纳达尔洒泪告别

5月25日，法网官方为纳达尔举办告别仪式，费德勒、德约科维奇、穆雷到场祝贺。

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🤔️小作业：

1. Why did the organizers include a video montage and a commemorative T-shirt during the ceremony?

A. To provide statistical data about Nadal's performance

B. To promote merchandise related to the French Open

C. To honor Nadal's legacy and connect with fans on an emotional level

D. To document the history of tennis rivalries at Roland-Garros

无注释原文：

'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal receives emotional Roland-Garros send-off from Murray, Federer and Djokovic

From: Olympics.com

After his retirement last November, the 14-time French Open champion said farewell to a packed Court Philippe-Chatrier on the first day of the 2025 tournament. And his three biggest rivals were there to share the moment with him.

There was barely a dry eye in the house as Roland-Garros paid tribute to its greatest champion, Rafael Nadal, at the 2025 French Open on Sunday (25 May).

Near the end of the farewell ceremony, Nadal's three greatest rivals - Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic - joined him on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

"For me, it means a lot that all of you are here," Nadal told the trio. "Tennis is just a game. Sometimes we feel a little bit more but I think we understand at the end of the day that it's really only a game. That all of you are here is everything. That's a great message to the world that we can be good friends even if we had the best rivalries."

The ceremony concluded with French Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton, accompanied by French Open director Amelie Mauresmo, unveiling a metal plate to the side of the net bearing Nadal's footprint, his name, the number 14, and the French Open trophy.

Four-time women's champion Iga Swiatek and four-time Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz were among the thousands in the stands wearing special commemorative burgundy 'Merci Rafa' T-shirts.

Emotions were high from the start as Nadal received a 90-second standing ovation as he walked to a lectern. A video montage of his Paris heroics, ending with the message 'Merci Rafa', was played on the big screen. The crowd cheered and chanted "Rafa" repeatedly with the 38-year-old Spaniard wiping away tears before speaking in French, English and Spanish.

After thanking the Roland-Garros team for "giving me the opportunity to have this farewell from, without a doubt, the most important tennis court of my career", Nadal reflected on his history at Roland-Garros which began in 2004 when he could only watch from the stands due to a foot injury.

"I dreamed of coming back the following year to compete," he said. "In 2005, I was finally able to play here for the first time. I was 18 years old and my first major experience was the match that I played against my childhood friend and rival Richard Gasquet.

"From that day on, I fully understood what Roland-Garros meant. I experienced everything over these 20 years. I've had incredible rivals, like Andy, Novak and, of course, Roger. And, of course, many others who pushed me to my physical and mental limits. Truly, nothing would have been as thrilling without the long-lasting rivalries that have driven all of us to improve every single day.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal receives emotional Roland-Garros send-off from Murray, Federer and Djokovic

From: Olympics.com

After his retirement last November, the 14-time French Open champion said farewell to a packed Court Philippe-Chatrier on the first day of the 2025 tournament. And his three biggest rivals were there to share the moment with him.

新赛季法网揭幕日，在座无虚席的菲利普·夏蒂埃中央球场，14届法网冠军拉斐尔·纳达尔正式告别罗兰·加洛斯。而与他并肩缔造网坛黄金时代的三位最伟大的对手——穆雷、费德勒和德约科维奇——也都亲临现场，共同见证这一历史性时刻。

packed /pækt/ 表示“挤满的，拥挤的”，英文解释为“completely full”举个🌰：The train was so packed that I couldn't find a seat. 火车里挤满了人，我一个座位也找不到。

jam-packed /ˌdʒæmˈpækt/ 表示“挤得满满的，塞得紧紧的”，英文解释为“full of people or things that are pushed closely together”举个🌰：The streets were jam-packed with tourists. 街道被游客挤得水泄不通。

rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”

作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。

There was barely a dry eye in the house as Roland-Garros paid tribute to its greatest champion, Rafael Nadal, at the 2025 French Open on Sunday (25 May).

5月25日（星期日），法国网球公开赛上，罗兰·加洛斯为这座球场最伟大的冠军——拉斐尔·纳达尔举办了退役告别仪式，在场观众无一不感动落泪。

not a dry eye in the house表示“在场的人都被感动得落泪”，英文解释为“used to mean that all the people at a particular place felt very emotional about what they had seen or heard and many of them were crying”

Near the end of the farewell ceremony, Nadal's three greatest rivals - Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic - joined him on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

致敬仪式尾声，三位曾与他在红土场上鏖战的宿敌——罗杰·费德勒、安迪·穆雷与诺瓦克·德约科维奇——并肩走上球场，曾经的四巨头再度同框。

"For me, it means a lot that all of you are here," Nadal told the trio. "Tennis is just a game. Sometimes we feel a little bit more but I think we understand at the end of the day that it's really only a game. That all of you are here is everything. That's a great message to the world that we can be good friends even if we had the best rivalries."

