拒绝共享金牌 美国跳高选手摘银

近日，奥运会男子跳高决赛，美国选手谢尔比·麦克尤恩（Shelby McEwen）和新西兰选手哈米什·科尔（Hamish Kerr）由于最终成绩均为2米36，按照规定可共享金牌。然而选手拒绝共享金牌，选择加赛。

在加赛中，两人挑战2米38、2米36均失败，最终新西兰选手越过2米24取得金牌，美国选手获得银牌。

今天你练听力了吗？

🤔️小作业：

1. How does the author view the criticism McEwen received on social media?

A) The author agrees with the criticism.

B) The author believes the criticism is valid but exaggerated.

C) The author finds the criticism unreasonable and misguided.

D) The author is indifferent to the criticism.

A) It is a smart strategy.

B) It should be avoided.

C) It depends on the circumstances.

D) It is a common practice.

无注释原文：

Should Shelby McEwen have shared gold for USA's medal count? Don't be ridiculous

From: USA TODAY

Shelby McEwen almost got all the way through his interview with reporters Saturday night, discussing the difficult circumstance of how he'd just ended up with a silver medal in the men's high jump finals at the Paris Games, without having to hear a preview of what awaited him on his phone. In case you missed it, McEwen passed on the chance to share gold with New Zealand's Hamish Kerr, instead engaging in a jump-off to try to win outright, and ended up with silver instead.

Standing in a place where several other disappointed Team USA athletes had chosen this week to talk very little or not at all, McEwen spoke of his sadness with grace and class and as much positivity as he could muster. Then it came up: he was being panned on social media because Team USA was embroiled in a gold medal count battle with China, and McEwen could've added one to the United States' total. China ended the night leading all nations with 39 gold medals, with the United States right behind at 38.

"It never really went through my head," said the former University of Alabama high jump standout.

Nor should it have.

The calculation to make in that moment is strictly a personal one, and that's all McEwen did. Per the rules, Kerr and McEwen could've agreed to both receive gold medals after failing to clear the bar at 7 feet, 9 3/4 inches. By approaching McEwen with the suggestion of continuing with a jump-off, Kerr was in essence challenging his opponent not to take the easy way out. Not to come all the way to Paris to accept a draw.

Olympians don't train for draws.

No athlete in any individual sport should ever be expected to play for a tie. A coach's decision to accept a tie in a team sport is a little different scenario − depending on the circumstance, it can be best for the team − even though ties generally taste just as bitter to them.

But this wasn't that.

For McEwen, the chase of victory was paramount, something the social media jackals who blasted him can't understand. More than likely, the random and largely anonymous class of geniuses who ripped him on the X platform have never been competitive athletes themselves. McEwen was supposed to base his decision on knotting the national gold score with China?

Yep, X wins the gold for stupidity.

Entering Sunday, the final day of Olympic competition, there are still chances for the U.S. to pass China for the most gold medals. The women's basketball team can claim gold with a win over France. So can the women's volleyball team, against Italy. There are others, but the point is that McEwen won't be to blame if Team USA finishes behind China in the gold count. It's also worth noting that the U.S. has already run away with the total medal count (122) to China's 90.

But there they were Saturday night, lined up online to pin the problem on a guy who simply decided he didn't put in years of training for the Paris Games to show up and accept a tie. Even a tie for gold. The medal count is more for Olympic fans than it is for athletes, anyway. That's not to say the athletes don't care about it − McEwen himself said afterward the United States winning the most gold medals matters to him − but it wasn't what should've been foremost in his mind.

Yes, McEwen ended up with a silver medal when he could've had gold.

But he'd have looked at that gold medal on his mantel for a lifetime and wondered what would've happened if he hadn't agreed to a jump-off. Instead, he'll look at silver and not have to wonder. He'll rightly feel better about competing and falling short.

And he certainly won't feel any worse for the criticism.

