8月1日晚，東京奧運(yùn)會(huì)男子100米比賽中，中國(guó)“飛人”蘇炳添在半決賽和決賽中均突破10秒大關(guān)，創(chuàng)造了中國(guó)田徑新的歷史。

Dashing across the track like a bolt of red lightning, the 31-year-old burned himself out by clocking a personal best of 9.83 seconds - the fastest among all semifinalists and a new Asian record - to become the first Chinese to qualify for the men's 100m finals on Sunday.
8月1日，31歲的蘇炳添像一束紅色的閃電一樣飛速?zèng)_過(guò)跑道，拼盡全力達(dá)到了9秒83的個(gè)人最好成績(jī)，以半決賽第一晉級(jí)決賽，同時(shí)創(chuàng)造了新的亞洲紀(jì)錄。他是第一個(gè)沖進(jìn)奧運(yùn)會(huì)男子百米決賽的中國(guó)人。

【詞匯講解】

這里的dash是動(dòng)詞，表示“快跑，猛沖”，比如：I must dash - I've got to be home by seven.（我得趕快跑了，7點(diǎn)之前必須到家）。這個(gè)例句中的dash也可以用sprint替換，用作名詞的時(shí)候，dash和sprint都可以表示體育比賽中的“短跑”項(xiàng)目，比如：100-meter dash/sprint，蘇炳添就是一名sprinter（短跑運(yùn)動(dòng)員）。此外，dash還有“猛烈拍打”的意思，比如：Waves dashed against the cliffs（波濤拍打著懸崖）。而短語(yǔ)dash one's hope表示“使某人的希望破滅”，比如：Saturday's 2–0 defeat dashed their hopes of reaching the final（上周六的比賽0比2告負(fù)，讓他們進(jìn)入決賽的希望泡湯了）。

決賽目標(biāo)：突破10秒

In the final two hours later, Su crossed the finishing line sixth in 9.98 seconds.
在2小時(shí)之后的決賽中，蘇炳添以9秒98的成績(jī)名列第六。

蘇炳添在賽后表示：

"After the semifinals, my strength had dropped significantly, I just wanted to try my best in the final," said Su.
半決賽后，我體能下降得非常厲害，決賽盡可能發(fā)揮出自己的水平就勝利了。

But Su set a "small" target to finish the final race within 10 seconds regardless of the ranking.
我給自己定了目標(biāo)，不管第幾名，我的目標(biāo)就是突破10秒。

"If I made it, it would mean I could run two consecutive races both within 10 seconds, that's big progress for myself," Su said of his plan on the final.
如果能做到，這么短的時(shí)間內(nèi)還能兩度跑進(jìn)10秒，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)非常大的進(jìn)步。

劉翔是我的幸運(yùn)之神

Expressing appreciation to the constant encouragement he received from fellow Olympian Liu Xiang, who made history to win the 110m hurdles at the 2004 Athens Games, Su said he hoped his achievement could inspire future Chinese athletes.
蘇炳添表示，2004年雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)男子110米欄冠軍劉翔不斷地鼓勵(lì)和支持他，希望自己的成績(jī)也能激勵(lì)之后的中國(guó)選手。

"Liu Xiang was indeed an inspiration for Chinese athletics, we wouldn't even think of trying to make it to an Olympic final or win Olympic medals if not for him," said Su.
劉翔是我們中國(guó)田徑隊(duì)的開(kāi)路人。如果沒(méi)有他的話(huà)，我們可能很多人沒(méi)有想法——要站在奧運(yùn)會(huì)的決賽場(chǎng)上，我們亞洲人也能夠拿到奧運(yùn)會(huì)冠軍。

"I hope my performance today could serve as an inspiration for younger athletes in their sporting careers. When I was their age, my speed was no match for them. With the techniques and ideas we have, they could achieve much more than I do."
希望我今天的成績(jī)，也能激勵(lì)更多的年輕運(yùn)動(dòng)員。我在他們的這個(gè)年齡，根本跑不出這樣的成績(jī)。我相信，把現(xiàn)在的技術(shù)、理念用到他們身上，肯定會(huì)事半功倍。

【奧運(yùn)會(huì)田徑比賽項(xiàng)目】

sprint 短跑

middle-distance race 中距離跑

long-distance race 長(zhǎng)跑

marathon 馬拉松

relay race 接力賽跑

hurdles 跨欄跑

the 400 meter hurdles 400米欄

the 110 meter hurdles 110米欄

walking 競(jìng)走

steeplechase 障礙賽

high jump 跳高

pole jump/pole vault 撐桿跳

long jump 跳遠(yuǎn)

triple jump 三級(jí)跳

shot put 推鉛球

discus throwing 鐵餅

hammer throwing 鏈球

javelin throwing 標(biāo)槍

decathlon 十項(xiàng)全能（100米跑、跳遠(yuǎn)、鉛球、跳高、400米跑，110米跨欄跑、鐵餅、撐桿跳、標(biāo)槍、1500米跑）

heptathlon 七項(xiàng)全能（100米跨欄跑、跳高、鉛球、200米跑、跳遠(yuǎn)、標(biāo)槍、800米跑）

triathlon 鐵人三項(xiàng)：游泳（1500米）；自行車(chē)（40公里）；跑步（10公里）

參考來(lái)源：新華網(wǎng)、中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)

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