“对我来说，你们今天都能来到这里，意义非凡，”纳达尔对三位老对手说道。“网球终究是项运动，我们或许曾倾注超越胜负的情感，但我们都知道，比赛只是比赛。而你们都在这里，这对我来说就是一切。这也向世界传递了一个强有力的信息：即使我们曾有过最激烈的对抗，我们依然可以成为真正的朋友。”

trio /ˈtriːəʊ/ 表示“三人小组；三件一套；三合一”，英文解释为“A trio is a group of three people together, especially musicians or singers, or a group of three things that have something in common.”

rivalry /ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/ 表示“相互较劲”，英文解释为“a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the same thing”举个🌰：There's such rivalry among/between his three sons. 他的3个儿子相互较劲，闹得不可开交。

The ceremony concluded with French Tennis Federation president Gilles Moretton, accompanied by French Open director Amelie Mauresmo, unveiling a metal plate to the side of the net bearing Nadal's footprint, his name, the number 14, and the French Open trophy.

仪式压轴环节，法国网球协会主席吉勒·莫雷顿与法网赛事总监、前女单冠军阿梅莉·莫雷斯莫共同揭开球网旁的金属纪念铭牌。铭牌上镌刻着：纳达尔的足迹、他的名字、数字“14”以及法网奖杯。

unveil /ʌnˈveɪl/ 1）表示“ 为…揭幕；揭开…上的覆盖物；拉开…的帷幔”，英文解释为“to remove a cover or curtain from a painting, statue, etc. so that it can be seen in public for the first time”举个🌰：She unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital. 她主持揭幕式，标志着医院正式启用。

2）表示“（首次）展示，介绍，推出；将…公之于众”，英文解释为“to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time”举个🌰：They will be unveiling their new models at the Motor Show. 他们将在汽车大展上首次推出自己的新型汽车。

🎬电影《复仇者联盟1》（The Avengers）中的台词提到：We look beyond the Earth to the greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil. 而我们则放眼地球之外 那些将被宇宙魔方开启的更广博的世界。

🎬电影《超人高校》（Sky High）中的台词提到：We can't unveil the Stronghold Three without Will. 我们不能在威尔（Will）不在场时 向大家介绍斯特朗霍德三侠（Stronghold Three）。

📍词根“-veil”表示"面纱"，前缀“un-”表示“不”。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到一个被面纱覆盖的新产品即将被“揭露”。近义词：reveal（揭示） 同根词：veil（面纱），常用短语：unveil a plan（公布计划）

作名词，plate /pleɪt/ 1）表示“盘子，碟子”，英文解释为“a flat, usually round dish with a slightly raised edge that you eat from or serve food from”如：paper/plastic/china plates 纸/塑料/瓷盘子。

2）表示“平板；板条；板材”，英文解释为“a flat piece of something that is hard and does not bend” Plate在地质学中特指tectonic plate 构造板块，即地球岩石圈（lithosphere）被分割成的刚性巨块。

3）表示“表面有镀层的金属制品；贵重金属制品（尤指餐具）”，英文解释为“ordinary metal with a layer of another metal on top”举个🌰：The knives and forks are silver plate. 这些刀叉是镀银的。The thieves got away with a large quantity of church plate. 小偷盗走了教堂中大量的餐具。

常见搭配：Plate tectonics 板块构造学说，Plate boundary 板块边界，Continental/oceanic plate 大陆板块/大洋板块。

作动词，表示“镀上；用（金、银等）覆镀”，英文解释为“to cover a metal object with a thin layer of another metal, especially gold or silver”举个🌰：We normally plate the car handles with nickel and then chrome. 我们通常先用镍再用铬来镀汽车的拉手。

trophy /ˈtrəʊfɪ/ 表示“奖，（流动）奖杯”，英文解释为“a prize, such as a gold or silver cup, that is given to the winner of a competition or race, and often returned after a year to be given to the winner of the competition in the following year”举个🌰：He's an excellent rider, but he's never won a major trophy. 他是个出色的骑手，但从未赢得过任何一项重要比赛的冠军。

Four-time women's champion Iga Swiatek and four-time Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz were among the thousands in the stands wearing special commemorative burgundy 'Merci Rafa' T-shirts.

