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Some runners in the Boston Marathon trained while listening to audiobooks

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On the morning of this year's Boston marathon, some of the runners competing reflect upon the specific pleasures of training for the arduous² 26-mile course while listening to audiobooks.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

Thousands of runners are competing this morning in the Boston Marathon. Now, some of them have been preparing for the 26.2-mile run by listening to audiobooks while they train. Judith Kogan has more.

(SOUNDBITE OF RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)

JUDITH KOGAN, BYLINE³: There's a certain kind of runner who prefers audiobooks to music or podcasts. Lakshman Swamy, scheduled to run in the marathon this morning, is one of them.

LAKSHMAN SWAMY: I love listening to audiobooks even when I'm just kind of, like, cleaning dishes or whatever. But it's so different when I'm in motion. It brings a different quality to it. It brings it alive in a different way. It really kind of transports me there.

KOGAN: You do want a particular sort of book for running - easy to follow, interesting, but not too challenging. On this score, memoirs⁴ rank high with marathoners, especially when narrated⁵ by an author like Prince Harry⁶.

(SOUNDBITE OF AUDIOBOOK, "SPARE")

PRINCE HARRY: (Reading) When my wife and I fled this place in fear for our sanity⁷ and physical safety, I wasn't sure when I'd ever come back.

KOGAN: Memoirs are often about people who overcame or did something difficult. Marathoner Zac Broken Rope says this has special resonance⁸ for long distance runners.

ZAC BROKEN ROPE: The marathon - I think it is an innately¹⁰ difficult task for any of us to complete, no matter how fit we are, no matter how we are on our running journey. And so listening to someone else sharing their story while you're doing this, like, difficult thing, I think creates an innate⁹ sense of intimacy¹¹ between you and the reader.

KOGAN: Marathoners are people who tend to engage in repetitive behavior, and quite a few of them return to books already read or fall into rabbit holes.

BEN FRENCH: A couple of marathons ago, I got on a Civil War history binge.

KOGAN: That's marathoner Ben French, also running this morning. Putting the pain of marathon training into perspective was this description of the Antietam battlefield.

(SOUNDBITE OF AUDIOBOOK, "CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM")

NELSON RUNGER: (Reading) Hundreds of dead bodies lying in rows and in piles, looking the picture of all that is sickening, harrowing, horrible.

KOGAN: French listened to a slew¹² of Civil War histories.

FRENCH: Novels on the Civil War as well - and then I got into Ron Chernow and listened to his biography of U.S. Grant. And those books are great in the sense that they're very long. You just can listen for hours.

KOGAN: As for Lakshman Swamy, he used to rely on music for energy during runs but found that that energy faded quickly. He'd always be switching to the next song.

SWAMY: But with an audiobook, the climax¹³ is so delightfully¹⁴ built. You know, my heart is pounding more from the suspense¹⁵ of what's happening in the book. I get more of a sustained release of adrenaline from that than I do from just music or even from running alone, right?

KOGAN: Swamy, who's a physician, says listening to stories activates¹⁶ the body the same way running does. The heart beats faster, blood flow increases and breathing quickens.

SWAMY: You're just adding gasoline to the fire. They just synergize so well. Just thinking about it makes me want to get out there and start running and listening to some of the stories I'm listening to right now.

KOGAN: And telling his own story, with an ending like finishing the Boston Marathon.

For NPR News, I'm Judith Kogan.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 arduous   

adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的

参考例句：

• We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
• The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 memoirs   

n.回忆录；回忆录传( mem,自oir的名词复数)

参考例句：

• Her memoirs were ghostwritten. 她的回忆录是由别人代写的。
• I watched a trailer for the screenplay of his memoirs. 我看过以他的回忆录改编成电影的预告片。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 narrated   

v.故事( narrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Some of the story was narrated in the film. 该电影叙述了这个故事的部分情节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island. 笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

7 sanity   

n.心智健全，神智正常，判断正确

参考例句：

• I doubt the sanity of such a plan.我怀疑这个计划是否明智。
• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。

8 resonance   

n.洪亮；共鸣；共振

参考例句：

• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments.一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。
• The areas under the two resonance envelopes are unequal.两个共振峰下面的面积是不相等的。

9 innate   

adj.天生的，固有的，天赋的

参考例句：

• You obviously have an innate talent for music.你显然有天生的音乐才能。
• Correct ideas are not innate in the mind.人的正确思想不是自己头脑中固有的。

10 innately   

adv.天赋地；内在地，固有地

参考例句：

• Innately conservative, Confucius was fascinated by the last of these disciplines. 由于生性保守，孔子特别推崇“礼”。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• Different individuals are innately fitted for different kinds of employment. 不同的人适合不同的职业，这是天生的。 来自互联网

11 intimacy   

n.熟悉，亲密，密切关系，亲昵的言行

参考例句：

• His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.他声称自己与总统关系密切，这有点言过其实。
• I wish there were a rule book for intimacy.我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。

12 slew   

v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多

参考例句：

• He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。

13 climax   

n.顶点；高潮；v.(使)达到顶点

参考例句：

• The fifth scene was the climax of the play.第五场是全剧的高潮。
• His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.他与他父亲的争吵使得事态发展到了顶点。

14 delightfully   

大喜，欣然

参考例句：

• The room is delightfully appointed. 这房子的设备令人舒适愉快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The evening is delightfully cool. 晚间凉爽宜人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15 suspense   

n.（对可能发生的事）紧张感，担心，挂虑

参考例句：

• The suspense was unbearable.这样提心吊胆的状况实在叫人受不了。
• The director used ingenious devices to keep the audience in suspense.导演用巧妙手法引起观众的悬念。

16 activates   

使活动，起动，触发( activate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. 激活窗口，保持当前的大小及位置不变。
• Pulling out the alarm switch activates alarm and pushing it deactivates it. 闹钟的开和关是通过拔出和按入闹铃开关实现的。