北京半程马拉松冠军遭质疑“保送”

近日，2024北京半程马拉松比赛，全国马拉松纪录保持者何杰获得男子组冠军。然而，比赛最后阶段的直播画面显示，何杰原本落后，3位外籍运动员中有人做出回头看、摆手等一系列动作，好像在示意他前进，后来何杰以一秒优势夺冠，不少网友质疑其被三名外籍选手“保送”冠军。

🤔️小作业：

1. What was the time difference between He Jie's finishing time and the tied runners?

A) 1 second  B) 2 seconds

C) 3 seconds  D) 5 seconds

A) Being banned from future races.

B) Receiving formal apologies if found not guilty.

C) Facing no consequences if the gestures were misinterpreted.

D) Being celebrated for sportsmanship.

无注释原文：

Did Three African Runners Let a Chinese Runner Win a Race in Beijing?

From: The New York Times

After a grueling hour, there was little to separate the four runners as the finish line approached. But then, one extended his hand toward another and gestured, as if waving him forward. Seconds later, another runner did the same.

He Jie of China then strode ahead of the others, a recorded livestream of Sunday's Beijing Half Marathon shows. The other three runners — Willy Mnangat and Robert Keter from Kenya, and Dejene Hailu from Ethiopia — fell into place just behind him, following from a short distance as He claimed first place.

The results of the half-marathon are now under investigation by the race's organizers, after footage of the finish circulated online and led many to question whether the three African runners had deliberately slowed down.

He took first place with a time of 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds. Mnangat, Keter and Hailu tied for second place, one second later.

The four athletes ran in a group for much of the race, the livestream showed, ahead of the rest of the pack, with the African runners occasionally pulling slightly ahead.

But it was the final moments of the race, when Mnangat and Keter both appeared to gesture to He to run in front of the others, that raised questions.

The Beijing International Running Festival, which organized the event, said in a statement on Monday night that it had launched an investigation into the matter in response to online commentators' “questions about the race's results,” without naming the runners involved. The organizers had created “a special investigative team” to look into the matter, the statement said.

A spokeswoman for the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, the agency that oversees sports in the city, confirmed via phone on Tuesday morning that it was also investigating the race.

He did not immediately respond to a request for comment via Xtep, a sportswear company for which he is the spokesman. Keter and Hailu could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mnangat told The South China Morning Post that he was acting as a pacemaker — someone who runs along other athletes to help them maintain their speed but is not officially a competitor — for He. Mnangat did not immediately respond to a request for comment through his agent.

He, 25, is the 77th-ranked men's marathoner globally, according to World Athletics. Last year, he won the Asian Games men's marathon, and last month, he set a Chinese national record when he finished the Wuxi Marathon in 2:06:57.

This is not the first time distance runners in China have faced accusations of cheating, as the popularity of long distance running has surged in the country.

In 2018, 258 participants were penalized for cheating in the Shenzhen Half Marathon, with organizers accusing them of wearing fake bib numbers, hiring imposters and taking shortcuts, according to Chinese state media.

And in 2019, female runners were caught riding bikes in the Xuzhou International Marathon and the Chengdu Women's Half Marathon.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为纽约时报官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Did Three African Runners Let a Chinese Runner Win a Race in Beijing?

From: The New York Times

After a grueling hour, there was little to separate the four runners as the finish line approached. But then, one extended his hand toward another and gestured, as if waving him forward. Seconds later, another runner did the same.

经过令人筋疲力尽的一小时，当终点线临近时，四名选手几乎难分伯仲。但随后，一个人向另一个人伸出了手，做了个手势，好像在示意他前进。几秒钟后，另一位选手也做出了同样的举动。

美式 grueling 英式 gruelling /ˈgrʊəlɪŋ/ 表示“使人的精疲力尽的；艰辛的；让人受不了”，英文解释为“extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination”举个🌰：Junior doctors often have to work a gruelling 100-hour week. 资历较浅的医生经常必须承受艰巨的工作量，一周工作100小时。

He Jie of China then strode ahead of the others, a recorded livestream of Sunday's Beijing Half Marathon shows. The other three runners — Willy Mnangat and Robert Keter from Kenya, and Dejene Hailu from Ethiopia — fell into place just behind him, following from a short distance as He claimed first place.

