Legends
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of contents Introduction.
目录 导言。
4 Shoeless Wonder: Abebe Bikila.
4 无鞋神奇:阿贝贝·比基拉.
5 Golden Boy: Mark Spitz.
5金童:马克·斯皮茨.
7 Decathlon Double: Daley Thompson.
7 德克思龙双:戴利·汤普森.
8 Super Mom: Fanny Blankers-Koen.
8超级妈妈:范妮·布兰克斯-库恩.
11 Everyone’s Darling: Nadia Comaneci.
11 人人亲爱的:娜迪亚·科马内西.
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 Index.
16 指数。
16 introduction Sports fans the world over gear up for the Summer Olympics every four years.
16 导言 体育爱好者环球卫视每4年举办夏季奥运会.
In modern Olympics, more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries compete in 300 events.
在现代奥运会中,来自200个国家的一万多名运动员参加了300场比赛.
Athletes run, jump, swim, and much more to win gold, silver, and bronze medals.
运动员跑出,跳出,游泳,以及获得金牌,银牌和铜牌的更多.
Some athletes may earn a place in the record books.
一些运动员可能在唱片中赚取一席之地.
A few may even join the ranks of these Summer Olympics legends.
少数甚至可能加入这些夏季奥运会传说的队伍.
Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman lights the Olympic Torch in the 2000 games.
澳大利亚短跑运动员凯茜·弗里曼在2000年的比赛中点燃了奥林匹克火炬.
Shoeless Wonder: Abebe Bikila (1932–1973) Marathon Ethiopia On your mark, get set, go!
无鞋神奇:阿贝贝·比基拉(1932–1973) 埃塞俄比亚 准备,准备,快!
The Olympic marathon starts like any other race.
奥运会马拉松的起步与其他比赛一样.
But in the marathon, runners go, go, and keep going!
但是在马拉松,跑者走,走,继续走!
The marathon is a long-distance race.
马拉松比赛是长途比赛.
It is 26 miles (42 km) long.
全长26英里(42公里).
You could probably walk 26 miles in about eight hours, plus time for breaks.
你大概可以走26英里 在大约8小时,还有时间休息。
Marathon runners cover 26 miles in a little over two hours, and they don’t take breaks.
马拉松跑道在两多小时后,
The marathon race at the 1960 Olympics was unforgettable.
1960年奥运会马拉松比赛难忘.
Abebe Bikila was in second place with less than a mile to go.
阿贝贝·比基拉以不到一英里的成绩位居第二.
Then he pulled away and won by 200 meters.
随后他拉开后以200米取胜.
Plus, he set an Olympic record—running barefoot!
而且,他创造了奥运纪录——赤脚跑!
Bikila trained by running barefoot over the countryside of Ethiopia, a country in Africa.
Bikila通过赤脚跑出埃塞俄比亚这个非洲国家的农村来训练.
Shoes, he said, hurt his feet.
他说鞋伤了脚
Four years later, Bikila won the marathon again.
四年后,比基拉又赢得了马拉松.
This time he wore socks and shoes and set a new world record.
这次他穿了袜子和鞋子,创下了新的世界纪录.
Bikila won his second Olympics marathon in Tokyo, Japan, just six weeks after doctors removed his appendix.
比基拉在日本东京的第二次奥运会马拉松比赛中获胜,就在医生移除了附录后六周.
Bikila runs barefoot.
比基拉赤脚跑.
Swimming USA The dark-haired swimmer with the mustache bragged he would win six gold medals at the 1968 Olympics.
美国游泳协会 长胡子的黑发游泳运动员在1968年奥运会中将获得6枚金牌.
He ended up winning two gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.
他最终获得了两枚金牌,一枚银牌和一枚铜牌.
Quite a feat!
真不错!
But it was not good enough for Mark Spitz.
但是这对马克·斯皮茨来说还不够好.
He trained hard for the next four years.
他在接下来的4年中进行了艰苦的训练.
At the 1972 games, Mark Spitz did not brag.
在1972年的比赛中,马克·斯皮茨没有吹嘘.
He entered four individual swimming races, including his specialty stroke, the butterfly.
他进入了四个个人游泳比赛,包括他的特长"蝴蝶".
He also swam in three team relay races.
他还在三场球队接力赛中游泳.
Spitz won seven gold medals, an Olympic record.
斯皮茨获得7枚金牌,创下奥运纪录.
Plus, he set new world records in every race.
此外,他在每一场比赛中都创造了新的世界纪录.
Now that is something to brag about.
现在,这是值得吹嘘的。
Decathlon United Kingdom (Great Britain) Daley Thompson was one of the best of the best.
德克思隆英国 (大不列颠) Daley Thompson是其中最优秀的之一.
He won the decathlon in 1980.
1980年他赢得了德甲联赛.
Then, in 1984, he won it again.
后于1984年再取胜.
He is only the second person in the history of the Olympics to win the decathlon twice.
他是奥运会历史上第二名两次夺得德甲冠军.
In 1988, at the ripe “old” age of 30, he still performed well enough to come in fourth place in sports’ most grueling event.
1988年,30岁 " 老 " 了,他的表现仍然出色,在体育最可怕的活动中名列第四。
Mark Spitz was named World Athlete of the Year in 1972.
马克·斯皮茨于1972年被命名为"年度世界运动员".
Decathlon athletes, or “decathletes,” may be the best all-around athletes.
Decathlon运动员,或“decathletes,”可能是最佳的全方位运动员。
They run fast for sprinting and hurdling races.
他们跑得很快 冲刺和抢跑比赛。
They have endurance for longer races.
