http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE50G0D120090117 http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24924515-661,00.html Financial crisis forces Serena to cut back on glam Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:53am GMT By Greg Stutchbury MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Even multi-millionaire athletes are not immune to the global financial crisis, with Serena Williams admitting she was cutting back her spending on designer handbags and glitzy jewelry. 即使是像Serena Williams这样身价数百万美金的运动员也不能免除经济危机的压力 他承认他正在省钱 不去买名牌手提包或是炫目的珠宝 "My bag I'm carrying now is from American Apparel, it's only like $12,'' a laughing Williams told reporters at a news conference ahead of the Australian Open on Saturday. "我现在带的包包是American Apparel的 才大概12块左右" Serena笑着在记者会上说 "I really cut back, you know. I don't know if it's because it's everywhere in the media, you know, the financial, global, but it's low tide for me. I'm not out there buying crazy things," added the 27-year-old, who has earned almost $22 million in career prize money and reportedly makes close to $10 million a year in endorsements. "我真的得节省 也许是因为媒体都在报导 你知道 全球经济危机 但这对我不是什麽大风浪 我不会出去买些疯狂的东西" 他光奖金就赚了2200万美金 根据报导 他每年还有1000万的赞助收入 "You can't keep your money in the banks either, but I'm just trying to earn the little interest that I can. "你也不能安心的把钱都放在银行 但我也只是想赚点小小的利息而已" Not that the second seed for the year's first grand slam is totally cutting off her discretionary spending on luxuries -- she downloads digital music, television shows and movies to her computer to help relax during tournaments. 除了减少任意的花费在奢侈品上 他也会下载音乐.电视节目.电影 来让他在比赛期间放松心情 "I love to watch to TV," she said. "I'm terrible for the whole music and movie industry because I download movies and television shows. "我爱看电视 我超爱音乐跟电影的 我会下载电影还有那些电视秀" "I'm obsessed with 'Desperate Housewives' and can't wait for Monday to download the next episode." "我现在超期待星期一赶快去下载新的Desperate Housewives" GRAND SLAM FOCUS Williams, who was looking fitter than she has for a number of years at Melbourne Park, begins her campaign for her fourth Australian Open title against China's Meng Yuan and said the grand slam tournaments would continue to be her focus this year. Serena现在看起来比之前几年都还要身材适中 他首轮会碰到中国袁梦 他说大满贯仍然会是他今年的焦点所在 "I'm definitely aiming myself at grand slams. I want to play my best tennis in the majors. "我当然把目标瞄准在大满贯上面 我想在大满贯打出最好的表现" "The tour kind of restructured itself with so many big tournaments like in Madrid and the Asia/Pacific area. So with the new exciting tennis, I think I would want to play well at those tournaments too." "现在巡回赛多了更多大比赛 像是马德里还有一些亚太区的比赛 所以是全新的网球赛 我想我也很希望在那些比赛打的出色" Williams said she felt the standard of the women's game had improved in the six years since she dominated it, winning the 'Serena Slam' in 2002-03 when she simultaneously held all four grand slam titles. 他认为现在女网的标准要比他主宰.获得Serena Slam的那段时间要进步的多 "I think everyone is playing better. "每个人都打的更好了" "A lot of the girls now, especially when they play against me, and probably Venus too, they went to beat the best players and say that I was able to beat them, or me," she said. "现在很多女孩 他们打我 或是打Venus的时候 他们总是想打败最好的选手 他们总是说'我可以打败他们'" "I feel like sometimes, when people play me they play extremely hard, which actually makes me a better player. "有时候当对手尽全力打我的时候 其实我也会打的更好" "I would hope I have improved after five years." "希望即使过了五年 我也有进步" (Editing by Martin Petty) -- --

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