英语文摘:David Beckham's thunderous anniversary

BEIJING, July 7 -- David Beckham has hired "Tracy Island" in the TV series "Thunderbirds" for his tenth wedding anniversary to wife Victoria.

The soccer star has reportedly splashed out 100,000 sterling pounds (about 162,700 U.S. dollars) to ensure he and the former Spice Girl are the only people on the idyllic North Island in the Seychelles - which featured in the 2004 film adaptation of the puppet TV series "Thunderbirds," about a technically advanced heroic organisation known as International Rescue.

    A source said: "David and Victoria appear so in love. They have gone on lots of romantic walks, holding hands like a couple of newlyweds."

Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham and his wife Victoria pose at a party at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in this July 22, 2007 file photo

    The 34-year-old sportsman has hired a private chef and a team of 20 staff members - including a top security team - to look after Victoria and himself during their stay in the Indian Ocean tropical paradise and has arranged for the use of a helicopter and powerboat.

    The source added to Britain's The Sun newspaper: "This place is the best and so secluded. The security makes it like a spy base."

    The couple - who celebrated their anniversary on last Saturday - spent the evening drinking vintage French wine which reportedly cost 500 sterling pounds (about 813.5 U.S. dollars) a bottle.

    David and 35-year-old Victoria - who have three sons together, Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, six, and four-year-old Cruz - married at Dublin's Luttrellstown Castle on July 4 1999.

    They are expected to return to the UK Tuesday and be reunited with their sons who have been staying with Victoria's parents in the South of France.