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拿错滑板的冠军 Winning With Mismatched Skis

时间:2013-01-24 03:44:43

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   A rarity among biathletes, Myriam Bédard competed as a figure skater until she was twelve years old. When women's biathlon was introduced to the Olympics at the 1992 Winter Games, Bédard earned a bronze medal at 15km. In Lillehammer, she took a gold medal in the same event. Five days later she entered the 7.5km race, a distance at which she was the reigning1 world champion. After the race began, Bédard realised that her skis were mismatched. By mistake, she had grabbed one ski from one pair and another from a different pair. The left ski was improperly2 waxed and she struggled with it throughout the race. Nevertheless, she managed to better the time of Svetlana Paramygina by a mere3 1.1 seconds and win her second gold medal在现代冬季两项运动员中,米丽娅姆-贝达德是个另类,她的运动生涯是以一位花样滑冰运动员开始的,直到12岁的时候,才开始现代冬季两项的训练。1992年的法国阿尔贝维尔冬季奥运会上,女子现代冬季两项才正式引入奥运会的比赛项目,米丽娅姆就参加了角逐,并在15公里比赛中获得了一枚铜牌。在1994年的挪威利勒哈默尔冬季奥运会上,她在这个项目中取得突破,夺得金牌。五天后,她又参加了7.5公里项目的竞争,这个项目上她在世界上处于绝对领先地位,但是直到开始后,她才发现她拿错了她的滑雪板。两支滑板一大一小,不是一副。左脚上的滑板拿错了,这让她在整个比赛过程中非常别扭。尽管这样,米丽娅姆还是以领先第二名1.1秒的成绩夺取金牌。


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1 reigning nkLzRp     
adj.统治的,起支配作用的
参考例句:
  • The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑,星很繁,夜阑人静。
  • Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下,他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。
2 improperly 1e83f257ea7e5892de2e5f2de8b00e7b     
不正确地,不适当地
参考例句:
  • Of course it was acting improperly. 这样做就是不对嘛!
  • He is trying to improperly influence a witness. 他在试图误导证人。
3 mere rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
参考例句:
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。