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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：

Should Shelby McEwen have shared gold for USA's medal count? Don't be ridiculous

From: USA TODAY

Shelby McEwen almost got all the way through his interview with reporters Saturday night, discussing the difficult circumstance of how he'd just ended up with a silver medal in the men's high jump finals at the Paris Games, without having to hear a preview of what awaited him on his phone. In case you missed it, McEwen passed on the chance to share gold with New Zealand's Hamish Kerr, instead engaging in a jump-off to try to win outright, and ended up with silver instead.

周六晚上，谢尔比·麦克尤恩（Shelby McEwen）在接受记者采访时，谈到他刚刚在巴黎奥运会男子跳高决赛中遗憾获得银牌的艰难处境，而他并不知道在手机上等待着他的是什么。发生了什么？麦克尤恩放弃了与新西兰选手哈米什·科尔（Hamish Kerr）共享金牌的机会，选择继续加赛争取单独夺冠，结果却获得了银牌。

pass on sth表示“放弃机会；决定不参加”，英文解释为“to refuse an opportunity or decide not to take part in something”举个🌰：He passed on the chance to be head coach. 他放弃了成为主教练的机会。

表示“加赛决胜负（通常是超越障碍赛马运动）”，英文解释为“an extra part of a competition in which horses that have the same score jump again to decide the winner”

outright /ˈaʊt.raɪt/ 作副词，表示“彻底，完全；立刻；当场”，英文解释为“completely or immediately”举个🌰：Cigarette advertising should be banned outright. 应该全面禁止香烟广告。

作形容词，表示“完全的，彻底的”，英文解释为“Outright means complete and total.”举个🌰：She had failed to win an outright victory. 她没能大获全胜。

Standing in a place where several other disappointed Team USA athletes had chosen this week to talk very little or not at all, McEwen spoke of his sadness with grace and class and as much positivity as he could muster. Then it came up: he was being panned on social media because Team USA was embroiled in a gold medal count battle with China, and McEwen could've added one to the United States' total. China ended the night leading all nations with 39 gold medals, with the United States right behind at 38.

站在这个本周许多失利美国运动员选择少说话甚至不发声的地方，麦克尤恩优雅、有风度、尽可能乐观地诉说着他的悲伤。随后，他在社交媒体上遭到了抨击，因为美国队正与中国队进行金牌数争夺战，而麦克尤恩本可以为美国队再添一枚金牌。当晚中国队以39枚金牌领先，美国则以38枚紧随其后。

class /klɑːs/ 熟词僻义，作名词，表示“风度；时髦；优雅”，英文解释为“in the UK, the standard that someone has reached in their university degree”举个🌰：She's got real class. 她的确风姿优雅。

作形容词，表示“极好的；优秀的；出色的”，英文解释为“to be something of such a high quality that nothing can be compared to it: ”如：a class act 出色的行为。

muster /ˈmʌs.tər/ 此前在这枚金牌，徐梦桃等了12年一文中刚出现这个词。1） muster sth (up)表示“找寻，聚集，激起（支持、勇气等）”，英文解释为“to find as much support, courage, etc. as you can”举个🌰：We mustered what support we could for the plan. 我们极尽所能为这项计划寻求支持。

2）表示“集合，召集，集结”，英文解释为“to come together, or bring people, especially soldiers, together for example for military action”举个🌰：The troops mustered. 部队集结起来。

3）表示“赶拢（牛、羊）”，英文解释为“to gather together sheep or cows”

pan /pæn/ 作动词，1）表示“（移动摄像机）追拍，摇摄”，英文解释为“if a television or video camera pans somewhere, or a person pans or pans a camera , the camera moves in a particular direction, to follow an object or to film a wide area”举个🌰：The camera panned back to the audience. 摄像机摇回拍摄观众。

📍霉霉成格莱美第一位三次拿下头奖女歌手文中也出现过这个表达：The camera panned out to reveal an environment very in line with “Folklore”: a dreamy forest, with Swift on the roof of a cabin. 镜头一转，出现了一个非常符合《Folklore》的环境：一个梦幻般的森林，斯威夫特在一个小木屋的屋顶上。