看台上，身着特制酒红色“Merci Rafa”（谢谢你，拉法）纪念衫的观众中，既有四届女单冠军斯瓦泰克，也有四度问鼎大满贯的阿尔卡拉斯等现役巨星。

commemorative /kəˈmem.ər.ə.tɪv/ 表示“纪念的，纪念性的”，英文解释为“done or made to officially remember and give respect to a great person or event”如：a commemorative statue/stamp/service/plaque 纪念雕像/邮票/服务/牌匾。

burgundy /ˈbɜːgəndɪ/ 表示“紫红色，深红色”，英文解释为“Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.”

Emotions were high from the start as Nadal received a 90-second standing ovation as he walked to a lectern. A video montage of his Paris heroics, ending with the message 'Merci Rafa', was played on the big screen. The crowd cheered and chanted "Rafa" repeatedly with the 38-year-old Spaniard wiping away tears before speaking in French, English and Spanish.

纳达尔一现身，全场即爆发出长达90秒的起立鼓掌，向这位“红土之王”致以最深的敬意。一段回顾他在巴黎辉煌战绩的视频短片在大屏幕上播放，最后以一句话落幕：“Merci Rafa”（谢谢你，拉法）。观众高呼“Rafa”的名字，一遍又一遍。站在讲台上，这位38岁的西班牙人动情落泪，并用法语、英语和西班牙语发表了感言。

ovation /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/ 表示“欢呼；热烈鼓掌”，英文解释为“an occasion when a crowd of people expresses great enjoyment and/or approval of something with loud and long clapping”举个🌰：She was given a standing ovation (= the crowd stood up while they clapped) at the end of her speech. 她演讲完毕后，人们起立热烈鼓掌。

📍standing ovation 表示“（表演或演讲结束时的）起立欢呼，起立鼓掌”，英文解释为“an occasion when the people in an audience stand up to clap at the end of a performance or speech because they liked it very much”

表示“讲台”，英文解释为“A lectern is a high sloping desk on which someone puts their notes when they are standing up and giving a lecture.”

📍podium 表示“讲台；讲坛；（乐队的）指挥台”，英文解释为“a small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech or conducting an orchestra , etc.”

📍区分lectern, podium, dais, rostrum： A lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a dais is a platform for several people, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more.

montage /ˈmɒn.tɑːʒ/ 表示“蒙太奇，剪辑；蒙太奇手法”，英文解释为“a piece of work produced by combining smaller parts, or the process of making such a work”举个🌰：The ads feature a montage of images - people surfing, swimming, and playing basketball. 这些广告是一组剪辑在一起的画面——人们在冲浪、踢足球和打篮球。

After thanking the Roland-Garros team for "giving me the opportunity to have this farewell from, without a doubt, the most important tennis court of my career", Nadal reflected on his history at Roland-Garros which began in 2004 when he could only watch from the stands due to a foot injury.

“感谢罗兰·加洛斯团队，给了我这个机会，在我职业生涯中最重要的球场，拥有这样一场告别。”纳达尔回忆起与法网的缘分始于2004年——那一年，他因脚伤只能坐在看台上看比赛。

"I dreamed of coming back the following year to compete," he said. "In 2005, I was finally able to play here for the first time. I was 18 years old and my first major experience was the match that I played against my childhood friend and rival Richard Gasquet.

“我那时就梦想着来年能回来参赛，”他说，“2005年，我终于第一次在这里参赛。当时我18岁，我的第一场大满贯比赛，就是对阵我儿时的朋友兼对手——加斯奎特。”

"From that day on, I fully understood what Roland-Garros meant. I experienced everything over these 20 years. I've had incredible rivals, like Andy, Novak and, of course, Roger. And, of course, many others who pushed me to my physical and mental limits. Truly, nothing would have been as thrilling without the long-lasting rivalries that have driven all of us to improve every single day.

“从那一天起，我真正明白了罗兰·加洛斯的分量。这20年来，我经历了所有的一切。我拥有过不可思议的对手，比如安迪（穆雷）、诺瓦克（德约科维奇），当然还有罗杰（费德勒），还有许许多多其他对手，他们迫使我不断向身体和心理的极限发起挑战。没有一直以来的激烈对抗，这一切都不会如此精彩。正是你们，让我每天都想变得更好。”

thrilling /ˈθrɪl.ɪŋ/ 表示“令人激动的；惊险的；紧张的”，英文解释为“extremely exciting”举个🌰：The book is a thrilling adventure story. 这是一部情节紧张的冒险小说。

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