讀點(diǎn)好英文:The Greatest American AthIete　美國(guó)最偉大的運(yùn)動(dòng)員

The Greatest American AthIete　美國(guó)最偉大的運(yùn)動(dòng)員

·Gaby·

The railroad station was jammed. Students from Lafayette College were crowding onto the train platform eagerIy awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian School's track and field squad.No one would have believed it a few months earlier.A school that nobody had heard of was suddenly beating big, famous colleges in track meets.Surely these Carlisle athletes would come charging off the train, one after another, like a Marine battalion.

The train finally arrived and two young men-one big and broad, the other small and slight-stepped onto the platform.

“Where is the track team?”a Lafayette student asked.

“This is the team，”repIied the big fellow.

“Just the two of you?”

“Nope, just me，”said the big fellow.“This little guy is the manager.”

The Lafayette students shook their heads in wonder. Somebody must be playing a joke on them.If this big fellow was the whole Carlisle track team, he would be competing against an entire Lafayette squad.

He did. He ran sprints, he ran hurdles, he ran distance races.He high-jumped, he broad-jumped.He threw the javelin and the shot.Finishing first in eight events, the big fellow beat the whole Lafayette team.

The big fellow was Jim Thorpe, the greatest American athlete of modern times.

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火車(chē)站擠得水泄不通。拉斐德學(xué)院的學(xué)生們一齊擁上站臺(tái)，熱切地等待著卡萊爾印第安人學(xué)校田徑隊(duì)的到來(lái)。倘若在幾個(gè)月前，準(zhǔn)沒(méi)有人相信，一個(gè)誰(shuí)也沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的學(xué)校，會(huì)在田徑場(chǎng)上突然大敗許多有名的大學(xué)。不用說(shuō)，這些卡萊爾的運(yùn)動(dòng)員抵達(dá)后，準(zhǔn)會(huì)像一營(yíng)海軍陸戰(zhàn)隊(duì)隊(duì)員那樣，一個(gè)接一個(gè)沖下火車(chē)。

火車(chē)終于到站了，兩個(gè)年輕人——一位，個(gè)兒高，體態(tài)魁梧；另一位，個(gè)兒矮，長(zhǎng)相瘦弱——踏上了站臺(tái)。

“田徑隊(duì)在哪兒？”一位拉斐德的學(xué)生問(wèn)道。

“就在這兒?！贝髠€(gè)子回答道。

“就你們兩個(gè)？”

“不，就我一個(gè)，”大個(gè)子說(shuō)，“這位小兄弟是領(lǐng)隊(duì)。”

拉斐德的學(xué)生們?cè)尞惖負(fù)u搖頭。一定有人在和他們開(kāi)玩笑。如果卡萊爾田徑隊(duì)就只有大個(gè)子一人，那他就得和整個(gè)拉斐德田徑隊(duì)比試高低了。

確實(shí)如此。他短跑、跨欄、長(zhǎng)跑、跳高、跳遠(yuǎn)。他又投標(biāo)槍又?jǐn)S鉛球。大個(gè)子贏得八項(xiàng)第一，一個(gè)人擊敗了整個(gè)拉斐德田徑隊(duì)。

這位大個(gè)子就是美國(guó)現(xiàn)代最偉大的運(yùn)動(dòng)員吉姆·索普。

核心單詞

jammed['d??md]adj.卡住的；擁擠的；堵塞的

eagerIy['i：g?li]adv.渴望地；熱切地

repIy[ri'plai]v.回答，答復(fù)

entire[in'tai?]adj.全部的，整個(gè)的

實(shí)用句型

A schooI that nobody had heard of was suddenIy beating big, famous coIIeges in track meets.

一個(gè)誰(shuí)也沒(méi)聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)的學(xué)校，會(huì)在田徑場(chǎng)上突然大敗許多有名的大學(xué)。

①這里是that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句，修飾限定a school。

②hear of聽(tīng)說(shuō)，類(lèi)似的表達(dá)還有hear from 接到……的信，受……批評(píng)；hear about 聽(tīng)說(shuō)，接到消息等固定搭配。

翻譯練習(xí)

1.她把錯(cuò)誤歸咎于缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)。（charge off）

2.我們贏得了一個(gè)又一個(gè)的勝利。（one after another）

3.這個(gè)國(guó)家在貿(mào)易方面正與其他國(guó)家競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。（compete against）