[片解新闻] 阿省有了首位华裔省督

板儿砖

Normie Kwong, a legendary football fullback nicknamed the "China Clipper" after he became the first Chinese-Canadian in the CFL, has been named Alberta's new lieutenant-governor.
2 y: {# ?; X) e; |2 P6 l
【片解】
: f8 r2 B# P' J; J  g1 Yfullback 全卫，进攻组成员，位于四分位quarterback和半位halfback之后，和halfback合称为跑卫 (running back, RB) 。在冲锋进攻时，通常是由体型壮硕的全卫跑在前面开路，而由中卫跟在其后持球冲锋。他们必须在接到四分卫的「递球」(handoff) 后立刻抱紧球，看哨锋与其它队友阻挡的情形，来寻找任何的「洞」(hole,缝隙) ，以决定最有利的冲刺路线，并躲避防守球员加诸其身的任何擒抱与撞击。而在抛传进攻时，他们则可以前冲而变成接球员，或是协助「内攻击线锋」的队友们，来保护四分卫。速度与灵敏是跑卫的主要条件。
* A+ Y& ^# ^/ ]: u9 r4 X
" V: c- \9 c; K7 Y: E( f8 y; [Clipper 有快马之意。lieutenant-governor 字面意思是副总督，意译可以是省督。
* K  H1 B: J' D! F

Kwong may have been the only Asian in North American professional sports when he joined the Canadian Football League in 1948 at age 18.

" o% f* e, _8 M$ z. vKwong won his first Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders, then joined the Edmonton Eskimos and helped them win three championships in a row.
1 j; R. r) C; Z) d
The Edmonton Eskimos won six Grey Cup championships during Normie's time with the team. He, himself, was All Canadian Fullback five times; a two-time Schenley Award winner, Most Outstanding Canadian in 1955 and 1956 and Canadian Athlete of the Year in 1955.
3 D8 Q' b1 y$ x( |) f5 o; f
Kwong, who is five feet seven inches tall and then weighed 170 pounds, racked up more than 30 CFL records before he retired from the sport in 1960.
* ?2 o" ?' q2 q$ m+ ?1 k" h
6 x0 T: ~+ n/ N% p0 X7 w- R【片解】
Grey是加拿大的1904年到1911年的总督，原本想捐个杯给冰球比赛的，可惜让另一位爵士捷足先登了，只好退而求其次捐给并不是很popular的橄榄球了。

CFL现共有9只球队，东边四只西部五只，每年东西部冠军决赛的胜者捧杯。CFL的9只球队包括：
BC Lions Edmonton Eskimos Calgary Stampeders
Saskatchewan Roughriders Winnipeg Blue Bombers
5 M5 r6 ?" }1 s# I: e4 |7 _ Hamilton Tiger Cats Toronto Argonauts
6 X- ]4 z, }; U' L6 I Ottawa Renegades Montreal Alouettes

6 i( G  O( X0 i其中，Edmonton和Montreal成绩最好，经常在总决赛中会师。Edmonton捧回8次Gre杯，一次三连冠（54－56）和一次五连冠（74－79），三连冠就是在Kwong的时代。

# R& B. A& O5 C6 n$ v; T4 p5 ~6 RIn 1998, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.

【片解】
- k1 _" O" F" [& A3 e9 d! N% l4 ZThe Order of Canada是对有杰出贡献的Canadian的一种国家奖赏，算是劳模之类的，由总督颁发。从1967年开始至今已有四千人获此殊荣。
0 x0 @2 Z  Y' S8 a+ T+ LThe Order of Canada奖章有三种，分别是Member, Officer 和 Companion，算是金银铜牌吧。
/ Z/ W' S' `! A# d+ A
  
0 n, f; H" i& A
Kwong, who lives in Calgary, said he's not sure whether he'll have to move to Edmonton, especially since the province has torn down the lieutenant-governor's official residence.
9 v4 r, Y7 w7 C2 M/ C! H
( i" E( _0 j6 R) @5 _. Z8 d0 ?"I don't know what they plan to do, except maybe set me up a tent on Jasper Avenue or something."