VOA慢速英语2016 平衡人生,大屏幕上跃动的奥运希望（在线收听）

Balancing Life, Olympic Hopes on the Big Screen 平衡人生,大屏幕上跃动的奥运希望

Look out for Alexi Pappas at the Olympics in August.

人们在八月份上的奥林匹克会上注视着阿列克斯?帕帕斯。

She is a Greek-American long-distance runner.

她是美籍希腊人，长跑运动者。

Pappas will run in the 10,000 meter event for Greece.

帕帕斯会代表希腊参加10，000米长跑运动项目。

She grew up in the United States but her grandmother was born in Greece. That is why she can run for Greece at the Olympics.

她虽然在美国长大，但她的祖母却在希腊出生。这就是她在运动会上为希腊奔跑的原因。

Pappas is not just a runner.

帕帕斯不只是一个跑步运动员，

She is also a writer, actor and filmmaker.

也是作家、演员和电影制作人。

Her first full-length movie, "Tracktown," came out this summer.

她的第一部完整的电影《田径小镇》在这个夏季上映了。

The film is about a young woman training in a small city in Oregon for a chance to compete in the Olympics.

这部电影的内容是一位年轻的女人为了得到参加奥林匹克运动会的机会，在俄勒冈州的一个小城镇中训练，。

Just like Pappas. And Pappas plays the character, named Plumb Marigold.

就像帕帕斯一样。而帕帕斯亲自扮演了这个角色，名字是普朗博?玛丽格德。

Plumb is trying to balance her training with her interest in having a social life. A love interest develops when she meets a man at a bakery.

普朗博试图让她的训练和日常生活保持平衡，尤其是当她在面包房遇见了那个男人，并对他产生了爱意的时候。

"Tracktown" is named for the city of Eugene, Oregon. Eugene is called Tracktown because it is an important place for track and field events in the U.S.

《田径小镇》是以俄勒冈州的尤金市命名的。之所以把尤金市称为田径小镇，是因为在美国的田径赛事上，这是个重要的地方。

A lot of competitive runners live and train there.

许多跑步运动员在这里生活、训练。

It is also the location of the USA Track and Field team Olympic trials. The trials conclude this weekend.

美国奥林匹克田径项目选拔赛也是在这里举行的。这周选拔赛正在进行着。

The top finishers of every race and competition there will earn a place on the USA Olympic team for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

这里的每场比赛的冠军和竞争会在2016里约热内卢奥林匹克运动会上为美国举办奥林匹克运动会赢得机会。

Many people wonder how Pappas is able to train for the Olympics and make a movie at the same time. But she says she enjoys having something that can keep her mind off running.

许多人好奇帕帕斯在为奥林匹克运动会做准备的同时，又怎么有时间有精力又制作了一部电影。但她说这些事能够让她从长跑中休息，她感到很开心。

However, Pappas is extremely busy.

然而，帕帕斯的生活极其忙碌。

She could not even attend her film's opening night in early July.

她甚至不能参加七月初的电影开幕式。

Pappas was in Amsterdam running for Greece at the European Athletics Championships. She finished the race in 32 minutes, 27 seconds and placed 11th.

帕帕斯代表希腊参加了在阿姆斯特丹举行的欧洲田径锦标赛。她以32分27秒的成绩获得了第11名。 

Jeremy Teicher is Pappas' real-life boyfriend. They made the film together.

杰里米?泰歇是帕帕斯真实生活中的男友。这部电影是由他们两人合作完成的。

At the movie's opening event, Teicher said, "there's a real convergence of life imitating art and fiction."

在电影的开幕式上，泰歇说，这部电影是生活模仿艺术与小说的真正融合。

Teicher called the city of Eugene a "really special location." That is one reason why he and Pappas wanted to make a movie there.

泰歇把尤金市称为“真正独特的地方”。这是他和帕帕斯在这里制作电影的原因之一。

If you watch the movie carefully, you will see some other real-life Olympic runners in the movie.

如果你认真的看了电影，你会发现很多现实中的奥林匹克赛跑运动员都出现在电影中。

One of those runners is Nick Symmonds. Symmonds competed at the Beijing and London Olympics.

其中有一位名叫尼克?西蒙茨。西蒙茨参加过北京奥运会和伦敦奥运会。

"Tracktown" will be shown at some film festivals in the future. The producers hope it will then be released at theaters around the U.S.

未来一些电影节会展示《田径小镇》这部电影。制片人希望这部电影能够在美国的电影院上映。

"Our secret goal is that there will be tour buses in Eugene one day taking you around to the locations where we shot," Teicher said.

有一天，尤金市的旅游巴士能够带着你们游览我们曾经的拍摄地，这就是我们的秘密目标。

Words in This Story

convergence – n. when two things join together

imitate – v. to make or do something the same way as (something else)

trials – n. a test of the quality, value, or usefulness of something

character – n. a person who appears in a story, book, play, movie, or television show

feature – n. a movie that is made to be shown in a theater for entertainment: a full-length movie

bakery – n. a place where bread, cakes, cookies, and other baked foods are made or sold