Diego Maradona, Argentine soccer genius, dead at 60

Maradona had died after suffering a heart attack at his home in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, those close to him confirmed. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez declared three days of national mourning.

Rising to stardom from a grimy Buenos Aires slum to lead Argentina to World Cup victory, Maradona was a rags-to-riches story in his soccer-mad homeland and gained the iconic status of fellow Argentines Che Guevara and Evita Peron.

One of the most gifted soccer players in history, Maradona's pinnacle of glory came when he captained Argentina to win the World Cup in 1986 before plunging to misery when he was kicked out the 1994 World Cup for doping.

Years of drug use, overeating and alcoholism truncated a stellar career and altered his appearance from the lithe athlete who could slalom effortlessly through teams to a bloated addict who nearly died of cocaine-induced heart failure in 2000.

But he reinvented himself in a stunning comeback in 2008 as coach of the Argentina team, persuading managers that with sheer charisma he could inspire the team to victory, despite a lack of coaching experience.

A magician with the ball - deceptively quick and a visionary passer - Maradona is considered by some as the greatest soccer player ever, edging out that other great, Brazil's Pele. In Argentina, he was worshipped as 'El Dios' - The God - partly a play on words on his number 10 shirt, 'El Diez.'

He was largely responsible for Argentina's World Cup victory in 1986 in Mexico, scoring two famous goals in one game against England in the quarter-finals.

The first was a notorious goal scored with his fist, and the second, where he dribbled past half the England team, is often called the goal of the century.

"It was partly by the hand of God and partly with the head of Maradona," he said of his opener in the 2-1 win.

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重點(diǎn)詞匯整理：

 Argentine /?ɑ?rd??nta?n/n. 阿根廷人；銀adj. 阿根廷的；銀的

genius /?d?i?ni?s/n. 天才，天賦；精神n. （Genius）妙選

national mourning國(guó)喪；全國(guó)哀悼

 /?m??rn??/n. 哀痛；服喪

stardom /?stɑ?rd?m/n. 演員們；明星界；明星身份

 grimy/?ɡra?mi/adj. 骯臟的，污穢的

rags-to-riches story白手起家的故事

/r?ɡ/n. 破布；碎屑vt. 戲弄；責(zé)罵

iconic status標(biāo)志性地位

iconic /a??kɑ?n?k/adj. 偶像的，圖符的；

pinnacle  /?p?n?kl/n. 高峰；小尖塔；尖峰；極點(diǎn)

glory  /?ɡl??ri/n. 光榮，榮譽(yù)；贊頌

misery /?m?z?ri/n. 痛苦，悲慘；不幸；苦惱；窮困

 overeating /?o?v?r?i?t??/v. 吃得過(guò)多；過(guò)度飽食（overeat的ing形式）

truncated a stellar career截?cái)嗔怂拿餍巧?/p>

lithe /la?e/adj. 輕盈的（等于lithesome）；柔軟的

 bloated addict臃腫的癮君子

 /blo?t/n. 膨脹；過(guò)度，過(guò)量；（牛、羊等的）胃氣脹adj. 腫脹的，鼓起的；飲食過(guò)度的，胃脹的

 stunning/?st?n??/adj. 極好的；使人暈倒的；震耳欲聾的

sheer charisma純粹的魅力

 /k??r?zm?/n. 魅力；神授的能力；非凡的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力

edging out 擠掉

 quarter-final /?kw??rt?r ?fa?nl/adj. 四分之一決賽的n. 四分之一決賽；半準(zhǔn)決賽

 notorious /no??t??ri?s/adj. 聲名狼藉的，臭名昭著的

dribble /?dr?bl/n. v 點(diǎn)滴，細(xì)流；口水；運(yùn)球

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阿根廷足球天才迭戈·馬拉多納去世，享年60歲

據(jù)知情人士證實(shí)，馬拉多納在布宜諾斯艾利斯郊區(qū)的家中心臟病突發(fā)身亡。阿根廷總統(tǒng)費(fèi)爾南德斯宣布全國(guó)哀悼三天。

馬拉多納從一個(gè)骯臟的布宜諾斯艾利斯貧民窟一躍成為明星，帶領(lǐng)阿根廷隊(duì)奪得世界杯冠軍，在他足球狂熱的祖國(guó)，馬拉多納是一個(gè)白手起家的故事，并獲得了阿根廷同胞切·格瓦拉和埃維塔·佩隆的標(biāo)志性地位。

作為歷史上最有天賦的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員之一，馬拉多納在1986年作為阿根廷隊(duì)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)贏得世界杯時(shí)，他達(dá)到了輝煌的頂峰，但在1994年因服用興奮劑被踢出世界杯時(shí)陷入了痛苦。

多年的吸毒、暴飲暴食和酗酒縮短了他輝煌的職業(yè)生涯，并改變了他的外貌，從一個(gè)輕巧的運(yùn)動(dòng)員可以輕松地在團(tuán)隊(duì)中旋轉(zhuǎn)，變成了一個(gè)腫脹的癮君子，他在2000年差點(diǎn)死于可卡因引起的心力衰竭。

但他在2008年以驚人的復(fù)出重新塑造了自己，成為阿根廷隊(duì)的教練，他說(shuō)服教練們，盡管缺乏執(zhí)教經(jīng)驗(yàn)，但憑借絕對(duì)的魅力，他可以激勵(lì)球隊(duì)取得勝利。

馬拉多納是一個(gè)帶球的魔術(shù)師，速度令人難以置信，他是一個(gè)有遠(yuǎn)見的傳球手，被一些人認(rèn)為是有史以來(lái)最偉大的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，他擊敗了另一位偉大的巴西選手貝利。在阿根廷，他被奉為“埃爾迪奧斯”（El Dios）——上帝——這在一定程度上是在模仿他10號(hào)球衣上的文字

他對(duì)阿根廷1986年在墨西哥贏得世界杯負(fù)有主要責(zé)任，在四分之一決賽中一場(chǎng)對(duì)英格蘭的比賽中打進(jìn)兩個(gè)著名的進(jìn)球。

第一個(gè)進(jìn)球是一個(gè)臭名昭著的進(jìn)球，而第二個(gè)進(jìn)球，他帶球越過(guò)英格蘭隊(duì)的一半，通常被稱為世紀(jì)進(jìn)球。

“一部分是上帝之手，一部分是馬拉多納的頭球，”他在談到自己2:1獲勝的開場(chǎng)白時(shí)說(shuō)。