大學(xué)英語精讀第三版（第二冊）學(xué)習(xí)筆記（原文及全文翻譯）-1B-AnImportantLe

?學(xué)英語精讀第三版（第?冊）學(xué)習(xí)筆記（原?及全?翻譯）——1B-AnImportantLe。。。Unit1B-AnImportantLessonAnImportantLessonItwasanearlySeptemberday,coolandbrightandjustrightforrunning,andIwasinthefirstfewmilesofa101/2mileraceoveracoursethroughsteep,exhaustinghills.Still,Ifeltrestedandspringy;despitethehillsitwasgoingtobeafinerun.JustaheadofmewasPeggyMimno,ateacherfromMountKisco,NewYork.Shetoowasrunningeasily,movingalongefficientlyatmyspeed.Thepacefeltcomfortable,soIdecidedtostaywhereIwas;whybotherconcentratingonpacewhenshewassuchanicepacesetterforme?Iwouldovertakeherlateronwhenshetired.SoIwasrunningcloselybehindher.Thecourseheadednorthforfivemiles,wanderedwestforahillymile,thenturnedsouthagainalongawindingroad.Theracewasgettingtougher.Wehadfourmilesleftandalreadyitwasbeginningtoberealwork.Iwasbreathinghard,andmylegswerebeginningtostiffen.Peggyovertookayoungmalerunner.Apparentlysheknewhim,fortheyexchangedafewcheerfulwordsasshepassedhim.Theirexchangeworriedme.Youdon'tchatduringaraceunlessyouarefeelinggood,andPeggyplainlywas.Therewasstillanoticeablebounceinherstride,butwhateverspringinessIhadoncepossessedhadlongsinceleftme.Still,Iwascloseenoughtoovertakeherifshetired,soIdidn'tgiveuphopecompletely.Wewereapproachingalong,punishinghillnowanditwouldbethetest.Wewereamilefromthefinishline,sowhateverhappenedonthehillwouldalmostcertainlydeterminewhocrosseditfirst.AsImovedupthehill,workinghard,myattentionwanderedforafewminutes.WhenIlookedupPeggywasmovingaway—firstfiveyards,thenten,thenmore.Finallyitwasclearthattherewasnohopeofcatchingher.Shebeatmedecisively.Thereisanimportantlessoninthatrace.Muchofwhatyoureadaboutrunningmakesasharpdistinctionbetweenthesexes.Womenareassumedtobeweaker,slowerandnotnearlyasskilledathletically.YetasPeggyMimnosoclearlydemonstrated,thesimilaritiesbetweenmaleandfemalerunnersaremoreimportantthanthedifferences.—次重要教訓(xùn)—次重要教訓(xùn)那是9?初的?天，天?涼爽??晴朗，正是賽跑的好??。我參加了?項10.5英?越野賽跑，才跑了最初?英?；整個賽程要穿越若?陡峭、耗?體?的?坡。不過，我覺得??步履輕快有?；盡管坡陡?峭，這次賽跑會跑得很順利的。稍稍領(lǐng)先于我的，是?位來?紐約州基斯科?城的教師佩吉·?姆諾。她跨著和我同樣的步速穩(wěn)穩(wěn)地向前推進(jìn)。這種步速我跑起來覺得很輕松，所以我決定保持在原有的位置上。既然她在前?領(lǐng)跑對我很合適，我?何必費(fèi)?考慮步速呢？等她什么時候累了再超過她不遲。于是我就緊跟在她?后跑著。賽跑的路線先是北上5英?，然后向西折上1英?的?道，最后再重新往南轉(zhuǎn)??段蜿蜒曲折的路程。賽跑漸趨緊張，越來越不好對付。我們還剩下4英?的賽程，我已在急促喘?，雙腿也開始有點(diǎn)僵硬。佩吉越過了?位年輕的男運(yùn)動員。他們顯然相互認(rèn)識，因?yàn)樗^他時兩?還頗有興致地寒暄了?句。他們的這番寒暄不免令我犯愁。賽跑時，要不是?我感覺不錯，是顧不上跟?搭話的，很顯然，佩吉?我感覺不錯。她步幅很?，腳下的彈性仍顯?易見，?我曾?度有過的那么?點(diǎn)彈性，早已離開了我腳下。即便如此，我還是離她很近，如果她累了，仍能超過她，因此我并沒有完全放棄希望。我們來到了?條漫長、累?的?道，是接受真正考驗(yàn)的時刻了。我們離終點(diǎn)線只有1英?了，因此在這?斜坡上?論發(fā)?什么情況，?乎可以肯定都會決定誰率先沖過終點(diǎn)線。我費(fèi)勁地沿?坡往上跑，有?分鐘胡思亂想?了神。等我抬頭?看，佩吉竟然將我逐漸甩下——先是5碼，隨后10碼，距離越拉越開了。最后，顯然再沒有希望追上她了。她?可置疑地將我挫敗了。這次賽跑給了我?個重要教訓(xùn)。不少有關(guān)賽跑的讀物都對兩性作了明確劃分。認(rèn)為?性較為柔弱，速度較慢，在體育競技??終遜?籌。然?，正如佩吉·?姆諾所清楚表明的，男?賽跑選?之間的相同之處要?他們之間的不同之處更重要。KeyWords:assumed[?'sju:md]adj.假裝的；假定的distinction[dis'ti?k??n]n.差別，對?，區(qū)分，榮譽(yù)，優(yōu)秀noticeable['n?utis?bl]adj.顯?易見的bother['b?e?]v.使惱怒，使不安，煩擾，費(fèi)?n.煩擾，stride[straid]n.步伐，??步，?步?，進(jìn)步vt.跨騎cheer