Cathy Freeman
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Aboriginal and Australian Past The Aborigine are the first people who lived in Australia, before Europeans settled there.
土著和澳大利亚人过去土著是在欧洲人定居澳大利亚之前最早居住在澳大利亚的人。
The word Aborigine means “from the beginning” and refers to the indigenous, or original, people of Australia.
土著一词的意思是“从一开始就”,指的是澳大利亚的土著或原始人民。
They roamed the country both in the milder coastal regions and in the harsh interior desert lands, called the outback.
他们在较温和的沿海地区和恶劣的内陆沙漠地上游走,称为后卫.
They are a dark-skinned people, grouped into tribes, with their own spiritual beliefs and ways of living.
他们是一个黑皮肤的人,被分成部落,有自己的精神信仰和生活方式。
Introduction The whole world watched a determined young woman win the gold in the 400-meter dash at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
导言 全世界都在澳大利亚悉尼举行的2000年奥运会400米破折中观看了一位坚定的年轻女子夺得金牌.
Her name is Cathy Freeman.
她叫凯茜·弗里曼
She is an Aborigine (ab-uh-RIJ-uh-nee) — one of a group of people who are native to Australia.
她是一个土著(ab-uh-RIJ-uh-nee)——澳大利亚本地人群体之一。
She accepted the medal for her country, Australia, and for her people, the Aborigine.
她为她的国家澳大利亚和她的人民,即土著接受了勋章。
She was the first Aborigine to capture such a high honor.
她是第一个抓住如此崇高荣誉的土著
She is a powerful symbol of the hopes of the Aboriginal people.
她是原住民希望的有力象征.
She is also a powerful symbol for more understanding among people all over the world.
她也是全世界人民更加理解的有力象征。
English explorers under Captain James Cook claimed Australia as a colony for Great Britain in 1780.
詹姆斯·库克船长手下的英国探险家在1780年宣称澳大利亚是大不列颠的殖民地.
British settlers soon followed.
英国定居者很快也随之而来.
They believed their way of life was better than the tribal ways and called the Aborigines inferior.
他们相信他们的生活方式比部落的方式更好,并称原住民卑劣.
There was a great deal of fighting between the newcomers and the Aborigines.
新来者与阿卜地人之间发生大量战斗.
The British newcomers had much more powerful weapons and were able to defeat the Aborigines.
英国新人拥有更强大的武器,并能够击败原住民.
The fighting was often very cruel, and large numbers of Aborigines were killed.
战斗往往非常残酷,大量原住民被杀死.
The British set up a new government based on the British way of life.
英国人根据英国的生活方式建立了新政府.
They ruled the whole country and forced their own religion, Christianity, on the Aboriginal people.
他们统治整个国家,并将自己的宗教基督教强加于土著人民。
The new rulers looked upon the Aborigines as savages and gave them no rights.
新的统治者把原住民看成是野蛮人,没有给他们任何权利.
Aborigines were forced to live separate from the settlers.
土著被迫与定居者分开居住。
Most of the Aborigines lived in the remote outback, often placed on reservations or church missions.
多数土著居住在偏远的后地,常常被安排在保留地或教会传教所。
Some lived on the outskirts of towns where they worked for the Europeans for little or no pay.
有些人住在他们为欧洲人工作的城镇郊区,工资很少或没有。
The government tried to force European ways on the Aboriginal people and destroy their languages and their ways of living and believing.
政府试图将欧洲方式强加于土著人民,并破坏他们的语言和生活方式及信仰。
Over 200 years ago, when the English first settled in Australia, there were between one million and three million Aborigines speaking about 250 different languages.
200多年前,当英国人第一次在澳大利亚定居时,有100万到300万土著讲250种不同语言。
Now there are only about 200,000 (45,000 full-blood), speaking only 100 languages.
现在只有大约20万个(45,000个满族),只说100个语言.
They have died off in very large numbers during the past 200 years.
在过去200年中,他们大量死亡。
They have died because of terrible fighting, diseases brought by the Europeans, and poor living conditions.
