VOICE

appearance

出場

ambassador

大使

Three Lions

三獅軍團

（英格蘭隊標志）

passionately

熱情地

pitch

球場

On May 16， 2013， David Beckham announced that he was to retire at the end of the season. In his 20？鄄year career， David Beckham made 115 appearances for England. And he said becoming the captain of England was the proudest achievement for him. After announcing retirement， Beckham started a new adventure—he went to China as a special ambassador for Chinese football. On June 22， he showed up in Hangzhou watching local team Hangzhou Greentown play against Beijing Guoan.

“I knew every time I wore the Three Lions shirt， I was not only following in a long line of great players， but also representing every fan that cared passionately about their country. Im honoured to represent England both on and off the pitch.”

“Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love. Im fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel its my time to give back.”

·Pure English·

一張“嘴”能“裝”下多少東西？這兒要說的不是你的食量，而是在英語國家中與“嘴”（mouth）有關(guān)的俗語。mouth意為“嘴”，與之相關(guān)的俗語大多與“說話”離不開關(guān)系。

Do not bad mouth me. 別說我壞話。

Stop mouthing off. 不準頂嘴/別再胡說了/別發(fā)牢騷了。

I really put my foot in my mouth this time. 這次我真的說錯話了。

I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth. 這些話不是我說的，別誣陷我。

I have been running my mouth. 我說得夠多了。

當然，在不少情況中，mouth僅指“嘴”。比如：

down in the mouth意為“垂頭喪氣”。頭低到嘴巴里了，形象地表現(xiàn)了沮喪的樣子。

live from hand to mouth 意為“僅夠糊口/生活拮據(jù)”。手上一有吃的就塞到嘴里，這還不是勉強為生嗎？

have my heart in my mouth心在嘴巴里，就是我們常說的“心都提到嗓子眼兒了”。