Sports Stars
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Mia Hamm.
4米娅·汉姆。
5 Venus and Serena Williams.
5维纳斯和瑟琳娜·威廉姆斯.
9 Bethany Hamilton.
9 贝萨尼·汉密尔顿。
16 Conclusion.
16 结论。
21 Glossary.
21 词汇表。
23 Index.
23 指数。
24 Introduction For many years, men dominated sports.
导言 多年来,男子主导体育。
But today, women compete in most of the same sports that men do.
但是今天,女性在大多数与男性相同的运动中竞争.
Women’s professional tennis, basketball, and soccer draw thousands of spectators.
女性职业网球、篮球和足球吸引了上千名观众。
Additionally, high schools and colleges now have women’s sports teams that compete against one another in the same way that men’s teams do.
此外,高中和大学现在都有女子运动队,以与男子队相同的方式相互竞争。
There are thousands of outstanding female athletes.
优秀女运动员有上千名.
This book features four modern-day female athletes who have made huge impacts in their respective sports, and who serve as an inspiration to others—both female and male.
这本书的特点是四名现代女运动员,她们在各自的体育运动中产生了巨大影响,并激励了其他人,包括女性和男性。
Female athletes compete against each other in a professional basketball game.
女子运动员在职业篮球比赛中相较.
Mia Hamm Mariel Margret Hamm, known as Mia, is considered the world’s best all-around women’s soccer player.
米娅·哈姆·玛丽尔·玛格丽特·哈姆(Mia Hamm Mariel Margret Hamm)被誉为世界最佳女子足球运动员.
During her college and professional careers, she set almost every soccer record, including that of all-time leading scorer, male or female, with 158 goals scored in international competition.
在大学和职业生涯中,她创造了几乎每一次的足球纪录,包括历史上男得分或女得分最高者,在国际比赛中共打入158个入球.
With her help, the U.
在她的帮助下,U。
S.
师曰.
women’s team won two gold and two bronze medals in the Women’s World Cup, and an Olympic gold and silver.
女子队在女子世界杯上获得两枚金牌和两枚铜牌,并获得一枚奥运会金银.
Mia retired from international competition in 2004.
米娅于2004年从国际比赛中退役.
Mia Hamm kicks the ball during the 1999 Women’s World Cup.
米娅 汉姆在1999年女子世界杯期间踢出一球.
Mia grew up with five brothers and sisters.
米娅与五个兄弟姐妹一起长大.
She says they taught her the importance of teamwork.
她说他们教她团队精神的重要性。
As a child, she would often quit games before they were over because she hated to lose.
小时候,她经常在比赛结束前退出比赛,因为她讨厌输.
But when her brothers and sisters refused to play with her, she learned to accept losing along with winning.
但当她的兄弟姊妹拒绝与她一起玩时,她学会了随取胜而接受输.
When her older brother Garrett beat her at backyard games, she decided to dedicate herself to becoming a winner.
当她哥哥加内特在后院游戏中击败她时,她决定献身于成为赢家.
To her, winning is everything.
对她来说,赢就是一切
Winning, however, isn’t just about who has the highest score at the end of the game, but rather about who plays the best and most fairly.
比赛结束后谁得分最高,
Mia jumps above two defenders to make a header.
米娅跳出两个维权者来做标题.
The second part of the mission of the Mia Hamm Foundation is to develop more opportunities for young women to participate in sports.
米娅·哈姆基金会的第二部分任务是为年轻妇女提供更多参加体育的机会。
Opportunities for girls to compete in sports were rare when Mia started playing soccer.
米娅开始踢足球时,女孩参加体育比赛的机会很少.
As a result, Mia’s Foundation works to develop new programs that support young women in sports.
因此,米娅基金会致力于制定支持年轻妇女参加体育运动的新方案。
Mia says, “My goal is to leave a positive and lasting legacy in the research of bone marrow diseases and for every female athlete to have the opportunity to play the sports they love.”
Mia说:“我的目标是在骨髓疾病研究中留下积极而持久的遗产,让每个女运动员都有机会参加他们所爱的运动。 “
Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm are inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2007.
朱莉·福迪和米娅·哈姆于2007年入选国家足球名人堂.
Mia stresses the importance of working hard on individual drills, but to her, teamwork is what’s really important.
