對於各方對英格蘭隊在首場對陣巴拉圭的比賽中表現不佳的批評，貝克漢姆已經厭倦拿高溫作為藉口。

　　１３日，在一場新聞發佈會上，貝克漢姆坦然接受了批評，並保證前鋒歐文能夠很快回到最佳狀態。但他沒有談到魯尼是否會出現在英格蘭同特立尼達和多巴哥比賽的賽場上。

　　談到小組賽第二輪同特立尼達和多巴哥的比賽，貝克漢姆保證球隊會帶來更好的表現，因為比賽會在稍晚的時間開球，氣溫也沒有前一場比賽高。

　　“我們已經談及了賽場上的高溫，但是我不準備在談論這個問題，因為我們以前也在類似的條件下比賽過，我們不應該拿高溫作擋箭牌。”英格蘭隊長説，“我們有很好的隊員，我們會表現得更好。”

　　英格蘭隊憑藉對手的一粒烏龍球１－０戰勝巴拉圭，但球員們下半場疲軟的表現招致各方的批評。

　　“我們當然意識到了這些批評。我們的處理方式就是更加努力的訓練，如果太在意批評，那麼我們就會受到影響。” 貝克漢姆説。

　　談到下一個對手，貝克漢姆表示他並不驚訝與特立尼達和多巴哥的精彩表現，並稱隊中頭號球星約克是一名危險的射手。

　　作為隊友，貝克漢姆和約克一同在英超戰鬥了４個賽季，贏得三個聯賽冠軍和一個冠軍盃冠軍。

　　談到隊友歐文，貝克漢姆説：“他並不在最佳狀態，但是對於有一段時間沒有踢球的他來説，恢復體能和狀態才是最重要的。他會有所發揮的，每到大賽他就有神奇表現。”

　　鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-wcup-beckham&prov=ap&type=lgns

　　原文：Beckham accepts criticism over England wilting in heat

　　By KRYSTYNA RUDZKI, AP Sports Writer

　　June 13, 200

　　BUEHLERTAL, Germany (AP) -- David Beckham is tired of using heat as an excuse for England's lackluster World Cup opener against Paraguay. He's accepted the criticism and promised that struggling striker Michael Owen will soon be back to his best.

　　Just don't ask him about Wayne Rooney.

　　Beckham was banned Tuesday from talking about the injured Manchester United striker at a news conference by Football Association officials.

　　Rooney could make his World Cup debut as a substitute against Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, which would be his first competitive match since breaking his foot on April 29.

　　But England was mum about it Tuesday.

　　With or without Rooney, Beckham promised a better all-around performance in Nuremberg, where the kickoff is later in the day and the temperatures are forecast to be cooler than in the game against Paraguay.

　　"We've already spoke about the heat in the game, but I'm not going to speak about it anymore because we can't blame our performance on the heat because we've played in it before," Beckham said. "We're better players than that and we know we can put in a better performance than that."

　　England earned its 1-0 win thanks to Paraguay's own-goal. It wilted in the second-half, and lack of options at forward compounded the problems -- and the criticism in Britain.

　　"Of course we're aware of it," Beckham said. "We're aware of everything that gets said about the team and each player, but there's a way of dealing with that. We respond with working hard and getting on with our training. That's the only way we can respond. If you listen to every bit of criticism that's said about you as a person or a player or as a team, it's going to affect you and we can't allow that to happen."

　　Beckham said he wasn't surprised Trinidad and Tobago held Sweden to a 0-0 draw in Saturday's other Group B match. He's good friends with T&T striker Dwight Yorke; the two played together for four years at Manchester United, winning three league titles and the 1999 European Cup.

　　"Yorkie's a great lad, he always likes a laugh and a joke," Beckham said. "When he's on a football pitch, he's a serious person and he's a player that we have to be aware of."

　　"The result they got against Sweden might have surprised a few people but it didn't really surprise me, because I know they're a tough team and physically they are very good. There'll be a lot of respect on that pitch -- from us to them and them to us. You're going to want to win a football match and you're going to have to upset a few people."

　　Owen is still regaining sharpness after returning from a broken foot last month and was taken out after 56 minutes against Paraguay. That leaves Peter Crouch as England's only experienced and fit striker. Beckham wasn't worried.

　　"He's (Owen) not at his best, but when you've not played for a while, getting his fitness back up to a certain level is important," Beckham said. "Michael will come good, he always does in big competitions."

　　作者-北京外國語大學 英語 柳瀚

責編：盧爽