不勝數。
But what really elevates16 her status17 is her tennis skill.18 She's not just a pair of long legs to drool19 over. She's also a world-class tennis player. Born in 1981, Anna received her first tennis racquet20 when she was five. At age 14, she was the youngest player ever to win the Fed Cup in Russia. Anna owes21 her success to both looks22 and ability.
但是真正提昇她地位的，還是她的網球技巧。她不是只有雙讓人垂涎的長腿而已。她也是位世界級的網球選手。生於一九八一年，安娜在五歲那年得到了她第一支網球拍。十四歲時，她是俄羅斯有史以來贏得聯邦盃最年輕的選手。安娜的成功同時歸功於長相和能力。
【Vocabulary 單字精解】
1. blonde﹝bl?瑂nd﹞a. ：金髮的
2. defeat﹝d?埩?婄f?婩t﹞v.：打敗
3. search﹝s?焋?悿﹞v.：搜尋
4. hint﹝h?埩nt﹞n. ：提示
5. pack﹝p?紓k﹞n.：一群
6. bull﹝b?痸l﹞n.：公牛
7. beat﹝b?婩t﹞v.：打敗
8. female﹝?婄f?婩m?婍l﹞a.：女性的
9. highlight﹝?婄h?婛?埩?歅l?婛?埩t﹞n.：高潮
10. match﹝m?紓?悿﹞n. ：比賽
11. stuff﹝st?瑔f﹞v.：塞
12. underwear﹝?婄?瑔nd?櫹?歅w?瑎r﹞n.：內衣褲
13. adorable﹝?瑆?婄dor?瑆bl﹞a. ：可愛的
14. purposefully﹝?婄p?焋p?瑆sf?痸l?埩﹞adv.：故意地
15. abundant﹝?瑆?婄b?瑔nd?瑆nt﹞a.：大量的
16. elevate﹝?婄?瑎l?瑆?歅v?婍t﹞v.：提昇
17. status﹝?婄st?婍t?瑆s﹞n.：地位
18. skill﹝sk?埩l﹞n. ：技巧
19. drool﹝dr?崋l﹞v. ：流口水
20. racquet﹝?婄r?紓?婑?埩t﹞n.：球拍
21. owe﹝o ﹞v.：欠，歸功於
22. looks﹝l?痸ks﹞n.：相貌