他们死于可怕的战斗、欧洲人带来的疾病和恶劣的生活条件。
Even as recently as 1951, the Australian government passed laws that did not allow Aborigines to own property.
甚至在最近到1951年,澳大利亚政府就通过了不允许原住民拥有地产的法律.
They were not allowed to take certain jobs, to marry whom they wanted, to move where they wanted, or to live by their own ways.
他们不得从事某些工作,不得与自己想要的人结婚,不得随心所欲地迁移,也不得以自己的方式生活。
Cathy’s Early Years Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman was born to Aboriginal parents on February 16, 1973.
凯茜的"早年"(Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman)于1973年2月16日生于土著父母.
She grew up in a small town on the east coast of Australia with her immediate family and many cousins.
她与她的直系亲属和许多堂兄弟一起在澳大利亚东海岸的一个小镇上长大.
Cathy’s grandfather, known as “The King,” was an outstanding football player and an excellent runner.
凯茜的祖父被称作"国王",是一名杰出的足球运动员和出色的跑者.
Her father, Norman Freeman, also a fine athlete, upheld the family’s reputation on the football field.
她的父亲诺曼·弗里曼(Norman Freeman)也是一名优秀的运动员,在足球场上维护了全家的名声.
Cathy was fortunate to have inherited her athletic talent from both of these men.
凯茜很幸运能从这两个人那里继承她的体育天赋.
Cathy’s mother, Cecelia, was half Aborigine.
凯茜的母亲Cecelia是半个原籍。
She had been raised on Palm Island, off the Queensland coast.
她在昆士兰海岸外的棕榈岛上长大。
Cecelia’s mother (Cathy’s beloved Nanna Sibley) and her relatives were removed from their tribal home to Palm Island.
Cecelia的母亲(Cathy所爱的Nanna Sibley)和她的亲属被从他们前往棕榈岛的部落家中带走.
This was part of the government’s rulings to move Aborigines away from their original land.
这是政府将土著迁出原地的裁决的一部分。
This kind of unjust treatment in her own family helped Cathy to develop a fighting spirit.
在她自己的家庭中这种不公正的待遇帮助了凯茜培养出一种战斗精神.
When Cathy was five years old, her father left the family after being very sick and developing a drinking problem.
凯茜5岁时,她的父亲在病重并发展出酗酒问题后离开了家庭.
Cathy’s mother struggled to earn a living to support her family.
凯茜的母亲为养活家人而挣扎.
Her second daughter, Anne-Marie, had been born with a disabling illness.
她的第二个女儿Anne-Marie出生时患有致残性疾病。
At nine years of age, Anne-Marie had been placed in a home for children with special needs.
在9岁时,Anne-Marie被安置在一个有特殊需要的儿童之家。
To Cathy, her sister’s disability reminded her of how fortunate she was to have a healthy, strong body with which to accomplish her dreams.
对于凯茜,她姐姐的残疾提醒她,拥有一个健康而强大的身体来完成她梦想是多么幸运.
Cathy ran her first race when she was six.
凯茜在她六岁时跑出她的第一场比赛.
Her teachers and her new stepfather, Bruce Barber, recognized her speed, grace, and energy as she ran laps around the local track.
她的老师和新继父布鲁斯·巴伯(英语:Bruce Barber)在当地赛道上跑圈时认出了她的速度,优雅和精力.
Bruce predicted that she would become an Olympic star, and he set about to help make it happen.
布鲁斯预言她会成为奥运会的明星,他准备帮助实现.
Cathy started her training with the dream that she would some day become a champion Olympic runner.
凯茜开始训练时的梦想是她有一天会成为冠军奥运会跑者.
At age eleven, Cathy set a new national record in the high jump at a big track meet in Melbourne.
11岁时,凯茜在墨尔本举行的大赛道会上高跳出,创下全国新纪录.
In the same year, she won state titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints and the high jump for her age group.
同年,她以100米和200米短跑和高跃进的成绩获得州级头衔.
Encouraged by her family, Cathy attended excellent high schools on scholarships.
凯茜在家人的鼓舞下,以奖学金就读了优秀的高中.
