Meet the Olympic athlete who was so desperate for cash he started a brothel 認識這位亟需錢乃至於去開妓院的奧運運動員

Meet the Olympic athlete who was so desperate for cash he started a brothel 
認識這位亟需錢乃至於去開妓院的奧運運動員
2012-10-01◎管淑平

Some athletes make fortunes at the Olympics, but the vast majority don’t. For some it even becomes an enormous expense.
有些運動員在奧運會上發財，但是大多數選手並非如此，對一些人來說，奧運甚至是一筆龐大開銷。

Yahoo! Sports has a revealing story about one athlete who had to go to extreme measures to meet those costs. Logan Campbell, a member of New Zealand’s taekwondo team, came home from Beijing 4 years ago with debts of $160,000. He reasoned that London would cost him $200,000. To make that money, he decided he needed to open a brothel.
雅虎運動新聞揭露一名運動員採取極端手段來負擔這筆費用。紐西蘭跆拳道選手洛根．坎貝爾，4年前帶著16萬美元的債務從北京奧運返鄉，他理解到，倫敦奧運會花掉他20萬美元，為了賺到這筆錢，他決定有需要開家妓院。

New Zealand has decriminalized prostitution in brothels in 2003, and Campbell balked at the idea of being a "pimp". "Pimps are more tough-type guys. I’m an owner of an escort agency," he said in 2009.
紐西蘭2003年已將公娼除罪化，而且坎貝爾也不認為他是「皮條客」。他2009年時曾說，「皮條客是更強悍的那種傢伙，我是伴遊經紀公司的老闆」。

However, when the brothel made headlines in New Zealand, the country’s usually cash-strapped sporting authorities suddenly came up with funding for taekwondo -- perhaps a sign that they weren’t too keen on having the sport associated with prostitution.
不過，當這間妓院的消息登上紐西蘭頭條新聞，該國向來經費吃緊的體育主管機關突然出資贊助跆拳道。這或許是他們不太想讓這項運動與賣淫扯上關係的跡象。

Campbell doesn’t seem too keen on reliving his time as a brothel owner. "I sold the brothel so I don’t really want to talk about it now, OK," he said.
坎貝爾似乎對於重回當妓院老闆的時光不太感興趣。「我賣了這家妓院，所以我現在真的不想談它，可以吧」，他說。

新聞辭典：

go to extreme measures：片語，訴諸極端方式。例句：He went to extreme measures to get an edge over his competitors.（他用極端手段以取得勝過競爭對手的優勢。）

meet：動詞，符合，達成，適合。例句：I have to work at two jobs to meet the costs of my house mortgage payment.（我得做兩份工作才能負擔我的房貸。）

balk：動詞，猶豫不前，妨礙、阻止。例句：The defendant balked at reaching any kind of settlement with the plaintiffs.（被告不願與原告達成任何形式的和解。）