西班牙竞走运动员提前庆祝被反超

近日，2024欧洲田径锦标赛女子竞走20公里决赛中，第三名的西班牙运动员劳拉·加西亚-卡洛（Laura García-Caro）在接近终点时，提前挥手庆祝，结果被乌克兰运动员柳德米拉·奥利亚诺夫斯卡（Lyudmila Olyanovska）反超，错失铜牌。

🤔️小作业：

1. What is the primary purpose of the first paragraph in the passage?

A) To describe García-Caro's emotional state after the race

B) To introduce the context of the European Athletics Championships

C) To highlight the moment when García-Caro celebrated prematurely

D) To discuss the final standings of the race

无注释原文：

Spain's Garciá-Caro pipped to European race walk bronze after early celebration

From: The Guardian

Unbridled joy turned to devastation for the Spanish race walker Laura García-Caro on the opening day of the European Athletics Championships, as a premature celebration cost her a first major medal.

Five metres from the end of the women's 20km race walk in Rome, García-Caro punched the air and stuck her tongue out in triumph, thinking bronze was secure.

But she was left red-faced as the Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovska made up a 50-metre gap before brushing past her a stride before the line.

García-Caro had been so confident of a medal that she grabbed a Spanish flag in the final stages of the race, which ended in the Stadio Olimpico. But she failed to look up at the big screen to see the Ukrainian was closing. When she turned to her right as she felt her rival approaching, she gave a look of horror, realising her dreams had suddenly been shattered.

To make matters worse, Olyanovska served a four-year doping ban between 2015 and 2019 for an adverse analytical finding. “I was really tired on the last lap,” García-Caro said. “I did my best.”

Olyanovska, meanwhile, dedicated the medal to her country. “It is a very emotional moment for me,” she said. “Of course, I was tired in the last kilometre and last metres, but I wanted to win this medal for my country so much.

“Nowadays there is a war in Ukraine. We train under very difficult conditions, it was very hard preparation but I am very glad I managed to bring a medal home. This was what was pushing me to the finish the most.

“My little son is waiting for me at home in Ukraine, he is five years old and just for him, I pushed myself so much. I do not know even if he saw me competing today because in Ukraine the infrastructure is broken. They do not have electricity, there is no internet, no light, so I do not know if he saw me on TV.”

The race walk was won by the Italian Olympic champion, Antonella Palmisano. The 32-year-old, with a decorative woollen flower in the colours of the Italian flag in her hair, was cheered home as she finished in 1hr 28min 08sec.

Her compatriot Valentina Trapletti then sealed an Italian one-two, 29 seconds back, as the hosts took the first medals of the championships.

Olyanovska and García-Caro shared the same time – 1:28:48 – but that came as no consolation to the Spaniard, who looked dazed as what happened to her began to sink in.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Spain's Garciá-Caro pipped to European race walk bronze after early celebration

From: The Guardian

Unbridled joy turned to devastation for the Spanish race walker Laura García-Caro on the opening day of the European Athletics Championships, as a premature celebration cost her a first major medal.

在欧洲田径锦标赛的首日，西班牙竞走运动员劳拉·加西亚-卡洛（Laura García-Caro）经历了从欢欣鼓舞到失望至极的转变，只因过早庆祝胜利让她失去了首枚重要奖牌。

pip /pɪp/ 表示“（以极其微弱的优势或恰巧在比赛结束时）打败，击败;险胜”，英文解释为“to beat someone either by a very small amount or right at the end of a competition”举个🌰：I got through to the final interview, but I was pipped at the post (= in the final stage) by a candidate with better qualifications. 我一直闯到了最后一轮面试，但在最后关头被一个条件比我更好的求职者击败了。

unbridled /ʌnˈbraɪ.dəld/ 表示“不受控制的;无限的”，英文解释为“not controlled or limited”如：unbridled ambition/enthusiasm/lust 无限的野心/热情/激情。

devastation /ˌdev.əˈsteɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“毁灭，极大的破坏”，英文解释为“damage and destruction”举个🌰：If disease is allowed to spread, it will cause widespread devastation. 如果疾病蔓延开来，将造成大范围的灾难性后果。

2）表示“极度惊骇；（感情上的）重创”，英文解释为“feeling very shocked or upset”举个🌰：She had a look of utter devastation on her face. 她脸上显出一副受到沉重打击的样子。

race walker 竞走运动员，race walking /ˈreɪs ˌwɔː.kɪŋ/ 表示“竞走（比赛）”，英文解释为“the sport or activity of walking very fast”举个🌰：Walking can be either a leisurely pursuit or a competitive sport, also known as race walking. 步行既可以是一种休闲方式，也可以是一种竞技的运动——竞走。

premature /ˈprem.ə.tʃər/ 表示“过早的；不成熟的；仓促的”，英文解释为“happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or suitable time”如：premature birth/death 早产/夭折。

Five metres from the end of the women's 20km race walk in Rome, García-Caro punched the air and stuck her tongue out in triumph, thinking bronze was secure.