She trained under a professional coach, who prepared her for her first great victory when she was sixteen.
她在职业教练下接受训练,后者为她16岁时的首次伟大胜利做准备.
She won a gold medal in the 4 x 100-meter relay team at the Commonwealth Games in 1990.
她在1990年英联邦运动会4×100米接力球队获得金牌.
That same year, she was voted Young Australian of the Year.
同年,她被选为"年度青年澳大利亚".
In the following year, she was named Aboriginal Athlete of the Year.
次年被封为"年度原住民运动员".
The Aborigines Win Some Rights During the decade of the 1960s, Cathy’s tribal people were speaking out to gain more rights.
原生人赢得一些权利 在1960年代的十年间,凯茜的部落人民为了获得更多的权利而大声疾呼.
The first important success was a law passed in 1967 that allowed Aborigines to become citizens.
第一项重要成功是1967年通过的一项法律,允许土著人成为公民。
This law gave them the right to vote and to receive some government benefits.
这项法律赋予了他们选举权和获得一些政府福利的权利.
They were finally able to have a say in Australian government policies.
他们最终得以在澳大利亚政府政策中有发言权.
The Aborigines also spoke out to protect their lands.
原住民也大声疾呼要保护他们的土地。
Their belief, similar to Native Americans in the United States and Canada, is that the land is sacred and cannot be owned by individuals.
他们的信念与美国和加拿大的美洲原住民类似,认为这片土地是神圣的,不能由个人拥有.
They worked to protect their land from development and from use by non-Aborigines who would not treat it with respect.
他们努力保护他们的土地不被开发,不被不尊重土地的非土著使用。
They also worked for the right to have their own government instead of being governed by European laws that did not respect their ways.
他们还努力争取拥有自己的政府的权利,而不是受到不尊重自己方式的欧洲法律的管辖。
In 1972, a law was passed that gave the Aborigine some of the rights they demanded.
1972年通过了一项法律,赋予土著人一些他们要求的权利。
Cathy on the Road to Success These gains in citizenship and the right to own and manage land were great victories for the Aborigines.
凯茜在成功之路上 公民身份方面的这些收益以及拥有和管理土地的权利是原住民的巨大胜利。
They have had more than 200 years of mistreatment to overcome.
他们遭受了200多年的虐待。
Cathy Freeman was becoming widely known for her amazing running ability, but as an Aborigine, she still had to deal with many non-Aborigines thinking she was inferior.
凯茜·弗里曼(Cathy Freeman)正以惊人的跑步能力而广为人知,但作为一名土著,她仍然不得不面对许多认为自己低等的非土著.
Cathy took great pride in who she was and wanted all the people in Australia to be proud of her accomplishments, both as an Aborigine and as an Australian.
凯茜为她是谁而感到非常骄傲,并想让澳大利亚的所有人为她的成就而自豪,无论是作为原住民还是澳大利亚人.
She tried to speak out to correct the wrongs against her people.
她试图直言不讳地纠正对她人民不利的错误.
It wasn’t always easy, but she had courage and determination.
她有勇气和决心。
In 1994, at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Cathy won gold medals in the 200- meter and 400-meter races.
1994年,在维多利亚举行的英联邦运动会上,凯茜在200米和400米跑道上获得金牌.
In celebration, she ran around the track carrying both the red- white-and-blue Australian flag and the black- red-and-yellow Aboriginal flag.
在庆典上,她跑来跑去跑去的赛道上,同时搭载了红-白-蓝-澳大利亚国旗和黑-红-黄-土著旗帜.
Some people disapproved of her showing the tribal flag.
有些人不赞成她展示部落旗帜。
They said what she did was an act of protest.
他们说她的行为是抗议行为.
Cathy responded that she was merely showing her national pride.
凯茜回应说,她只是表现出了自己的民族自豪感.
After some time, it became clear that all the people of Australia, both non- Aboriginal and Aboriginal, were looking upon this young, remarkable, world-class runner as a real champion.
一段时间后,澳大利亚所有的人,无论是非原住民还是原住民,都清楚地看到这个年轻出众的世界级跑者是真正的冠军.