2）表示“严厉批评”，英文解释为“to criticize something severely”举个🌰：The critics panned the movie version of the novel. 评论家们严厉批评了根据这部小说改编的电影。

作名词，表示“平底锅”，英文解释为“a metal container that is round and often has a long handle and a lid, used for cooking things on top of a cooker”

embroil /ɪmˈbrɔɪl/ 表示“使卷入（纠纷）；使陷入（困境）”，英文解释为“to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation”通常用法：be embroiled in，举个🌰：He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。

"It never really went through my head," said the former University of Alabama high jump standout.

这位前阿拉巴马大学跳高名将说：“我从没想过这个问题。”

standout /ˈstænd.aʊt/ 表示“突出的事物，出众的事物”，英文解释为“an excellent example or the best example of something”举个🌰：While all the desserts are pretty good, the clear standout is the lemon pie. 所有的甜点都很不错，不过柠檬馅饼显然最受欢迎。

Nor should it have.

也不应该这么想。

The calculation to make in that moment is strictly a personal one, and that's all McEwen did. Per the rules, Kerr and McEwen could've agreed to both receive gold medals after failing to clear the bar at 7 feet, 9 3/4 inches. By approaching McEwen with the suggestion of continuing with a jump-off, Kerr was in essence challenging his opponent not to take the easy way out. Not to come all the way to Paris to accept a draw.

那一刻的决定完全是个人选择，而麦克尤恩就是这么做的。按照规则，科尔和麦克尤恩可以选择在两人均未能越过2.38米的横杆后共享金牌。然而，科尔提出继续加赛的建议，本质上是在挑战他的对手，不要选择容易的出路。不远千里来到巴黎，可不是为了接受平局。

calculation /ˌkæl.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“算，计算”，英文解释为“the process of using information you already have and adding, taking away, multiplying, or dividing numbers to judge the number or amount of something”举个🌰：The calculations that you did/made contained a few inaccuracies. 你的计算有几处不准确。

2）表示“算计”，英文解释为“careful planning to control a situation for your own advantage in a way that is slightly unpleasant and causes people not to trust you”举个🌰：There's an element of calculation in his behaviour that makes me distrust him. 他的行为透着些许算计，让我不信任他。

表示“本质上；实质上”，英文解释为“relating to the most important characteristics or ideas of something”举个🌰：In essence, both sides agree on the issue. 从本质上说，双方在这个问题上的意见是一致的。

表示“（在困难的情况下）最容易的办法”，英文解释为“what is easiest in a difficult situation”举个🌰：As soon as things got difficult he took the easy way out. 事情一变得困难起来，他就找了个最容易的办法脱身。

draw /drɔː/ 1）作动词“画，绘画”大家都知道，在比赛中可以表示“打平，打成平局；以平局结束”，英文解释为“to finish without either side winning in a game such as football”举个🌰：They drew 2-2. 他们以2比2打平。

2）作名词，同样可以表示“平局；和局；不分胜负”，英文解释为“a game in which both teams or players finish with the same number of points”，举个🌰：The match ended in a two-all draw. 比赛以二平结束。

3）还可以表示“抽签；抽奖”，英文解释为“a competition that is decided by choosing a particular ticket or number by chance”

补充：📍在杨倩yyds!!!文中提到另一个类似的词：tie.

tie 可以作动词，也可以作名词，表示“（比赛、竞赛或选举中）分数相同，票数相同，平局，平手”，英文解释为“the result of a game, competition, or election when two or more people or teams get the same number of points, votes et”举个🌰：The match ended in a tie. 这场比赛以平局告终。Jane and I tied (for first place) in the spelling test. 在拼写比赛中（争夺第一名时）我和简打成平手。

Olympians don't train for draws.