周日北京半程马拉松的直播画面显示，随后，中国选手何杰大步跑到了其他选手的前面。其他三名选手——来自肯尼亚的威利·姆南加特和罗伯特·科特，以及来自埃塞俄比亚的德杰内·海鲁——紧随其后，在何杰夺得第一名时，另外三人也很快冲过了终点线。

stride /straɪd/ 1）作动词，表示“大步快走，阔步行进”，英文解释为“to walk somewhere quickly with long steps”举个🌰：He strode across/into/out of the room. 他大步走过/进/出房间。

2）作名词，表示“大步；阔步”，英文解释为“A stride is a long step which you take when you are walking or running.”举个🌰：She attributes her record-breaking speed to the length of her stride. 她认为她的速度之所以能打破纪录是因为步幅大。

3）表示“进展，进步”，英文解释为“an important positive development”举个🌰：The group has made strides to expand internationally. 这个集团在拓展国际市场方面取得了很大进展。

livestream/live-stream 表示“互联网直播，线上直播，流直播”，英文解释为“to broadcast video and sound of an event over the internet as it happens, or to be broadcast in this way”

The results of the half-marathon are now under investigation by the race's organizers, after footage of the finish circulated online and led many to question whether the three African runners had deliberately slowed down.

临近终点线的视频在网上流传开来，许多人质疑这三名非洲选手是否故意放慢速度，赛事组织方目前正在对这场半程马拉松比赛的结果展开调查。

footage /ˈfʊt.ɪdʒ/ 表示“（描述某一事件的）片段镜头”，英文解释为“Footage of a particular event is a film of it or the part of a film which shows this event.”举个🌰：They are planning to show exclusive footage from this summer's festivals. 他们计划独家播放今年夏季节日活动的片断镜头。

补充：

📍closed-circuit footage指的是监控录像画面；📍CCTV：此CCTV非彼CCTV，其中的CC就是Closed Circuit的缩写，TV就是电视Television的缩写。

circulate /ˈsɜː.kjə.leɪt/ 有“（使）循环；（使）流通；（使）传递；（使）散布”的含义（if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another）举个🌰：Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems. 有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。

🎬电影《拉瑞·克劳》（Larry Crowne）中的台词提到：If gossip of this nature were to circulate, 如果这种性质的八卦流传开来，

deliberately /dɪˈlɪb.ər.ət.li/ 1）表示“故意地”，相当于“intentionally”举个🌰：I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy me. 我敢肯定他是故意说这些来气我的。

2）表示“不慌不忙地，从容地”，英文解释为“slowly and carefully”举个🌰：Calmly and deliberately, she cut up his suits one by one. 她平静从容地把他的西服一件一件剪成碎片。

He took first place with a time of 1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds. Mnangat, Keter and Hailu tied for second place, one second later.

何杰以1小时3分44秒的成绩夺得第一名。一秒后，姆南加特、科特和海鲁并列获得第二名。

The four athletes ran in a group for much of the race, the livestream showed, ahead of the rest of the pack, with the African runners occasionally pulling slightly ahead.

直播画面显示，在比赛的大部分时间里，四名运动员都是跑在同一组，领先于其他选手，期间非洲选手偶尔会稍稍领先。

pack /pæk/ 1）表示“一批，一套，一组”，英文解释为“a group, set, or collection of something”举个🌰：The information pack consists of a brochure and a map. 那套资料包括一本小册子和一张地图。

2）表示“（尤指行为不受人欢迎的）一伙人，一帮人”，英文解释为“a group of similar people, especially one that contains people whose activities you do not approve of”如：a pack of thieves 一伙窃贼。

3）表示“（统称）竞赛中的落后者”，英文解释为“all the people who are behind the leaders in a race, competition, etc.”如：measures aimed at keeping the company ahead of the pack 旨在使公司领先所有竞争对手的措施。

But it was the final moments of the race, when Mnangat and Keter both appeared to gesture to He to run in front of the others, that raised questions.

但在比赛的最后时刻，姆南加特和凯特都似乎示意何杰跑到他们前面，这引发了质疑。

The Beijing International Running Festival, which organized the event, said in a statement on Monday night that it had launched an investigation into the matter in response to online commentators' “questions about the race's results,” without naming the runners involved. The organizers had created “a special investigative team” to look into the matter, the statement said.

主办该赛事的北京国际长跑节在周一晚间的一份声明中表示，针对网友反映“比赛结果的问题”，已对此事展开调查，但没有透露涉及选手的名字。声明称，组织方已成立“专项调查组”来调查此事。

commentator /ˈkɒm.ən.teɪ.tər/ 表示“（广播或电视的）解说员，评论员”，英文解释为“a reporter for radio or television who provides a spoken description of and remarks on an event, especially a sports competition, as it happens”如：a radio commentator 广播解说员。

A spokeswoman for the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau, the agency that oversees sports in the city, confirmed via phone on Tuesday morning that it was also investigating the race.