在罗马举行的女子20公里竞走比赛中，距离终点还有5米时，加西亚-卡洛挥拳庆祝并吐出舌头，以为自己稳获铜牌。

punch /pʌntʃ/ 1）表示“用拳猛击”，英文解释为“If you punch someone or something, you hit them hard with your fist.”举个🌰：After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head. 她对准他的下巴猛击一拳，最后又在他的头上打了一拳。

2）表示“按（键或钮）”，英文解释为“If you punch something such as the buttons on a keyboard, you touch them in order to store information on a machine such as a computer or to give the machine a command to do something.”举个🌰：She strode to the lift and punched the button. 她大步走到电梯前按了一下按钮。

stick (something) out 表示“（使）探出，（使）伸出，（使）凸出”，英文解释为“to come forward from the rest of your body, or to make part of your body do this”举个🌰：He stuck his arm out of the window and waved at us. 他从窗口伸出胳膊，朝我们挥手。

triumph /ˈtraɪ.əmf/ 1）作动词，表示“成功；获胜”，英文解释为“If someone or something triumphs, they gain complete success, control, or victory, often after a long or difficult struggle.”举个🌰：All her life, she had stuck with difficult tasks and challenges, and triumphed. 她在一生中遭遇了种种艰巨任务与挑战，但成功了。

2）作名词，表示“胜利；成就”，英文解释为“A triumph is a great success or achievement, often one that has been gained with a lot of skill or effort.”举个🌰：The championships proved to be a personal triumph for the coach. 那些冠军称号证明了教练的个人成就。

3）作名词，不可数，表示“（成功或胜利的）喜悦；心满意足，狂喜”，英文解释为“Triumph is a feeling of great satisfaction and pride resulting from a success or victory.”举个🌰：Her sense of triumph was short-lived.  她喜悦的感觉是短暂的。

bronze /brɒnz/ 表示“铜牌”，英文解释为“a small, round piece of bronze given to a person who finishes third in a competition”举个🌰：He got a bronze in the high jump. 他跳高得了铜牌。

But she was left red-faced as the Ukrainian Lyudmila Olyanovska made up a 50-metre gap before brushing past her a stride before the line.

但就在此时，迅速追上了50米差距的乌克兰运动员柳德米拉·奥利亚诺夫斯卡（Lyudmila Olyanovska）在终点线前超过了她，让她满脸涨得通红。

brush /brʌʃ/ 作名词，1）本身表示“刷子；画笔”，英文解释为“an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used for cleaning, arranging your hair, or painting”举个🌰：I can't find my brush, but I still have my comb. 我找不到发刷，不过我还有梳子。

2）表示“轻擦，轻碰”，英文解释为“a quick, light touch”举个🌰：He felt the brush of her hand on his. 他感觉到她的手轻擦过自己的手。

📍在鸟山明去世文中提到：His first brush with the manga industry came at age 23, when he entered a piece into a contest run by a weekly manga magazine. 23岁时，他参加了一本漫画周刊举办的比赛，这是他第一次接触漫画行业。在这个语境中，“brush”指的是某人与某事物的初次接触或尝试，常常用于描述与某个领域或活动的初次经历。这种用法把“brush”比喻为轻轻的触碰或刷过，指的是非正式或非长期的接触。

作动词，brush /brʌʃ/ 表示“轻轻地碰；轻触；轻擦，掠过（某人╱某物）”，英文解释为“to touch (something) quickly and lightly or carelessly”举个🌰：She brushed past him.她和他擦肩而过。

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。

García-Caro had been so confident of a medal that she grabbed a Spanish flag in the final stages of the race, which ended in the Stadio Olimpico. But she failed to look up at the big screen to see the Ukrainian was closing. When she turned to her right as she felt her rival approaching, she gave a look of horror, realising her dreams had suddenly been shattered.