奥运选手不会为了平局而训练。

No athlete in any individual sport should ever be expected to play for a tie. A coach's decision to accept a tie in a team sport is a little different scenario − depending on the circumstance, it can be best for the team − even though ties generally taste just as bitter to them.

个人项目的运动员都不应该为平局而战。在团体项目中，教练决定接受平局的情况略有不同——视情况而定，平局可能是对团队最好的选择——尽管平局对他们来说通常也同样苦涩。

But this wasn't that.

但这次不是这样。

For McEwen, the chase of victory was paramount, something the social media jackals who blasted him can't understand. More than likely, the random and largely anonymous class of geniuses who ripped him on the X platform have never been competitive athletes themselves. McEwen was supposed to base his decision on knotting the national gold score with China?

对于麦克尤恩来说，追求胜利才是最重要的，这一点是那些在社交媒体上抨击他的人所无法理解的。更有可能的是，那些在X平台上随意抨击他、且多数匿名的人们本身就不是竞技运动员。麦克尤恩本应为了将美国队的金牌数与中国队的持平而做决定吗？

paramount /ˈpærəˌmaʊnt/ 表示“至上的，首要的”，英文解释为“Something that is paramount or of paramount importance is more important than anything else.”举个🌰：The children's welfare must be seen as paramount. 孩子们的福利必须被视为是最为重要的。

jackal /ˈdʒæk.əl/ 表示“豺，胡狼”，英文解释为“a wild animal like a dog that lives in Africa and southern Asia and eats animals that have died or been killed by others”

指人时，通常带有负面的含义。它通常指那些行为像豺一样的人，这些人通常是机会主义者或掠夺者，尤其是通过利用他人的弱点或不幸来为自己谋取利益。用“jackal”来形容人可以暗示这个人具有不道德的或卑鄙的行为，喜欢在他人不幸时趁机占便宜，或者在某种程度上像豺一样狡猾且缺乏道德约束。在文学或新闻中使用这个词时，通常是为了表达对某个人物的不满，强调其行为的不光彩和不道德。英文解释为“a person who performs dishonest or base deeds as the follower or accomplice of another. a person who performs menial or degrading tasks for another.”

作名词，blast /blɑːst/ 表示“爆炸；爆破”，英文解释为“an explosion”举个🌰：Three people were injured in the blast. 爆炸中有3人受伤。

作动词，1）表示“炸毁；爆破”，英文解释为“to explode or destroy something or someone with explosives, or to break through or hit something with a similar, very strong force”

2）表示“抨击，严厉批评”，英文解释为“to criticize someone or something severely”举个🌰：They were blasted for failing to create jobs. 他们因未能创造工作机会而遭到抨击。

3）表示“产生巨大噪声；发出刺耳声”，英文解释为“to make a very loud and unpleasant noise”如：guns/music blasting (away/out) 炮声隆隆/音乐震天响。

📍“霉霉”再怼特朗普文中提到，DEADLINE媒体对此事的报道中标题是：Taylor Swift Blasts Trump’s “Calculated Dismantling Of USPS” Amid President's Efforts To Decommission Services，

anonymous /əˈnɒn.ɪ.məs/ 1）表示“匿名的”，英文解释为“If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.”举个🌰：An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money. 一位匿名捐助人参与进来提供了奖金。

2）表示“不记名的”，英文解释为“Something that is anonymous does not reveal who you are.”举个🌰：Of course, that would have to be by anonymous vote. 当然，那得是通过不记名投票。

3）表示“没有特色的”，英文解释为“without any unusual or interesting features”，如：long stretches of dull and anonymous countryside 大片大片千篇一律、枯燥平淡的乡村，举个🌰：He has a rather anonymous face. 他相貌平平。

rip /rɪp/ 1）表示“撕裂；撕破；划破”，英文解释为“to pull apart; to tear or be torn violently and quickly”举个🌰：His new trousers ripped when he bent down. 他弯腰时把新裤子撑开了线。

