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6.
Kaka himself set out a plan for his professional development which he has pursued , irresistibly , with singular determination , leaving little room for chance.(P3) --he plans his own professional development carefully and adheres to it and never allows himself to do anything by chance. room—opportunity set out—make a plan
2007年，整个足球界都在谈论一个名字：
卡卡!率领球队赢得欧洲冠军联赛冠军、 欧洲超级杯冠军、世俱杯冠军，自己更 是囊括冠军联赛最佳球员和最佳射手、 世俱杯最佳球员、欧洲金球奖、FAFA世 界足球先生、《世界足球》杂志年度最 佳球员以及球员协会最佳球员等几乎所 有年度球员个人大奖，卡卡的2007年简 直完美无缺。这位来自巴西的“完美先 生”是如何一步一步登上世界巅峰的呢， 让我们一起来看看吧!
--Since
then , he has established his firm belief in God, and after getting every score on the football pitch , he always raise his arms to the skies to express his gratitude to God. 8.Kaka’ professional career has unfolded at a remarkable pace.(P7) --blossomed
9…he
made his national team debut for Brazil against Bolivia . By that stage , it was clear that nothing was going to stop him.(P7) --the first game as of national team 10.By this stage , he had already won the FIFA World Cup …(P8) --Federation Internationale de Football Association
---Making
his debut for Brazil, Kaka was ready for a European career ---In the 2006-2007 season, Kaka scored 7 goals and became the competition’s top scorer.
5.
He hails not from the poverty of the favelas, but from a middle-class family, with the comforts and educational background that this entails. (P3) --He is not a native or poor resident of the slum. --he has had the comforts and a good education that the middle class family provides.
4.
His background is far away from typical .(P3) --his family background is not typical at all . That is, unlike most of the football players , he does not come from a poor family.
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Kaka（1982-）
---the
Ballon d’ Or and FIFA World Player in
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
2007 --- the embodiment of strength. --- one of the most popular footballers of today ---and considered one of the most important players in Brazil’s national team.
1.according
to the author , what’s the difference between Kaka and other “typical” football players? --Unlike other “typical” football players who are from poor families , Kaka comes from a middle-class family and has had the comforts and educational background that this entails.
3.Wha role does Kaka play in the games ? What’s his function and characteristic? Positioned behind the main striker , in the role of what the Italians call the trequartista—part creator, part scorer—kaka is often the player who conjures the final pass , but equally often he is on hand to apply the finish . He is characterized by the simplicity of his actions, which are always executed (fml to perform a difficult movement) with technical brilliance and total control.

4.
What qualities should we learn from kaka? We should learn to be calm and composed and be never prone to either euphoria or depression . And we should not allow our success go to our head.
Questions:
2.Why
does Kaka always raise his arms to the sky after every latest feat on the pitch? After every latest feat on the football pitch , he raises his arms to the sky to express his gratitude to God , for he thinks that he has been saved by the hand of God after he had his vertebra in his spine fractured following a swimming pool accident.
Difficult sentences to explain
1.
Brazil is a conveyed belt that produces brilliant talents （P1） ---metaphor. Brazil is the place to produce football players. 2. Kaka, is the embodiment of elegance, as he is better known, a player who exudes pure class.(P2) --an absolutely excellent player.
--He
was also awarded player of the Club World Cup because of his outstanding grades in matches, ---and his impressive individual honors list for 2007 includes the FIFA Player of the Year and UFFA Club Footballer of the Year. FIFA :Federation Internationale de Football Association

However,
his rising performances were stopped by an injury, when the young Kaka slipped at a swimming pool, breaking his back. ---the injury could easily lead to a paralysis ---Fortunately, Kaka managed to strangely recover and even came back on the court the next season
--pure:
absolute --class: excellence; exceptional merit 3.—these are all , quite simply, of the highest possible order.(P2) ---frankly , speaking frankly ---the highest class or kind.
7.However,
back then his enthusiasm for the game was nothing beyond the ordinary.(P5) --However, at that time his enthusiasm for football was not at all stronger than that of the ordinary children. 8.Since then , he has been unwavering in his religious faith, and after …by raising his arms to the skies.(P6) ---marked by firm determination, not shakable
--- born in a rich family that encouraged him to focus on both school and soccer. When he played for Sao Paulo’s youth team, he was already considered one of the future stars of Brazilian soccer and at age 17 he even had the chance for a move in Europe. ---But the deal was off as Sao Paulo requested a heavy price for a young player. At the age of 18, he was taken for the senior team of Sao Paulo and started playing in a few matches, gaining more and more confidence.