比赛终点设在罗马奥林匹克体育场。加西亚-卡洛对获得奖牌充满信心，以至于她在比赛的最后阶段拿起了一面西班牙国旗。但她没有抬头看大屏幕，也没有看到乌克兰运动员正在逼近。当她感受到对手接近时转头看向右边，露出了惊恐的表情，意识到自己的梦想瞬间破灭。

grab /ɡræb/ 1）表示“攫取，抢夺”，英文解释为“to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly”举个🌰：A mugger grabbed her handbag as she was walking across the park. 她穿过公园时一个劫匪抢了她的手提包。

2）表示“抓住，利用（机会做某事）；（借机）赶紧…”，英文解释为“to take the opportunity to get, use, or enjoy something quickly”举个🌰：If you don't grab this opportunity, you might not get another one. 如果你不抓住这次机会，可能就没有第二次了。

📍grab sb's attention 表示“吸引（某人的）注意”，英文解释为“to attract someone's attention”举个🌰：With your first sentence you must grab the reader's attention. 你的第一句话就必须抓住读者的注意力。

rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”

作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。

shatter /ˈʃæt.ər/ 1）表示“终结；严重破坏”，英文解释为“to end or severely damage something”举个🌰：The book shattered all her illusions about the Romans. 这本书击碎了她对罗马人的一切幻想。

2）表示“ （使感情、希望或信念等）粉碎，破灭；被粉碎；被破坏”，英文解释为“to destroy sth completely, especially sb's feelings, hopes or beliefs; to be destroyed in this way”举个🌰：Her self-confidence had been completely shattered. 她的自信心彻底崩溃了。

🎬电影《飞鹰艾迪》（Eddie the Eagle）中的台词提到：The most shattering physical and emotional experience of your life, 你这辈子身心都受到巨大冲击的体验，

To make matters worse, Olyanovska served a four-year doping ban between 2015 and 2019 for an adverse analytical finding. “I was really tired on the last lap,” García-Caro said. “I did my best.”

更糟糕的是，奥利亚诺夫斯卡在2015年至2019年期间因违禁药物而被禁赛四年。“最后一圈我真的很累，”加西亚-卡洛说。“我已经尽力了。”

dope /dəʊp/ 1）作动词，表示“为…提供兴奋剂；使服用兴奋剂”，英文解释为“to give a person or an animal drugs in order to make them perform better or worse in a competition”举个🌰：They were arrested for doping racehorses. 他们因给参赛马匹服用兴奋剂而被捕。

2）作动词，表示“给…提供安眠药；使服用安眠药”，英文解释为“to give a person or an animal a drug to make them want to sleep”举个🌰：We always have to dope up our cat for long car journeys. 开车长途旅行时我们总是给猫吃安眠药。

3）作名词，表示“兴奋剂”，英文解释为“a drug that is taken by a person or given to an animal to affect their performance in a race or sport”举个🌰：The athlete failed a  dope test (= a medical test showed that he had taken such drugs). 这个运动员未能通过药检。

4）作名词，表示“麻醉剂，毒品（尤指大麻，在美国尤指海洛因）”，英文解释为“a drug that is taken illegally for pleasure, especially cannabis or, in the US,  heroin.”

表示“不利的；负面的；有害的”，英文解释为“having a negative or harmful effect on something”举个🌰：They received a lot of adverse publicity/criticism about the changes. 这些变化为他们招致种种负面报道/非难。

analytical /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/ 表示“分析的；善于分析的”，英文解释为“examining or liking to examine things very carefully”举个🌰：He has a very analytical mind. 他善于分析问题。

lap /læp/ 表示“（跑道等的）一圈 ”，英文解释为“one journey from the beginning to the end of a track used for running, etc.”举个🌰：She has completed six laps. 她跑完六圈了。

📍 victory lap 或者 lap of honour 表示“（赢得比赛胜利后的）绕场庆祝”，英文解释为“a run around a track or sports field that is made by a winner of a race or a team that has won a game”

作动词，表示“（波浪）轻轻地拍击，轻轻地敲打”，英文解释为“(of waves) to hit something gently, producing quiet sounds”举个🌰：The water lapped against the side of the pool. 水轻轻地拍打着水池的池壁。

Olyanovska, meanwhile, dedicated the medal to her country. “It is a very emotional moment for me,” she said. “Of course, I was tired in the last kilometre and last metres, but I wanted to win this medal for my country so much.

奥利亚诺夫斯卡则将这枚奖牌献给了她的国家。“这对我来说是非常激动人心的时刻，”她说。“当然，我在最后一公里和最后几米时很累，但我非常想为祖国赢得这枚奖牌。”

dedicate /ˈded.ɪ.keɪt/ 1）表示“奉献，献出（全部精力、时间等）”，英文解释为“to give all of your energy, time, etc.”举个🌰：He has dedicated his life to scientific research. 他把自己的一生都献给了科学研究工作。

2）表示“（把书籍、戏剧、演出等）献给”，英文解释为“If you dedicate a book, play, performance, etc. to someone, you publicly say that it is in that person's honour.”举个🌰：The book is dedicated to the author's husband. 作者将此书献给自己的丈夫。

“Nowadays there is a war in Ukraine. We train under very difficult conditions, it was very hard preparation but I am very glad I managed to bring a medal home. This was what was pushing me to the finish the most.