She was winning the support of all people in her rise to fame.
在她升为名人的过程中,她赢得了所有人的支持.
Cathy’s dream of going to the Olympic Games came true in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.
凯茜参加奥运会的梦想于1996年在乔治亚州亚特兰大实现.
She ran the 400-meter dash in her best time ever.
在她最好的时光里 她跑出400米跑道
It made her the sixth fastest woman in history, but she lost the gold medal to an even faster runner.
这让她成为了史上第六快的女子,但她却以更快跑的跑取者而失去了金牌.
She did win the silver, and with it, the respect and admiration of the Australian people.
她确实赢得了银子,并以此赢得了澳大利亚人民的尊敬和钦佩.
The following year, she won a major international track title at a World Championship event in Athens, Greece.
次年她又在希腊雅典举办的世锦赛上获得国际田径大赛冠军.
As she circled the stadium in the victory lap, she again carried both the Australian and Aboriginal flags, and no one objected.
当她在胜利跑道上盘旋体育场时,她再次举起澳大利亚和土著的旗帜,没有人反对.
Soon after, she was named Australian of the Year.
不久后被封为"年度澳大利亚人".
This took her another step toward being an important role model for Aborigines.
这为她成为原住民的重要榜样又迈出了又一步。
In doing so, she was helping all Australians come together as one people.
在这样做的时候,她帮助所有澳大利亚人作为一个民族走到一起.
The years 1998 and 1999 brought Cathy even more success.
1998年和1999年给凯茜带来了更大的成功.
She again won the 400-meter title at a World Championship event and the national title at Melbourne.
她在一次世界锦标赛上再次获得400米的称号,并在墨尔本获得国家称号.
She showed her great belief in herself and in her ability to succeed through constant training.
她表现出她对自己和通过不断训练成功的能力的强烈信念.
She would not let success go to her head.
她不会让成功到她的头上去。
Cathy said, “Money makes life easier but I don’t want to be rich.
凯茜说,“金钱让生活更容易,
I don’t want to be a celebrity either.
我也不想成为名人。
As long as my family and loved ones are there, I’m happy.
只要我的家人和亲人在场,
My family has always come first.
我的家人总是第一。
I have always found security and comfort in their arms.”
我总是在他们的怀里找到安全和舒适。 “
Olympic Fame The Olympic Games of the Year 2000 were held in Sydney, Australia.
奥林匹克名人 2000年奥林匹克运动会于澳大利亚悉尼举行.
Cathy Freeman was a leading contender for a gold medal.
凯茜·弗里曼是金牌的首席竞争者.
She was honored by being chosen to light the Olympic torch.
她被选来点燃奥运会的火炬而感到荣幸.
Then, in a stunning 400-meter run, Cathy won Australia’s 100th gold medal in a stadium in her own country.
然后,在惊人的400米跑道, 凯茜在自己国家的一个体育场上获得澳大利亚第100枚金牌.
All Australians cheered wildly as they watched her carry both flags in her victory lap.
所有澳大利亚人都疯狂地欢呼着 当他们看着她带着两面旗帜 在她的胜利腿。
Together they sang the national anthem and proudly spoke about “Our Cathy.”
他们一起唱了国歌并自豪地谈到“我们的凯茜”。 “
Cathy presented her bouquet of Australian flowers to her mother, Cecelia, whose teary face was filled with pride and joy.
凯茜向她的母亲茜茜莉娅(Cecelia)赠送了她的花束"澳大利亚花",她一脸泪流满面地充满了骄傲和喜悦.
Cathy Freeman is a real world champion, both on the running track and in life.
凯茜·弗里曼(英语:Cathy Freeman)是一位真正的世界冠军,无论是在跑道上还是在生活中.
She has become a role model for all Australians.
她已经成为所有澳大利亚人的榜样.
She has shown the world that you can become what you want to be by working hard to reach your goals.
她向世界表明,通过努力实现你的目标,你可以成为你想要成为的人。
And for the entire world, she has given hope for greater understanding among all people.
对于全世界来说,她给所有人带来了更大的理解的希望。