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Top athletes at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships won a spot at the Beijing Olympics over the weekend in Nashville, Tenn. Next month's Games come amid the raging pandemic and political opposition².

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

The thrill of the ice, the dazzle of sequins and the challenge of COVID all were on display this weekend at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Top skaters were named to the Olympic team to compete next month in China. NPR's Tom Goldman was in Nashville to watch the event and talk with the athletes.

TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE³: These national championships had fans scrambling⁴ for the skating history books.

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GOLDMAN: By the time Nathan Chen finished his Elton John-themed free skate yesterday, the three-time world champion was a U.S. champ for the sixth year in a row. No one's had a winning streak⁵ like that since legendary⁶ Dick Button won seven straight in the 1940s and '50s. Typically lowkey, Chen deflected⁷ credit for his achievement, singling out his longtime coach, Rafael Arutyunyan.

NATHAN CHEN: He's been pushing me every single day since I moved to him when I was around 13, you know? So that's kind of it. I can't do this all by myself.

GOLDMAN: Next month in Beijing, Chen will try to improve on his fifth-place finish at the 2018 Olympics. He'll be joined on the Olympic team by Vincent Zhou and Jason Brown, who finished third and fourth in Nashville. The second-place finisher, 17-year-old rising star Ilia Malinin, was named first alternate. And judging by the way things went in Nashville, Malinin should stay ready.

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UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Mariah Bell.

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GOLDMAN: The announcement of the women's U.S. Olympic skaters was quite the show. All that was missing was one of the athletes.

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UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: Alysa Liu.

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GOLDMAN: At that moment, 16-year-old Alysa Liu was in a Nashville hotel, isolating⁸ after testing positive for the coronavirus. She was one of seven skaters who withdrew due to COVID. Because Olympic selections were based on body of work and not just the U.S. championships, she was still able to get on the team. For those new Olympians who dodged⁹ the COVID bullet, they realized the next few weeks before China will entail¹⁰ more dodging¹¹. Mariah Bell - at 25, the oldest U.S. women's champion since 1927 - described the precautions she'll be taking.

MARIAH BELL: And then my mom's going to come fly out and be with me all the way through when I leave. She'll probably be the one going to stores. She's also triple-vaxxed. But I'll do the most that I can to literally¹² not be anywhere other than my apartment or the rink.

GOLDMAN: COVID will not be the only issue potentially muddling¹³ Olympic dreams. With the U.S. and other national governments planning diplomatic boycotts¹⁴, athletes are keenly aware of the human rights abuse allegations against the Chinese government.

TIMOTHY LEDUC: We absolutely acknowledge, like, the horrifying¹⁵ things that we've seen happening to the Uyghurs.

GOLDMAN: Timothy LeDuc was named to the Olympic team in pairs figure skating with partner Ashley Cain-Gribble.

LEDUC: I read somewhere the other day that it was the largest number of people held in internment¹⁶ and labor¹⁷ camps since World War II.

GOLDMAN: In China, LeDuc will be the first openly nonbinary Winter Olympic athlete, an athlete for whom human rights issues are personal. But LeDuc wonders what Olympians can achieve in their short window in the spotlight¹⁸.

LEDUC: I feel powerless sometimes seeing the situation in China.

GOLDMAN: LeDuc is outspoken¹⁹ about issues in the U.S. The debate over whether athletes should speak out about China will grow louder over the next several weeks. For now, many echo what one skater at the championships said. We're going to go on the biggest stage, exude²⁰ positivity and hopefully inspire a pandemic-weary world that needs inspiration right now.

Tom Goldman, NPR News, Nashville.

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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 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

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 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

6 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

7 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

8 isolating   

adj.孤立的，绝缘的v.使隔离( isolate的现在分词 )；将…剔出（以便看清和单独处理）；使（某物质、细胞等）分离；使离析

参考例句：

• Colour filters are not very effective in isolating narrow spectral bands. 一些滤色片不能很有效地分离狭窄的光谱带。 来自辞典例句
• This became known as the streak method for isolating bacteria. 这个方法以后就称为分离细菌的划线法。 来自辞典例句

9 dodged   

v.闪躲( dodge的过去式和过去分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him. 她用木底鞋砸向他时，他机敏地闪开了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He dodged the book that I threw at him. 他躲开了我扔向他的书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

11 dodging   

n.避开，闪过，音调改变v.闪躲( dodge的现在分词 )；回避

参考例句：

• He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
• I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句

12 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

13 muddling   

v.弄乱，弄糟( muddle的现在分词 )；使糊涂；对付，混日子

参考例句：

• Don't do that—you're muddling my papers. 别动—你会弄乱我的文件的。
• In our company you see nobody muddling along. 在咱们公司，看不到混日子的人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 boycotts   

（对某事物的）抵制( boycott的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Their methods included boycotts and court action, supplemented by'sit-ins". 他们的主要方法包括联合抵制、法庭起诉，还附带进行静坐抗议。
• Are boycotts for other purposes illegal? 至于用于其它目的的联合抵制行动是否也是非法的呢？

15 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。

16 internment   

n.拘留

参考例句：

• Certainly the recent attacks against the internment camps are evidence enough. 很明显，最近营地遭受到的攻击就是一个足好的证明。 来自互联网
• The chapters on the internment are Both readaBle and well researched. 这些关于拘留的章节不仅具可读性而且研究得很透彻。 来自互联网

17 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

18 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

19 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

20 exude   

v.(使)流出，(使)渗出

参考例句：

• Some successful men exude self-confidence.有些成功的人流露出自信。
• The sun made him exude sweat.烈日晒得他汗流浃背。