体育美语-008 110m Hurdles

Y: 我是杨晨。

P: 我是Patrick.

Y: 您一定也和我一样最喜欢看田径比赛，特别是跨栏。

P: hurdles², h-u-r-d-l-e-s。

Y: 一百一十米跨栏就是：

P: One hundred ten meter hurdles.

Y: hurdle¹就是障碍。110米跨栏不仅要跑得快，还要求跨栏技术。

P: It requires speed and great hurdling³ technique.

Y: 我觉得我的hurdling technique就很不错。不过还达不到参加奥运会的水平就是了。如果某个人，比如Patrick要是获得参加奥运会110米跨栏的资格，那我们就说：

P: Patrick qualified⁴ to participate in the Olympic men's 110m hurdles.

Y: Qualified就是获得了参赛资格。当然Patrick didn't qualify for the event. 要说刘翔参加比赛，那别人还相信。

P: Of course. Liu Xiang is one of the world's fastest and most popular hurdler in this year's Games. He is famous for succeeding in an even traditionally dominated by western athletes.

Y: Hurdler就是跨栏运动员。刘翔确实是现在最热门的hurdler。他那么受欢迎的原因之一是110米跨栏本来一直是西方人的强项。110米跨栏的速度之快，令人惊叹，令人眼花缭乱也正因为如此，竞争非常激烈。有一次，

P: Liu Xiang beat his opponent by 0.01 second, or just by a nose.

Y: 0.01秒之差，还可以说"by a nose“一个鼻子之差”打败了对手? 难道作一个好的hurdler, 速度要快，鼻子还得尖一点儿？当然这是形容的说法。我们还可以说：

P: By a hair, by a split second.

Y: 好，美语快车到站了。我们下次见。

P: Until next time, goodbye.
 

1 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

2 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

3 hurdling   

n.跳栏赛跑

参考例句：

• The running and hurdling competitions make up the track events. 径赛项目有跑步和障碍两种。 来自互联网
• Hurdling events are dashes in which competitions must clear a series of ten barriers called hurdles. 在跨栏项目中，运动员需要跨过十个栏。 来自互联网

4 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。