Mia强调努力练习的重要性,
She says, “I believe that to fit into a team, no individual can put her needs above those of the team as a whole.
她说,“我认为,为了融入一个团队,任何人都不能将自己的需要置于整个团队的需要之上。
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.”
我是一个团队的成员,我依靠团队,我服从它,为此而牺牲,因为团队而不是个人是最终的冠军. “
In 1997, Mia’s brother Garrett developed aplastic anemia, a rare blood disease that affected his bone marrow.
1997年,米娅的弟弟加勒特(Garrett)发展出可塑性贫血,这是一种罕见的血液疾病,影响了他的骨髓.
He received a bone marrow transplant from a healthy donor, which might have cured him, but unfortunately he died of complications from the transplant.
他从一个健康的捐献者那里接受了骨髓移植,这本可以治愈他,但不幸的是他死于移植带来的并发症.
Mia learned a lot about courage and strength from Garrett’s brave struggle with his illness.
米娅从加内特与他所患的疾病所展开的勇敢斗争中了解到了很多勇气和力量.
To commemorate Garrett’s life, and to help others with similar struggles, the Mia Hamm Foundation raises money for bone marrow research, and to support families of people who receive transplants.
为了纪念加内特的生平,也为了帮助有类似斗争的其他人,米娅·哈姆基金会为骨髓研究募集了资金,并为接受移植的人的家庭提供支持.
The Foundation also works to raise awareness about transplants, since it is often hard for people who need a transplant to find a good medical match.
基金会还致力于提高对移植的认识,因为需要移植的人往往很难找到一个良好的医学匹配.
Venus and Serena Williams In 1978, Richard Williams watched on television as Virginia Ruzici won $22,000 in the French Open women’s singles tennis tournament.
维纳斯和瑟琳娜·威廉姆斯 1978年,理查德·威廉斯在电视上观看了弗吉尼亚·鲁齐西在法国公开赛女子单打网球锦标赛上获得22,000美元.
He realized that tennis could be a way to earn a lot of money.
他意识到网球可能是挣取一大笔钱的方法.
Richard claims to have known before the birth of his daughters Venus and Serena that they would become tennis champions.
理查德声称在女儿维纳斯和瑟琳娜出世之前就已经知道他们将成为网球冠军.
While he waited for them to grow big enough to hold a tennis racquet, he taught himself and his wife, Oracene, how to play tennis by studying videos and books on the subject.
正当他等待他们长大到足以举行网球赛事时,他通过学习有关这个主题的视频和书籍来教导自己和妻子奥雷克内如何打网球.
The Williams sisters pose before a match at Wimbledon in 2000.
威廉斯姐妹在2000年温布尔登的比赛前摆出姿势.
The family lived in Compton, California.
家庭住加州康普顿.
It was a tough place to grow up with its drug dealers and gangs.
和毒贩和黑帮一起成长很艰难
When the girls were young, they would pack the family car with racquets, tennis balls, and a broom, and go to the local park to practice.
年轻时,她们会用浣熊、网球和扫帚打包家用汽车,然后去当地的公园去练习。
The courts were littered with trash, and the girls had to sweep them clean before they could play.
法庭上乱丢垃圾,女孩们在玩游戏前必须扫地取地.
As a young girl, Venus watched tennis matches on TV, and learned by studying the professionals.
年轻时,维纳斯在电视上观看了网球比赛,通过学习专业人士学习.
She figured out that the winners could find the weakness in an opponent’s game and then repeatedly hit the ball to that weak area.
她发现获胜者可以在对手的比赛中找到弱点,然后再三地将球打入那个薄弱的区域.
She also studied the footwork of the pros, applying what she learned to her own play and teaching her younger sister.
她还研究了职业者的脚活,将所学的应用到自己的剧中去,并教她妹妹.
Venus and Serena shared their father’s dream that they would become the best tennis players in the world.
维纳斯和瑟琳娜分享了父亲的梦想:他们将成为世界上最好的网球运动员.
As their coach, Richard worked them hard, but he also insisted that they concentrate on their schoolwork.
作为他们的教练,理查对他们很努力地工作,但他也坚持要求他们专注于他们的学校工作.
Serena says, “Being well educated helps us succeed both on and off the court.”
Serena说:“受过良好教育, “
Venus and Serena were encouraged to excel in everything they did, not to earn praise from others, but to satisfy themselves.