2）表示“迅速扯开；猛力去除”，英文解释为“to remove something quickly, without being careful”举个🌰：I wish the old fireplaces hadn't been ripped out. 我真希望当时没有拆掉这些旧壁炉。

3）表示“严厉批评，训斥”，英文解释为“to criticize (someone or something) in a very harsh or angry way”

knot /nɒt/ 作名词，表示“（绳等的）结”，英文解释为“a join made by tying together the ends of a piece or pieces of string, rope, cloth, etc.”如：to tie a knot 打个结。

作动词，表示“打个结”，英文解释为“to tie in or with a knot”举个🌰：He caught the rope and knotted it around a post. 他抓住绳子，把它系在一根杆子上。

在这里引申为“使比分持平，打成平手，打成平局”。

Yep, X wins the gold for stupidity.

没错，X平台（上的那些人们）夺得了愚蠢的金牌。

Entering Sunday, the final day of Olympic competition, there are still chances for the U.S. to pass China for the most gold medals. The women's basketball team can claim gold with a win over France. So can the women's volleyball team, against Italy. There are others, but the point is that McEwen won't be to blame if Team USA finishes behind China in the gold count. It's also worth noting that the U.S. has already run away with the total medal count (122) to China's 90.

周日，奥运会最后一天，美国仍有机会超过中国，成为金牌数最多的国家。美国女篮如果击败法国女篮可以获得金牌，美国女排也可以通过击败意大利女排获得金牌。还有其他比赛，但关键是，如果美国队在金牌总数上落后于中国队，麦克尤恩不应因此受到指责。同样值得注意的是，美国队的122枚奖牌总数已超过了中国队的90枚。

run away with sth 表示“轻而易举地赢得；轻松取胜”，英文解释为“to win a competition or prize very easily”举个🌰：She ran away with four first prizes. 她轻松地赢得4个第一名。

But there they were Saturday night, lined up online to pin the problem on a guy who simply decided he didn't put in years of training for the Paris Games to show up and accept a tie. Even a tie for gold. The medal count is more for Olympic fans than it is for athletes, anyway. That's not to say the athletes don't care about it − McEwen himself said afterward the United States winning the most gold medals matters to him − but it wasn't what should've been foremost in his mind.

然而，周六晚上，他们却在网上纷纷指责那个只不过是决定不愿意接受平局的选手。他不是为了平局而进行了多年的训练，更何况是金牌争夺的平局。无论如何，奖牌总数对奥运粉丝的意义大于对运动员的意义。这并不是说运动员不关心这个问题——麦克尤恩自己事后也说，美国赢得最多金牌对他来说很重要——但这并不是他首要考虑的问题。

foremost /ˈfɔː.məʊst/ 表示“最重要的；最佳的；领先的”，英文解释为“most important or best; leading”举个🌰：This is one of the country's foremost arts centres. 这是全国最重要的艺术中心之一。

Yes, McEwen ended up with a silver medal when he could've had gold.

是的，麦克尤恩最终获得了银牌，而本来他可以获得金牌。

But he'd have looked at that gold medal on his mantel for a lifetime and wondered what would've happened if he hadn't agreed to a jump-off. Instead, he'll look at silver and not have to wonder. He'll rightly feel better about competing and falling short.

但如果他不同意加赛，他终生都会看着这枚金牌，想着如果当时他同意加赛会发生什么。而现在，他看着银牌，不用再想了。他会为自己在比赛中竭尽全力感到骄傲。

mantel = mantelpiece /ˈmæn.təl.piːs/ 表示“壁炉架；壁炉台”，英文解释为“a shelf above a fireplace, usually part of a frame that surrounds the fireplace”举个🌰：She has photographs of all her grandchildren on the mantelpiece. 她在壁炉台上放着所有孙辈的照片。

And he certainly won't feel any worse for the criticism.

当然，他也不会因为受到批评而感觉更糟。

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