Soccer-loving Pope Francis gets a new toy: a foosball table

（熱愛足球的教宗方濟各獲得新玩具：一組手足球台）

【摘要2021.12.16.四.自由】◎孫宇青

Pope Francis has received dozens of soccer jerseys and game balls during his eight-year pontificate and he got a new football-themed toy lately: his very own foosball table.

天主教教宗方濟各在任8年來收到許多足球衣和比賽用球，近來還獲得一組足球主題的新玩具：屬於他的手足球台。

Francis played a round on the table that was presented to him at the end of his general audience by representatives of a table football association, Sport Toscana Calcio Balilla in Altopascio, Tuscany.

這個手足球台是在教宗進行「公開接見」時，由托斯卡尼大區阿爾托帕肖市的托斯卡納手足球運動協會代表人所贈送，方濟各還玩了一局。

The mayor of Altopascio, Sara D’Ambrosio, wrote on Facebook that the table was designed to be inclusive and work well for people with physical disabilities to encourage their participation in sport.

阿爾托帕肖市市長莎拉．迪安布羅修在臉書寫道，這組手足球台設計上具有包容性，方便身體不便的人使用，鼓勵他們參與運動。

The Argentine-born pope is a well-known lover of soccer. He has long promoted sport as a way to promote solidarity and inclusion, especially for young people.（AP）

阿根廷出生的教宗是知名的足球愛好者。他長期推崇把運動當作促進團結和包容的方式，尤其對年輕人而言。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

jersey：名詞，運動衫。例句：He has a number of same style but differently colored jerseys.（他有好幾件樣式相同、顏色不同的運動衫。）

pontificate：名詞，教宗或主教的職權或任期。例句：The reform was made during the pontificate of Pope Francis.（這項改革是在教宗方濟各任內執行的。）

solidarity：名詞，團結。例句：Thousands of supporters of the King gathered to show solidarity.（數千名國王的支持者集合在一塊展現團結。）