34. An Uplifting Power (TIME June 30-July 7, 2008) By TONY BLAIR

Sport is more than fun and games. It can inspire individuals, teach the young what's right and transform lives for the better.


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'Sport has the power to change the world, the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else can. Sport can create hope ... It is an instrument for peace.'
When a man like Nelson Mandela looks back over his life and, against the backdrop_ of all that he had to endure, pinpoints sport as a unique force for good, we should sit up and take notice. During his 27 years in captivity, mainly on Robben Island, sport helped sustain the spirits of Mandela and his fellow inmates. And not any sport. The prisoners turned to rugby, the game that more than any other embodied white South Africa. Then, in 1995, as the new President of South Africa, Mandela handed the Rugby World Cup trophy to the captain of the victorious Springboks, Francois Pienaar. In a single moment a divided and fractured nation was united.
For me, events like these confirm how sport can and must play a wider role in our societies. Sport's economic power is now well established, global and growing. Each week from August to May the Premier League in England is watched by nearly 100 million people, turning players and teams into heroes and role models. In Sierra Leone recently, I saw kids playing football everywhere, proudly wearing their Manchester United and Arsenal shirts. American leagues, which have been traditionally insular, are venturing outside their geographic borders to stage games in Europe and Asia. Cities make huge efforts when bidding to stage major sporting events, not just for their commercial worth but for the long-term social benefits that are the legacy of such events. I am convinced the 2012 Olympic Games will regenerate East London and inspire an entire generation of children.

A. 어휘
an uplifting power 사람의 정신을 高揚(고양)시키는 힘. inspire 격려하다.
transform 변형시키다. instrument 도구, 기구. backdrop_ 배경. endure 견디어 내다.
pinpoint ...정확하게 겨누다. unique 비길 데 없는, 유일한. captivity 監禁(감금).
sustain 유지하다, 떠받치다. inmate 收監者(수감자). embody ...을 구체화하다.
springbok 스프링복 [남아프리카 産(산)의 영양의 일종].
Springboks 남아프리카의 럭비 팀. fracture 骨折(골절)하다, 부러뜨리다, 깨뜨리다. confirm 확인하다, 강화하다.
premier 首位(수위)의, 1 위의, 首相(수상). cf. arsenal 武器庫(무기고).
traditionally 전통적으로. insular [섬처럼] 고립된, 섬의. venture 모험하다.
geographic 지리적인. border 경계, 국경. stage 무대에 올리다, 상연하다.
bidding to stage major sporting events 큰 스포츠행사를 개최할 것을 신청하는 것
benefit 이득. legacy 유산, 遺贈(유증). regenerate 재생하다.

B. 구문
- in a way that little else can. cf. that→관계부사=in which
[거의 다른 어떤 것도 할 수 없는 방법으로]
- helped sustain→helped to sustain
- when bidding . . . sporting events→when they are bidding . . . events.
[도시들이 큰 스포츠행사를 개최할 것을 신청할 때에]

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But this isn't just a question of economics. Sport has enduring qualities. It shows us how to participate in something that is bigger than ourselves, and teaches us how to demonstrate respect for teammates and opponents. It helps us learn how to win with humility and lose with grace; how to set a goal and fulfill it. Sport brings people together; the self-worth and self-belief that it teaches are values that can last a lifetime.
And sport can do even more. In a recent survey taken by UK Sport and TNS Sport, 78% of the British public agreed that sport and active recreation can help to tackle social problems while 73% believed it can reduce crime. Watching a junior school tennis tournament recently in the northeast of England, sponsored by the foundation I set up to promote grass-roots sport, I was struck by two things: it was the first opportunity for many of these children to play tennis, and they were loving it. Sport liberates potential-- not just physically but psychologically, too.
The really big question now is whether sport can achieve good on a scale previously unimagined. I think it can. Consider some of the projects already in progress that are having a significant impact. The Homeless World Cup has inspired nearly 50 grass-roots football projects around the world, working with homeless and excluded people. Most of the players each year change their lives for the better, by coming off drugs and alcohol, moving into jobs reuniting with their families, and even going on to become players and coaches for football teams.

A. 어휘
enduring 持續的(지속적)인, 인내심이 강한. participate 참여하다.
demonstrate 표시하다. opponent 상대, 적대자. with humility 겸손하게.
with grace 품위 있게, 우아하게. last 지속되다. survey 조사. tackle 대결하다.
reduce 감소시키다. foundation 財團(재단). promote 증진시키다.
grass-roots 민중의, 기초적인. be struck 感銘(감명)받다. potential 가능성, 잠재력.
physically 신체적으로. scale previously unimagined 이전에는 상상하지 못했던 규모.
significant 중대한. impact 효력, 충격, 영향력. excluded people 소외된 사람들.
come off 그만 두다. drug 마약.