美国国家公共电台 NPR Sweet Redemption As Men's Curling Team Brings Olympic Gold Home To Duluth

 

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

The gold medal-winning U.S. men's curling team got a hero's welcome last night in Duluth, Minn. It was sweet redemption for the U.S. team, which finished last and second-to-last in the last two Olympics. Dan Kraker of Minnesota Public Radio has more.

DAN KRAKER, BYLINE¹: Northern Minnesota is curling country. And the gold medalists entered a packed ballroom² following a bagpiper³ through a canopy⁴ of curling brooms held up by local players.

(SOUNDBITE OF BAGPIPES⁵ PLAYING)

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Cheering) USA, USA.

KRAKER: The curlers sat on a stage along with two members of the U.S. women's Olympic curling team. They seemed overwhelmed by the reception.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

JOHN LANDSTEINER: Well, first of all, I'm way more nervous now than I was to play for a gold medal.

(LAUGHTER)

KRAKER: John Landsteiner, when he's not curling, is an engineer in Duluth.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

LANDSTEINER: The Olympics are great and all, but this is way cooler than the Olympics right now.

(LAUGHTER)

KRAKER: Tyler George, who owns a liquor store in Duluth, says he felt a lot of responsibility representing Team USA.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

TYLER GEORGE: The world's watching. You know what I mean? When we're playing at worlds, we're playing in front of curling crowds. When we play at the Olympics, it's in front of everybody.

(LAUGHTER)

GEORGE: And a lot of those people are now curling fans, you know, because of this. And...

(APPLAUSE)

KRAKER: The Duluth Curling Club, where four out of the five team members are based, has been getting bombarded with phone calls.

ZANDY ZWEIBEL: My name is Zandy Zweibel, and I curl with the Duluth Curling Club and love the club, love these guys. They have worked so hard to get here.

KRAKER: Kids are filling up youth leagues, including Zweibel's 13-year-old.

ZWEIBEL: The juniors are incredibly excited. I mean, my daughter has done really well. This has totally heightened her enthusiasm. I mean, it - she is, like, totally motivated.

KRAKER: And it's not just that they won. It's how the team won that has motivated so many people in Duluth and beyond. After the last Olympics, team captain John Shuster was cut by USA Curling. So he formed his own team, and they qualified⁶ again. On the brink⁷ of elimination⁸ again, they reeled off five consecutive⁹ victories. Shuster says this team was different.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

JOHN SHUSTER: We always knew that we had something special. And we thought that we had it in us to get up on a podium and maybe even on top of a podium.

KRAKER: And he says to do it on the world's biggest stage was epic¹⁰.

For NPR News, I'm Dan Kraker in Duluth.

(SOUNDBITE OF FEVERKIN FEATURING KORESMA'S "CALENDAR PROJECT: MAY")

1 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。

2 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

3 bagpiper   

n.吹风笛的人，风笛手

参考例句：

• Maybe I'll follow the sweet sound of the bagpiper playing along 16th Street. 也许我会顺着16街吹奏出的风笛甜美的声音走过去。 来自互联网

4 canopy   

n.天篷，遮篷

参考例句：

• The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
• They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

5 bagpipes   

n.风笛；风笛( bagpipe的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Yes, and I'm also learning to play the bagpipes. 是的，我也想学习吹风笛。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Mr. Vinegar took the bagpipes and the piper led the cow away. 于是醋溜先生拿过了风笛，风笛手牵走了奶牛。 来自互联网

6 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

7 brink   

n.(悬崖、河流等的)边缘，边沿

参考例句：

• The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.那棵树生长在峭壁的边缘。
• The two countries were poised on the brink of war.这两个国家处于交战的边缘。

8 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

9 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

10 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。