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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.3 c. D( Q$ N, j/ ~% x
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* v! B, A0 X6 M2 w! j5 L" Nfullback 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。/ |5 K" ^8 D" W* {

2 A4 @2 E' e) ~7 |+ K o% TClipper 有快马之意。lieutenant-governor 字面意思是副总督,意译可以是省督。
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$ X A. ^! k! v1 J! T& Q" gKwong may have been the only Asian in North American professional sports when he joined the Canadian Football League in 1948 at age 18.# J; l, @7 N( }/ f
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Kwong won his first Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders, then joined the Edmonton Eskimos and helped them win three championships in a row.
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2 v" Z& N4 D9 A: fThe 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.
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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. ; G$ ~2 D( t" r- q. |# R
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8 e0 |4 a0 k8 \' V( e+ a/ i4 l0 _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。
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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:
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M+ `6 T$ H# t" p/ G" H" M Hamilton Tiger Cats Toronto Argonauts
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* s2 m; W- h6 E! @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。9 \) x4 [. X) n, i0 \ x
; t6 c! C; W6 k5 n) T+ x$ GIn 1998, he was named a member of the Order of Canada.; n: R# P, T9 H i. ^0 p0 d1 \
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The 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。
- Z/ G9 g/ B" N" p' Q# LThe Order of Canada奖章有三种,分别是Member, Officer 和 Companion,算是金银铜牌吧。
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^8 _4 ]$ R5 `1 yKwong, 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. & C! d9 v9 I2 Y# k- e$ C3 T

% _+ z4 ^& n Y/ v8 p$ b"I don't know what they plan to do, except maybe set me up a tent on Jasper Avenue or something." |
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