《譚天說地13》Rio the Boxer 拳手裡奧

作者：譚耘天責任編輯：小柒

歡迎收聽「譚天說地」第13期。今天的音頻部分內容繼續採用全英文講述模式，大家可以中英文稿件對照收聽。本期的主題是Rio the Boxer — 「拳擊手裡奧」。

今天，前曼聯後衛里奧·費迪南德將宣布一個令人震驚的決定——進軍職業拳壇。現年38歲的里奧在退役後開始練習拳擊，以緩解妻子因癌症去世而帶來的悲痛。

里奧是曼聯傳奇球員，而他充滿活力的性格更是為人所熟知。然而，兩年前，妻子瑞貝卡的去世徹底改變了他的生活。

里奧繼續著他的足球電視評論員工作，也依然出現在其他社交場合。但是，在今年早些時候播出的BBC紀錄片《為人父母》中，人們看到了妻子去世給這個家庭造成的巨大打擊，也看到了里奧此前鮮為人知的感性和脆弱的一面。

為了緩解巨大的心理傷痛，里奧開始練習拳擊，不給自己時間去胡思亂想。現在，他已經準備好登上職業拳壇，雖然很可能只會進行一場拳賽，但他依然可以用行動告訴全世界：艱難的時光不會永存，堅強的人終將屹立不倒。

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand will announce a shock move into professional boxing later today. At the age of 38, Rio will make the attempt after taking up boxing in retirement from football, in order to channel his grief of losing his wife to cancer.

Rio was a football legend at United, but also known for his bubbly character. However, the passing of his wife Rebecca two years ago radically changed his life.

He carries on his punditry work on TV, as well as attending other social events. But earlier this year, in the BBC documentary 「Being Mum and Dad」, which focusing on his life after the death of his wife, Rio showed an emotional and vulnerable side that wasn』t seen by the public before.

In order to cope with his grief, he took up boxing, a time to think about nothing else. Now, he』s ready to step on the ring, although for only once, to show the world: Tough times don』t last. Tough People do.

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