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WHEN Arsenal, an English football club, took on Reading in 2007, the cover of the official programme featured Theo Walcott, a stripling winger known for his speed.
2007年英國足球俱樂部阿森納對陣?yán)锥￡爼r，正式比賽的海報上打出的人物是西奧.沃爾科特，一個以速度聞名的年輕邊鋒。
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[font=Tahoma]WHEN Arsenal, an English football club, took on Reading in 2007, the cover of the official programme featured Theo Walcott, a stripling winger known for his speed.
2007年英國足球俱樂部阿森納對陣?yán)锥￡爼r，正式比賽的海報上打出的人物是西奧.沃爾科特，一個以速度聞名的年輕邊鋒。
A stripling lad when I left home, an old man I return.
我從小離開了家鄉(xiāng)，到了年紀(jì)老大的時候方才回來。
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Stripling cites the case of Birmingham-Southern, the Alabama school with a history of financial problems.
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People sometimes refer to a young man as a stripling when they want to say in a slightly humorous way that although he is no longer a boy, he is not yet really a man.