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Francesco Totti, who captains his national team, Italy, cracked under the pressure during the summer’s Euro tournament. He was caught spitting at a Danish player during a tough opening match.
“I did not do it on purpose. I was very nervous at the start of the championship,” he said, “I was under extraordinary pressure.”
The incident resulted in a three-month ban and some good jokes.
“Hey, Frankie, where’s Sweden?” a teammate asks Totti about another of Italy’s Group C opponents.
“within spitting distance of Denmark,” comes the answer.
Jokes do not bother totti, for during his entire career people have laughed at him. He even published a best-selling Totti joke book and all the profits go to UNICEF.
At first, the fact that all Italy joked about his Roman accent and lack of intelligence did make him upset. But he learned to laugh with everyone else. “mainly, it wasn’t a problem for me. I just didn’t like it that the jokes sometimes included my family,” he said. “don’t take yourself so seriously and don’t think that what others say about you is true.”
The book, “ all the jokes about totti collected by me” , has sold more than 600000 copies and has been reprinted four times so far.
Totti has hosted a free football course for disadvantaged youths in rome. He speaks about being a role model for young people who “like myself were not successful in school”.
Totti is loved in rome for his skilled passing and fear some strikes on goal. Italians describe Totti as a “fantasista”, who creates goals out of any situation.
His football skills and his jokes made him a household name in italy. “Celebrity is a pleasure, except that it’s hard to escape it. For a few minutes a day, I’d like to be a normal person,” he said. He hasn’t walked down Rome’s main streets for seven years.
56. The author’s main purpose of mentioning Totti’s spitting at a Danish player is to slow: ( )
A the pressure on him B jokes about him C his lack of intelligence D the difficulty in winning the match
57 The underlined word “me” refers to ( )
A Totti B one of his teammates C one of his fans D those who contributed the jokes
58 Totti’s attitude towards the jokes about him can be considered to be ( )
A realistic B mistaken C challenging D friendly
59 According to the passage, Totti ( )
A is looked down upon for lack of intelligence
B would rather be a normal person than a famous one
C trains disadvantaged youths to be successful in school
D is famous for his football skills as well as his jokes.
挑战, 我对了2个....失败
答案 BAAD
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