2017考研英语拓展阅读：菲尔普斯力斩第21金再创历史

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    2017考研英语拓展阅读：菲尔普斯力斩第21金再创历史
   
    Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted.
    迈克尔·菲尔普斯独自坐着,完全精疲力竭。
    He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had
nothing left to give.
    他双手抱头,然后动动脖子,仿佛他一无所有。
    No need.
    不需要。
    His work was done.
    他的比赛刚结束了。
    He had his 20th and 21st gold medals.
    他赢得了自己的第20和第21枚金牌。
    Phelps made up for one of the rare losses in his brilliant career by
winning the 200-metre butterfly, a triumph that sent him climbing into the
stands to kiss his three-month-old son Boomer.
    菲尔普斯赢得200米蝶泳的胜利，弥补了他传奇的职业生涯中罕见的遗憾之一。取得胜利后，他爬上看台，亲吻自己三个月大的儿子布默。
    An hour later, he returned to take what amounted to nothing more than a
triumphant victory lap in anchoring the 4x200 freestyle relay, the crowd’s
deafening roar growing louder with every stroke.
    一个小时后，他又重返参加4x200自由泳接力的比赛，并再次拿下胜利。随着他每次的划水，观众的叫喊声愈加震耳欲聋。
    This was another performance for the ages, but Phelps has done it so many
times that nothing else would have been fitting.
    这是这个时代又一场伟大的表演，但菲尔普斯已经做过很多次,没有其他任何东西可以与之匹配。
    It came on a night that American teammate Katie Ledecky picked up her
second gold of the Rio Olympics on the way to what could be a historic run of
her own in the pool.
    比赛的同一晚，菲尔普斯的美国游泳队队友凯蒂·莱德基在自己历史性的游泳赛程中，取得自己在里约奥运会的第二枚金牌。
    Phelps now has 25 medals in all, and three more races in Rio to add to his
almost unimaginable total.
    菲尔普斯现在一共取得25枚奖牌,接下来的三项比赛可能将奖牌总数增加到难以想象的数量。
    The 200m fly was the one he really wanted, and it showed.
    200米蝶泳是他真正想拿下的项目，而结果也证实了。
    With challengers all around, Phelps simply wouldn’t be denied.
    挑战者们比比皆是，菲尔普斯也不容否定。
    After touching the wall first - by a mere four-hundredths of a second - he
held up one finger.
    在第一个触壁—以0.04秒的微弱优势险胜之后，他竖起一根手指。
    Then he sat on a lane rope, egging on the roaring crowd at the Olympic
Aquatics Centre with both hands, before emphatically pumping his fist.
    然后他坐在分道线上,双手向奥林匹克水上运动中心呐喊的人群挥动, 之后手握成拳，用力挥舞。
    Tears welled in his eyes during the medal ceremony - until somebody in the
crowd cracked him up.
    在颁奖仪式现场,泪水在他的眼睛打转，直到人群中有人让他破涕为笑。
    Then, during the customary stroll around the pool to pose for
photographers, Phelps broke ranks and bounded into the stands to plant a kiss on
Boomer, the son who symbolises just how much Phelps’ life has changed since a
second drunken-driving arrest two years ago.
    然后，在泳池周围习惯性的闲逛拍照时间，菲尔普斯越过人群，跳进看台亲吻他的儿子布默，儿子象征着自从两年前菲尔普斯二次酒驾被捕后，他的生活发生了多么大的改变。
    Four years ago, Phelps mistimed his finish in the wind-milling stroke he
does better than anyone, gliding to the wall a little too long after his final
whirl of the arms.
    四年前，菲尔普斯在200米蝶泳比赛中一路领先，在他游出最后一划后，他试图完成滑行触壁，不料错过时机，游到泳池壁的时间有点长。
    That allowed Chad le Clos of South Africa to stunningly win gold in an
event that Phelps had dominated for the better part of a decade.
    这使得来自南非的游泳运动员查德·勒·克洛斯令人震惊在这一项目上赢得金牌，而这一项目菲尔普斯在过去的10年一直占主导。
    But the South African could only manage fourth this time.
    但是今天南非只能位列第四。
    The relay was much less dramatic.
    接力赛没有这么戏剧化。
    He was handed a commanding lead and spent the next 100 seconds or so
soaking up the cheers.
    在他接棒时，美国队已经遥遥领先，他入水的大约100秒完全吸引了全场的欢呼。
    But let’s not forget two other very impressive swimmers.
    但是不要忘记另两名令人印象深刻的游泳运动员。
    Ledecky took the most challenging step toward a feat that’s only been done
one other time, holding off Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom to win the 200m
freestyle.
    莱德基又一次完成最具挑战性的壮举，力败瑞典的萨拉·索斯特伦从而赢得了200米自由泳的比赛。
    Debbie Meyer is the only female swimmer to capture the three longest
freestyle events at a single Olympics, winning the 200m, 400m and 800m at Mexico
City in 1968.
    黛比·梅耶在1968年的墨西哥城奥运会上赢得了自由泳200米、400米和800米的胜利，是唯一一位在一届奥运会自由泳最长距离比赛中三连冠的女选手。
    Ledecky looks like a lock to match Meyer, having already won the 200m and
400m titles and an overwhelming favourite in the 800m.
    莱德基看起来和梅耶完美的配合,她已经赢得了200米和400米比赛的冠军，相信800米也是势在必得。
    Katinka Hosszu is having quite an Olympics, too.
    卡汀卡·霍斯祖也在奥运会中大放异彩。
    The Hungarian known as the "Iron Lady" earned her third gold medal of these
games with a victory in the 200 individual medley.
    这位在匈牙利被称为“铁娘子”的游泳运动员在200米个人混合泳中夺冠，收获本次奥运会的个人第三枚金牌。
    This has been an Olympic of redemption for Hosszu, a long-time star at the
world championships who always seemed to come up short on the biggest stage.
    这对霍斯祖来说似乎是一次弥补的奥运会，她在世界锦标赛上长期占居鳌头，但在体育最高赛事奥运会上却往往战绩不佳。
    Not anymore.
    再也不会了。