维纳斯和瑟琳娜被鼓励在他们所做的一切中表现出出色,不是赢得别人的赞美,而是满足自己.
Richard Williams coaches his daughter Venus before a match.
理查德·威廉姆斯在一场比赛前教练他的女儿维纳斯.
Venus and Serena, a year apart in age, each entered their first professional tournament at age 14.
维纳斯和瑟琳娜,年龄相差一年,每人在14岁时进入了他们的首个职业联赛.
They quickly began winning against older, more well-known players.
他们很快开始战胜更年长,更出名的球员.
Since then, the Williams sisters have won every big-name tournament, including the French Open, the U.
此后,威廉斯姐妹们赢得了每届大名赛,包括法国公开赛,U.
S.
师曰.
Open, and Wimbledon.
开门 还有温布尔登
They compete in singles, sometimes playing against each other, and in doubles, playing together as a team.
他们参加单打比赛,有时会出场相打,还参加双打比赛,作为一队一起出场.
At various times, each of them has been ranked number one in the world.
在不同时期,他们各被评为世界第一.
The Williams sisters compete as a doubles team during the Australian Open in 2009.
威廉斯姐妹在2009年澳大利亚公开赛期间作为双人队出战.
As children who grew up in the city, Venus and Serena recognized that inner-city high school students often had trouble earning tennis scholarships because they didn’t have the necessary training and support.
在城市长大的孩子,维纳斯和瑟琳娜认识到,市内高中生往往很难获得网球奖学金,因为他们没有得到必要的培训和支持.
As a result, the sisters founded the Venus and Serena Williams Tutorial/Tennis Academy, which provides inner- city students with tennis lessons, tutoring, financial aid, and career counseling.
因此,姐妹们创办了维纳斯和瑟琳娜·威廉姆斯(英语:Serena Williams Tutrial/Tennis)学院,为城内学生提供网球课,辅导,经济援助以及职业咨询.
The Williams sisters play as much tennis as possible, making the most of what is available to them while they are still competitive in their sport.
威廉斯姐妹们尽可能多地打网球,在他们仍然在运动中竞争时,尽量利用他们可以得到的.
They also attended college to prepare for their lives after tennis, and work at other pursuits.
他们还上大学准备网球后的生活,并在其他的追逐中工作.
They stress the importance of education, and of constantly challenging oneself to work hard and set new goals.
他们强调教育的重要性,强调不断挑战自己努力工作和制定新目标的重要性。
Both women have studied fashion design; Serena developed her own clothing line, called Aneres (Serena spelled backward).
两位女性都学习了时装设计;瑟琳娜开发出她自己的服装线,取名"Aneres"(Serena拼写后向).
Venus has an interior design company called V Starr Interiors and her own line of clothes, called Ele Ven.
维纳斯有一个内部设计公司叫"V Starr内地"(V Starr Interiors)以及她自己的一行衣服,叫"Ele Ven".
Both sisters have acted on television and hope to work in movies.
两位姐妹都曾在电视上出演并希望能出演电影.
Their natural curiosity keeps them busy learning new things.
他们的自然好奇心使他们忙于学习新事物.
Serena, the outgoing sister, likes to learn new languages so she can talk to people when she travels.
瑟琳娜,即将出道的姐姐,喜欢学习新语言,这样她旅行时可以和人交谈.
She can speak French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
她会说法语,西班牙语,意大利语和葡萄牙语.
Venus, who is shyer than her sister, is a bookworm.
比她姐姐还害羞的维纳斯是个书虫
She likes to read about many different subjects.
她喜欢阅读许多不同的科目.
The sisters credit their success to hard work and a positive attitude.
姐妹们把他们的成功归功于辛勤工作和积极的态度.
Serena says, “When you’re really going for something, you can’t think about your doubts.
Serena说, “当你真的去寻求什么,
You have to push them out of your head and replace them with positive thoughts like ‘I can do this.’
你必须把它们从你的脑子里推出来,代之以积极的想法,例如`我可以做到这一点。 " ; "
Serena Williams visits a school she founded in Kenya, Africa, in 2008.
2008年瑟琳娜·威廉姆斯访问她在非洲肯尼亚创办的一所学校.
Bethany Hamilton Tom and Cheri Hamilton grew up loving to surf, Tom in New Jersey and Cheri in California.