“现在乌克兰正在经历战争。我们在非常艰苦的条件下训练，准备工作非常困难，但我很高兴能带回一枚奖牌。这是我冲向终点的最大动力。”

“My little son is waiting for me at home in Ukraine, he is five years old and just for him, I pushed myself so much. I do not know even if he saw me competing today because in Ukraine the infrastructure is broken. They do not have electricity, there is no internet, no light, so I do not know if he saw me on TV.”

“我的小儿子在乌克兰家里等着我，他已经五岁了，为了他，我拼尽了全力。我不知道他是否看到了我今天的比赛，因为乌克兰的基础设施很糟糕。他们没有电，没有互联网，没有灯，所以我不知道他是否在电视上看到了我。”

infrastructure /ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃər/ 表示“基础设施”，英文解释为“the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively”举个🌰：The war has badly damaged the country's infrastructure. 战争严重破坏了该国的基础设施。

The race walk was won by the Italian Olympic champion, Antonella Palmisano. The 32-year-old, with a decorative woollen flower in the colours of the Italian flag in her hair, was cheered home as she finished in 1hr 28min 08sec.

意大利奥运冠军安东内拉·帕尔米萨诺（Antonella Palmisano）夺得了本届竞走比赛冠军。这位32岁的运动员头发上戴着一朵意大利国旗颜色的毛线花，她以1小时28分08秒的成绩完成比赛，赢得了观众的欢呼。

decorative /ˈdek.ər.ə.tɪv/ 表示“装饰性的，作装潢用的”，英文解释为“made to look attractive”如：a decorative display of plants and flowers 花草装饰展示。

woollen /ˈwʊl.ən/ 表示“羊毛制成的”，英文解释为“made of wool”如：a woollen scarf 羊毛围巾。

Her compatriot Valentina Trapletti then sealed an Italian one-two, 29 seconds back, as the hosts took the first medals of the championships.

随后，她的同胞瓦伦蒂娜·特拉普莱蒂（Valentina Trapletti）以29秒之差获得第二名，确保了意大利包揽前两名，东道主夺得了本届锦标赛的首枚奖牌。

compatriot /kəmˈpæt.ri.ət/ 表示“同国人，同胞”，英文解释为“a person who comes from the same country”；美式，表示“伙伴；同事”，英文解释为“a friend or someone you work with”

seal /siːl/ 1）表示“确定；明确定下来；使成定局”，英文解释为“to make sth definite, so that it cannot be changed or argued about”举个🌰：They sealed their agreement with a handshake. 他们握手表示达成协议。

2）表示“封，密封”，英文解释为“to close an entrance or container so that nothing can enter or leave it”

在这里，“one-two”指的是比赛中同一队的选手包揽前两名。

one-two /ˌwʌnˈtuː/ 也可以表示“（足球）二过一传球”，英文解释为“an exchange of passes between two football players, with one player passing the ball to another who then passes it quickly back to the first player”

Olyanovska and García-Caro shared the same time – 1:28:48 – but that came as no consolation to the Spaniard, who looked dazed as what happened to her began to sink in.

奥利亚诺夫斯卡和加西亚-卡洛的成绩相同，都是1小时28分48秒，但这并不能安慰加西亚-卡罗，她在意识到发生了什么后显得目瞪口呆。

consolation /ˌkɒn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/ 表示“安慰；慰藉；给人带来安慰的事物”，英文解释为“something that makes someone who is sad or disappointed feel better”举个🌰：If it's (of) any consolation (to you), you're not the only one he was nasty to. 他不仅仅对你一个人粗鲁，这也许能让你略感安慰。

Spaniard /ˈspæn.jəd/ 表示“西班牙人”，英文解释为“a person from Spain”

dazed /deɪzd/ 表示“发懵的，恍惚的，眩晕的”，英文解释为“very confused and unable to think clearly”举个🌰：You're looking rather dazed - is something wrong? 看你恍恍惚惚的样子——出什么事了吗？

sink /sɪŋk/ 表示“（事实或想法）逐渐被完全理解，被充分意识到”，英文解释为“If an unpleasant or surprising fact or idea sinks in, you gradually start to believe it, understand it, or realize the effect it will have on you.”举个🌰：How many times do I have to tell you something before it sinks in? 要我对你说多少遍，你才能明白?

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