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【来源】09.02.13纽约时报
【链接】http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/phelps-draft/?scp=7&sq=china&st=cse
【标题】马自达让迈克尔-菲尔普斯向中国道歉
【正文】
Mazda Has Michael Phelps Apologize to China
马自达让迈克尔-菲尔普斯向中国道歉
By Lynn Zinser
By Lynn Zinser
视频地址：（视频有中文字幕）
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2xm8nRpMkE
At the behest of a sponsor, Michael Phelps has recorded a video apology to the people of China, expressing his remorse over the recently published pictures of him using a marijuana pipe and thanking them for their support and forgiveness.
按照赞助商（马自达）的要求，迈克尔-菲尔普斯录制了向中国道歉的一盘录像带，表达了他对最近曝光的吸食大麻照片的懊悔和感谢他们（中国）的支持和原谅。
The 52-second video has been posted on several Web sites in China, and one major Chinese newspaper said the video had been sent directly from the Japanese auto company Mazda, which last month signed Phelps to an endorsement deal believed to be worth more than a million dollars. Phelps was signed to promote Mazda cars in China after his record-breaking eight-gold-medal performance at the Beijing Olympics last summer.
这盘52秒的录像已经在中国的几个网站上发布，一个中国主要报纸说，这盘录像直接来自于日本汽车公司马自达，马自达上月和菲尔普斯签订了被认为多于价值一百万美元的背书。在去年夏天北京奥运会上以八枚金牌的表现打破记录后，菲尔普斯签约在中国推广马自达轿车。
In the video, Phelps begins by saying, “To my Chinese friends,” and goes on to apologize for behavior that was “regrettable and not what people have come to expect from me.” Phelps’s words are subtitled in Chinese.
菲尔普斯在录像的开头说到：“给我的中国朋友”，然后接着为”遗憾的和不为人们对我期望的那样“的行为道歉。菲尔普斯的话被翻译成了中文字幕。
Phelps, 23, never specifically addresses what the picture captured, which was Phelps at a house party in South Carolina appearing to inhale from a marijuana pipe. After it was published in a British tabloid, the backlash has included a three-month suspension by USA Swimming and a police investigation. Another of Phelps’s sponsors, Kellogg, announced it would not renew his contract.
23岁的菲尔普斯从来没有特地的说明那些照片拍到了什么，照片上的菲尔普斯在南卡罗来纳周的一次室内聚会上从大麻管子里吸食。被英国小报披露后的冲击波包括美国有用协会3个月的禁赛以及警方的调查。另一个菲尔普斯的赞助商凯洛格（美国公司，谷物制方便食品及其他食品的主要生产商：译者注）表示，它不会续约。
But Mazda apparently decided an apology to the Chinese would suffice. The company issued a statement saying it would continue its sponsorship of Phelps. “His expression of remorse and his determination to make amends, and especially his video apology and expression of thanks to the Chinese people, give us confidence that Phelps can make a healthy return to the pool and have even more brilliant achievements,” the statement said.
但是马自达明确地表示，向中国道歉就足够了。公司发表了一个声明说：它会继续和菲尔普斯的赞助合同；并表示：他自责的表示，改过的决心，特别是他的视频道歉和向中国的致谢给我们信心，那就是菲尔普斯会健康的回归泳池并取得更辉煌的成绩。
Mazda joins other sponsors of Phelps, like Visa, Omega and Speedo, that have decided to stick with him. Phelps’s deal with Mazda is said to be the most lucrative sponsorship deal for a foreigner in China.
马自达和菲尔普斯的其他赞助商，Visa，欧米茄，Speedo（国际著名泳衣品牌，曾推出一至四代鲨鱼皮“LZR RACer"：译者注）一起决定继续和他了在一起。据说，在面向中国（市场）的外国代言人中，菲尔普斯和马自达的合同（对于马自达来说）是最为合算的。
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