Beckham Criticised
David Beckham has come under fire from his Los Angeles Galaxy teammate 队友 Landon Donovan for what he sees as a lack of commitment to the club.
Beckham, who has recently returned to Los Angeles from five months on loan to Italian team AC Milan, was also described as being stingy, selfish, and having a negative influence on the players around him.
Landon Donovan, who is the captain of the United States international side, made the comments in an interview for a book called The Beckham Experiment.
But Beckham hit back at Donovan for criticising him in public, without talking to him face-to-face first.
"It is unprofessional in my eyes," said Beckham, who plans to speak to Donovan in person 本人 soon. When Beckham says "in my eyes", he means in my opinion, or as I see it.
Landon Donovan also thought Beckham should try harder for someone who is paid so much:
"Does the fact that he earns that much more money come into it? Yeah. If someone's paying you more than double anybody in the league, the least we expect is that you show up to every game, whether you are suspended or not. Show up and train hard, show up and play hard."
He said he thought Beckham's commitment had waned after the departure of coach Ruud Gullitt last year.
"Something happened at some point last year where a switch went off, and that's what I want to talk to him about, and we'll figure that out man-to-man."
Donovan said he didn't regret making the comments but he regretted the way they came out in public first, and looked forward to the chance to speak to Beckham one-on-one.
Beckham said he would not be read the unofficial book, which he dubbed as "just another one on the shelf ".
LA Galaxy played their first game of the new Major League Soccer (MLS) season on Saturday and Beckham returns for his first training session on Monday.
Asked how he would adjust to the pace of MLS after playing in Italy he said, "It's not going to be difficult because we've got talent on our team.
"I think the experiences I've had can only help this team."
GLOSSARY 词汇表
come under fire 遭到谴责
a lack of commitment 缺少职业奉献精神
on loan 出借
stingy 吝啬
selfish 自私
negative influence 负面影响
international side 国际队
hit back 回击
in public 公开的
face-to-face 面对面
in person 本人
come into it 有关系吗
the least we expect 最低的期待
show up 出现
suspended 停赛
train hard 刻苦训练
play hard 竭尽全力踢球
waned 衰退了
at some point 某个时候
a switch went off 出了一些问题
figure that out man-to-man 面对面地解决
one-on-one 一对一
season 赛季
adjust to the pace 适应步调
talent 人才