贝塔尼·汉密尔顿·汤姆和切里·汉密尔顿从小喜爱冲浪,新泽西州的汤姆和加利福尼亚州的切里.
After high school, they both moved to Kauai, Hawaii, to take advantage of the great surfing.
高中毕业后,两人都搬到了夏威夷的考艾,以取用伟大的冲浪.
There they met, married, and had three children —two sons and Bethany.
他们在那里相遇,结婚,并生了三个孩子——两个儿子和贝桑尼.
All three children were born surfers.
三个孩子都是天生的冲浪手.
Bethany’s older brothers dared her to try everything they did.
贝瑟尼的哥哥们敢于尝试他们所做的一切。
She says their pushing made her adventurous and competitive.
她说他们的推力让她冒险而有竞争力
She played other sports, such as soccer, but preferred to concentrate on surfing.
她还打过其他运动,如足球等,但更喜欢专注于冲浪.
Even after the shark attack, Bethany still competes in surfing competitions.
即使在鲨鱼袭击后,贝桑尼仍然在冲浪比赛中出战.
Memorable Moments June 17, 1980 — Venus Williams is born.
1980年6月17日被纪念的时刻——金星. 威廉姆斯诞生了
September 26, 1981 — Serena Williams is born.
1981年9月26日——瑟琳娜·威廉斯出世.
October 31, 1994 — Venus enters her first professional tournament.
1994年10月31日——维纳斯进入她的第一个职业联赛.
Association (WTA) singles championship.
协会(WTA)单打冠军.
Slam singles title.
Slam单曲标题.
Slam finals match for the first time in the U.
斯拉姆决赛在U区首次出道.
S.
师曰.
Open; Venus wins the championship.
公开;金星夺得冠军.
Wimbledon finals; Serena wins.
温布尔登决赛;瑟琳娜取胜.
Williams sisters face off in the Wimbledon singles finals; Serena wins.
威廉姆斯姐妹在温布尔登单打决赛中出场;瑟琳娜取胜.
the Australian Open.
澳大利亚开放。
the third time.
第三次的时候
2009 — Venus wins her fourth Wimbledon title.
2009年——维纳斯夺得她第四个温布尔登头衔.
2010 — Serena wins her fourth Wimbledon title.
2010年——瑟琳娜夺得她第四个温布尔登头衔.
Bethany began entering surfing competitions at age 8, and dreamed of becoming a professional surfer.
贝萨尼从8岁开始进入冲浪比赛,并梦想成为职业冲浪手.
She was 13 years old on October 31, 2003.
她于2003年10月31日13岁.
On that day, while surfing with friends near Tunnels Beach, a 14-foot tiger shark attacked her.
当日,一头14英尺高的虎鲨在Tunnes海滩附近与朋友冲浪时袭击了她.
Bethany said, “My arm was hanging in the water, and it just came and bit me.
贝桑尼说,“我的手臂被吊在水中,它只是来咬我。
It kind of pulled me back and forth.
有点把我拉回来了
But I just held onto my board and then the shark let go.”
但我只是握住我的板子 然后鲨鱼就放手了 “
The shark tore off Bethany’s left arm just below her shoulder.
鲨鱼从贝桑尼的左臂上撕开 就在她肩膀下方
A nearby surfer made a tourniquet from a rubber surf leash, which kept the bleeding under control while they paddled one-quarter mile back to shore.
一个附近的冲浪手用橡胶冲浪绳做了个止血带,在他们划回岸上四分之一英里时,血流得到控制。
Bethany’s doctors say that her athletic training helped her to survive the shock and blood loss, but Bethany thinks that’s not the whole story.
Bethani的医生说, 她的体育训练帮助她度过了惊吓和失血,
She says, “I might not be here if I hadn’t asked for God’s help.
她表示:「如果我没有向上帝求救,
I look at everything that’s happened as part of God’s plan for my life.”
我将所发生的一切视为上帝对我生命计划的一部分。 “
Bethany’s book, Soul Surfer, tells her story of faith and courage.
贝桑尼的书"苏尔·苏尔费"讲述了她信仰和勇气的故事.
While she was healing, Bethany thought for a while that she might not surf again.
在她痊愈期间,贝瑟尼认为她可能不会再冲浪了.