北京市体育局发言人周二上午通过电话证实，该局也在调查这场比赛。

municipal /mjuːˈnɪs.ɪ.pəl/ 表示“市政的；市立的”，英文解释为“of or belonging to a town or city”如：municipal authorities 市政当局。

bureau /ˈbjʊərəʊ/ 1）表示“（政府部门的）局，处，科”，英文解释为“a government organization”如：the Federal Bureau of Investigation 联邦调查局。

2）表示“（搜集或提供信息的）办事处，办公室，机构”，英文解释为“an organization or a business that collects or provides information”举个🌰：Her disappearance was reported to the police department's Missing Persons Bureau. 她的失踪被报到了警察局的失踪人口调查处。

oversee /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/ 表示“监督；监察；监管”，英文解释为“to watch or organize a job or an activity to make certain that it is being done correctly”举个🌰：As marketing manager, her job is to oversee all the company's advertising. 作为营销经理，她的工作是负责公司所有的广告业务。

He did not immediately respond to a request for comment via Xtep, a sportswear company for which he is the spokesman. Keter and Hailu could not immediately be reached for comment.

何杰没有立即回复通过运动服装公司特步发送的置评请求，他是特步的代言人。记者未能立即联系到科特和海鲁置评。

Mnangat told The South China Morning Post that he was acting as a pacemaker — someone who runs along other athletes to help them maintain their speed but is not officially a competitor — for He. Mnangat did not immediately respond to a request for comment through his agent.

姆南加特告诉《南华早报》，他是何杰的配速员——与其他运动员一起跑步以帮助他们保持速度的角色，但并非正式选手。姆南加特没有立即回应通过其经纪人提出的置评请求。

pacemaker /ˈpeɪsˌmeɪ.kər/ 表示“领跑人，领跑动物；带头人，标兵”，英文解释为“the person or animal that establishes the speed in a race, or a person or organization that is an example for others by being successful”

He, 25, is the 77th-ranked men's marathoner globally, according to World Athletics. Last year, he won the Asian Games men's marathon, and last month, he set a Chinese national record when he finished the Wuxi Marathon in 2:06:57.

根据世界田联的数据，现年25岁的何杰在全球男子马拉松运动员中排名第77位。去年，他获得了亚运会男子马拉松冠军，上个月，他在无锡马拉松比赛中以2小时6分57秒的成绩刷新了全国纪录。

This is not the first time distance runners in China have faced accusations of cheating, as the popularity of long distance running has surged in the country.

随着长跑运动在中国的普及，这并不是长跑选手第一次面临作弊指控。

accusation /ˌæk.jəˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“指责”，英文解释为“If you make an accusation against someone, you criticize them or express the belief that they have done something wrong.”举个🌰：He rejects accusations that country music is over-sentimental. 他反驳了那些说乡村音乐过于伤感的指责。

2）表示“指控”，英文解释为“An accusation is a statement or claim by a witness or someone in authority that a particular person has committed a crime, although this has not yet been proved.”如：people who have made public accusations of rape 对强奸进行了公开指控的人们。

surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。

2）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。

🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。

In 2018, 258 participants were penalized for cheating in the Shenzhen Half Marathon, with organizers accusing them of wearing fake bib numbers, hiring imposters and taking shortcuts, according to Chinese state media.

据中国官方媒体报道，2018年，深圳半程马拉松赛中有258名参赛者因作弊受到处罚，组织者指控他们佩戴假号码布、雇佣冒名顶替者以及走捷径。

英式 penalise 美式 penalize /ˈpiː.nəl.aɪz/ 表示“（因犯规）处罚，惩罚”，英文解释为“to punish someone for breaking a rule”举个🌰：He was penalized early in the game for uunsportsmanlike conduct. 他在比赛开始不久因危险动作而受到处罚。

bib /bɪb/ 表示“（运动员佩戴的）号码布”，英文解释为“a piece of clothing like a light shirt with no sleeves that is worn over other clothing, for example in team games to show which team a person is playing for”

imposter/impostor /ɪmˈpɒs.tər/表示“冒名顶替者”，英文解释为“a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others”

类似的：

📍scammer表示“诈骗犯; 骗子”，英文解释为“a person who perpetrates a scam; swindler”

shortcut /ˈʃɔːt.kʌt/ 1）表示“（计算机操作中的）快捷方式”，英文解释为“a quick way to start or use a computer program”如：a shortcut key 快捷键。

2）表示“（做事情的）快捷办法，捷径”，英文解释为“a quicker way of doing something”举个🌰：There aren't really any short cuts to learning English. 学英语实在没有捷径可走。

📍听到了吗？没有捷径，唯有每天持续行动，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈。

And in 2019, female runners were caught riding bikes in the Xuzhou International Marathon and the Chengdu Women's Half Marathon.

此外，在2019年，徐州国际马拉松和成都女子半程马拉松中，也有女选手骑自行车被人发现。

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