他们有耐力进行较长的比赛.
They are strong enough to throw the javelin, discus, and shot put.
他们足够强壮 扔出杰弗林, 讨论,和射击。
Decathletes can long jump, high jump, and pole vault.
德甲球可以长起跳出,高起跳出并有杆形地窖.
Most Olympic athletes train hours a day, for years, to excel in just one event.
大部分奥运运动员每天训练数小时,数年,只在一次赛事中表现优异.
They train for either track (running) or field (throwing and jumping), but athletes who compete in the decathlon must train for ten different events.
他们为田径(跑道)或田径(跑道和跳道)训练,但参加德甲联赛的运动员必须参加十项不同赛事的训练.
Thompson flies through the air during the long jump.
汤普森在长跳时会从空中飞来.
Jim Thorpe: Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century Jim Thorpe (1888–1953) was a well-known Native American college football hero when he entered the 1912 Summer Olympics.
吉姆·索普:20世纪最伟大的运动员 吉姆·索普(1888年–1953年)是美国原住民大学足球英雄,在进入1912年夏季奥运会时出名.
He won the ten-event decathlon.
他赢得了十大赛事的冠军
He also won the five-event pentathlon.
他还赢得了"五事变".
He set world records that lasted for many years in both of these difficult and demanding events.
他创造了这些艰难而艰巨的事件中持续多年的世界纪录.
Super mom: Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004) Sprinter/Jumper Netherlands At the 1936 Olympics, 18-year-old Fanny Koen came in a disappointing sixth place in the high jump.
超级妈妈: Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004) 在1936年奥运会上,18岁的Fanny Koen在高跳跃中以令人失望的第六名登场.
She knew she would do better next time.
她知道下次会做得更好
Unfortunately, she had to wait 12 years for her chance.
不幸的是,她不得不等待12年 她的机会。
The Olympics were not held in 1940 or 1944 because of World War II.
由于二战的原因,奥运会没有在1940年或1944年举行.
By the next Olympics in 1948, Fanny Blankers-Koen was 30.
至1948年下届奥运会,范妮·布兰克-库恩为30人.
She was married and the mother of two children.
她已婚并生了两个孩子。
She was also determined.
她还下定决心。
People told her to stay home with her family—she didn’t listen.
人们告诉她留在家里,
Instead, she won the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 100-meter relay races.
相反,她赢得了100米,200米和100米接力比赛.
She also won the 80-meter hurdles.
她还赢得了80米高的出道道.
No woman had won four gold medals in one Summer Olympics before.
此前在一次夏季奥运中,没有女子获得过四枚金牌.
Many people thought Fanny could have won six gold medals.
很多人认为 范妮可能赢得了六枚金牌.
At that time, she held the world record in the long jump and high jump.
当时她以长相跳出和高相跳出世界纪录.
But Olympic rules then did not let women enter more than three individual events.
但奥运会规则随后不允许女性参加超过3个个人赛事.
Blankers-Koen competes in the 80-meter hurdles in London during the 1948 Olympics.
1948年奥运会期间,布兰克-库恩在伦敦80米高的出道障碍赛中出道.
Fanny Blankers-Koen holds her daughter after the 1948 Olympic Games.
1948年奥运会后,范妮·布兰克斯-库恩抱着她的女儿.
Gymnast Romania The crowd at the 1976 Olympics roared with delight.
罗马尼亚体操 1976年奥运会的观众欢快地咆哮.
A little 14-year-old girl in a ponytail showed unusual grace and agility on the uneven bars.
一个14岁的小姑娘穿着马尾辫,在不均匀的栏杆上表现出了不寻常的优雅和敏捷.
Everyone in the audience knew Nadia Comaneci (co-MAN-eech) had done a great job.
观众中每个人都知道Nadia Comaneci (co-MAN-eech) 已经做了一个伟大的工作.
How good was she?
她有多厉害?
The scoreboard showed a 1.
分数板显示为 1.
0, but that’s because it wasn’t made to show a 10.
0, 但那是因为它不是用来显示10。
She was perfect!
她简直完美!
A 10 is the highest score in a gymnastics event.
A 10是体操比赛中得分最高的.
Never before had anyone earned a perfect 10.
从来没有人得到过完美的10。
Comaneci competes on the floor exercise.
科马内西在地上练习比赛.
Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis Super-speedsters Jesse Owens (above) and Carl Lewis (right) have also each won four gold medals in one Olympics.
杰西·欧文斯和卡尔·刘易斯超级快手 杰西·欧文斯(上)和卡尔·刘易斯(右)也分别在一届奥运上获得过4枚金牌.
Owens fought against prejudice at the 1936 Summer Olympics, proving that what’s inside a person, not skin color, makes a true champion.
欧文斯在1936年夏季奥运会上反对偏见,证明人体内的东西,不是肤色,就是真正的冠军.
Nadia continued to charm the judges and audience during the Olympic Games.
纳迪亚在奥运会期间继续吸引评委和观众.
She scored six more 10s in other gymnastic events.
她在其他体操比赛中又打出6分10分.
She won three gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.
她赢得了三枚金牌,一枚银牌和一枚铜牌.
She was also named all-around Olympic champion.
她还被命名为"全能奥运会冠军".
At the 1980 Olympics, Nadia added two gold and two silver medals to her trophy case.
在1980年奥运会中,娜迪亚在她的奖杯赛事中又增加了两枚金牌和两枚银牌.
Comaneci’s performance on the uneven bars earned her a perfect 10.
科马内西在不均匀的酒吧的表现为她赢得了完美的10分.