She was concerned that it would be much harder to stand up on the board using only one hand and that her balance would be completely off.
她担心只用一只手就更难站在董事会上,而且她的平衡会被完全切断.
But with hard work and determination she returned to surfing.
但凭借辛勤工作和决心,她又回到了冲浪.
She says, “It’s hard for me to describe the joy I felt after I stood up and rode a wave in for the first time after the attack.
她表示:「我很难描述我站起来后所感受到的快乐,
I was incredibly thankful and happy inside.
我非常感激和快乐的内心。
The tiny bit of doubt that would sometimes tell me ‘You’ll never surf again’ was gone in one wave!”
有时会告诉我`你再也不会冲浪了',
The shark that attacked Bethany was more than twice her size.
攻击贝萨尼的鲨鱼是她两倍多的体型.
Bethany has returned to her pre-attack routine of strenuous workouts, school, and surfing competitions.
贝桑尼回到了她的进攻前常规 艰苦的锻炼,学校和冲浪比赛。
She says that she has a lot to be thankful for.
她说她有很多事情要感谢
When people tell her that she’s an inspiration, she responds, “I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward heaven.”
当人们告诉她她是一个灵感时,她回答说,“我只是想成为指向天堂的路标。 “
She believes that faith provides hope and a future for those who feel down or defeated in their lives.
她认为信仰为那些在生活中感到沮丧或被打败的人提供了希望和前途.
Bethany’s popularity and hope for the future led her to partner with World Vision to create “Surfing for Children in Crisis.”
Bethany的受欢迎程度和对未来的希望促使她与世界展望组织合作,创建了“危机中的儿童调查”。 “
Bethany hopes that her involvement in the campaign will help provide disabled children from around the world with essential care, support, and hope.
Bethany希望她参与这项运动将有助于为来自世界各地的残疾儿童提供基本的照顾、支持和希望。
Bethany accepts the Favorite Comeback award during the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports awards.
贝萨尼在Nickelodeon儿童选择体育奖期间,
As for fear of another shark attack, Bethany says that sometimes her heart pounds when she sees a shadow under the water and she still has occasional bad dreams about being attacked by a shark.
至于对另一次鲨鱼袭击的恐惧,贝桑尼说,有时她看到水下有影子时会心跳起,而她仍然偶尔会有被鲨鱼袭击的恶梦.
But she believes that “God is watching out for me, and while I don’t want to do something stupid like paddling out where someone has just seen a shark, in the end, I trust Him to take care of me.”
她认为“上帝在照顾我, 虽然我不想做傻事, “
Bethany had to regain her sense of balance to surf again.
贝桑尼不得不再次恢复平衡感来冲浪.
Conclusion Not every girl has the soccer talent of Mia Hamm, the tennis skills of the Williams sisters, or the surfing ability of Bethany Hamilton.
结论 并不是每个女孩都有米娅·哈姆的足球天赋,威廉斯姐妹的网球技巧,或者贝萨尼·汉密尔顿的冲浪能力.
Not everyone is destined to be a star athlete like these four.
不是每个人都注定会成为这四位明星运动员.
Whether your dream is to excel in sports, medicine, art, music, or another field, these star athletes can provide inspiration.
无论你的梦想是在体育,医学,艺术,音乐, 或者另一个领域, 这些明星运动员可以提供灵感。
Their message is to believe in yourself, work hard, and pursue your dreams.
他们的讯息是相信自己,努力工作,追求你的梦想.
Women’s Sports Firsts • In 1900, women began competing in the Olympics in Paris, France.
女子体育第一 ^ 1900年,女子开始参加法国巴黎举办的奥运会.
Initially, women could only compete in golf and tennis.
最初,女性只能参加高尔夫和网球比赛.
schedule.
时间表。
Each player earned $25 a game.
每位玩家每场比赛收入为25美元.
participated in sports—2,472,043 girls!
参加体育活动的有2 472 043名女孩。
Knoxville, Tennessee, opened in 1999.
田纳西州诺克斯维尔,1999年开业.
Boxing Championships were held in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
拳击锦标赛在宾夕法尼亚州斯克兰顿举行.
The event drew more than 150 competitors from 35 nations.
该活动吸引了来自35个国家的150多位竞争者.
athletes were women!
运动员是女性!
first game in 2009.
2009年第一场比赛.