大学英语精读听力第四册 unit4

[00:00.00]Unit Four  Text
[00:24.14]Jim Thorpe, an American Indian,
[00:26.93]is generally accepted as the greatest all-round athlete of the first half of the 20th century
[00:33.04]Yet the man, who brought glory to his nation had a heartbreaking life.
[00:38.58]What caused his sadness and poverty?
[00:41.87]JIM THORPE    Steve Gelman
[00:45.35]The railroad station was jammed.
[00:47.91]Students from Lafayette College were crowding onto the train platform
[00:52.58]eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Carlisle Indian School\'s track and field squad.
[00:58.12]No one would have believed it a few months earlier.
[01:01.18]A school that nobody had heard of was suddenly beating big,famous colleges in track meets
[01:07.53]Surely these Carlisle athletes would come charging off the train,
[01:11.78]one after another, like a Marine battalion.
[01:14.81]The train finally arrived and two young men
[01:18.26]--one big and broad, the other small and slight--stepped onto the platform.
[01:23.64]"Where\'s the track team?" a Lafayette student asked.
[01:27.48]"This is the team," replied the big fellow.
[01:30.54]"Just the two of you?"
[01:32.26]"Nope, just me," said the big fellow.
[01:34.80]"This little guy is the manager."
[01:37.07]The Lafayette students shook their heads in wonder.
[01:40.83]Somebody must be playing a joke on them.
[01:43.18]If this big fellow was the whole Carlisle track team,
[01:46.55]he would be competing against an entire Lafayette squad.
[01:49.76]He did.
[01:49.83]He ran sprints, he ran hurdles, he ran distance races.
[01:53.77]He high-jumped, he broad-jumped.
[01:55.89]He threw the javelin and the shot.
[01:58.21]Finishing first in eight events, the big fellow beat the whole Lafayette team.
[02:04.17]The big fellow was Jim Thorpe,
[02:06.91]the greatest American athlete of modern times.
[02:10.10]He was born on May 28,1888, in a two room farmhouse near Prague, Oklahoma.
[02:16.47]His parents were members of the Sac and Fox Indian tribe
[02:18.13]and he was a direct descendant of the famous warrior chief, Black Hawk.
[02:17.13]As a Sac and Fox, Jim had the colorful Indian name Wa-Tho-Huck,
[02:24.40]which, translated, means Bright Path.
[02:27.54]But being born an Indian, his path was not so bright.
[02:31.98]Although he had the opportunity to hunt and fish with great Indian outdoorsmen,
[02:37.05]he was denied opportunity in other ways.
[02:39.61]The United States government controlled the lives of American Indians and,
[02:43.63]unlike other people, Indians did not automatically become citizens.
[02:48.23]It was almost impossible for an Indian to gain even a fair education
[02:52.98]and extremely difficult, as a result for an Indian to rise high in life.
[02:58.26]Young Bright Path seemed destined to spend his life in the Oklahoma farmland.
[03:03.12]But when he was in his teens,
[03:04.97]the government gave him the chance to attend the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
[03:09.80]Soon Carlisle was racing along its own bright path to athletic prominence.
[03:14.51]In whatever sport Jim Thorpe played, he excelled.
[03:17.64]He was a star in baseball,track and field,
[03:17.75]wrestling, lacrosse, basketball and football.
[03:21.22]He was so good in football,in fact,
[03:23.49]that most other small schools refused to play Carlisle.
[03:27.07]The Indian school\'s football schedule soon listed such major powers of the early 20th century as
[03:33.13]Pittsburgh, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Penn State and Army.
[03:37.50]Thorpe was a halfback.
[03:39.38]He was six feet one inch tall, weighed 185 pounds and had incredible speed and power.
[03:45.41]He built upon these natural gifts daily.
[03:48.26]He would watch a coach or player demonstrate a difficult maneuver,
[03:51.97]then he would try it himself.
[03:54.01]Inevitably, he would master the maneuver within minutes.
[03:57.32]During every game, opponents piled on Thorpe,trampled him,
[04:01.79]kicked him and punched him, trying to put him out of action.
[04:05.24]They were never successful.
[04:07.12]Years later someone asked him if he had ever been hurt on the field.
[04:11.77]"Hurt?" Thorpe said. "How could anyone get hurt playing football?"
[04:16.50]But Jim never played his best when he felt he would have no fun playing.
[04:21.77]"What\'s the fun of playing in the rain?" he once said.
[04:25.12]And his Carlisle coach, Pop Warner, once said,
[04:28.28]"There\'s no doubt that Jim had more talent than anybody who ever played football,
[04:33.32]but you could never tell when he felt like giving his best."
[04:37.08]Football, though,did not provide Thorpe with his finest hour.
[04:41.60]He was selected for the United States Olympic track teamin 1912,
[04:46.56]and went to Sweden with the team for the Games.
[04:49.65]On the ship, while the other athletes limbered up, Thorpe slept in his bunk.
[04:54.69]In Sweden, while other athletes trained,Thorpe relaxed in a hammock.
[04:59.57]He never strained when he didn\'t feel it necessary.
[05:02.53]Thorpe came out of his hammock when the Games began,
[05:01.53]to take part in the two most demanding Olympic events.
[05:05.05]He entered the pentathlon competition,
[05:08.03]a test of skill in five events:
[05:10.64]200-meter run,1500-meter run, broad jump, discus and javelin;
[05:16.23]and the decathlon competition,a series of ten events:
[05:20.67]100-meter run, 400-meter run,1500-meterrun,
[05:25.53]high hurdles, broad jump, high jump, pole vault, discus, javelin and shot put.
[05:31.77]Though most athletes were utterly exhausted by the decathlon alone,
[05:37.03]Thorpe breezed through both events,
[05:39.38]his dark hair flopping,his smile flashing,his muscled body gliding along the track.
[05:45.52]He finished first in both the pentathlon and decathlon,
[05:49.67]one of the great feats in Olympic history.
[05:52.52]"You sir," King Gustav V of Sweden told Thorpe as he presented him with two gold medals,
[05:58.97]"are the greatest athlete in the world."
[06:01.63]And William Howard Taft, the President of the United States, said,
[06:05.55]"Jim Thorpe is the highest type of citizen"
[06:08.40]King Gustav V was correct, but President Taft was not.
[06:10.31]Though Jim Thorpe had brought great glory to his nation,
[06:13.70]though thousands of people cheered him upon his return to the United States
[06:18.54]and attended banquets and a New York parade in his honor,
[06:22.01]he was not a citizen.
[06:23.89]He did not become one until 1916.
[06:25.74]Even then, it took a special government ruling because he was an Indian.
[06:30.42]Jim Thorpe was a hero after the Olympics and a sad,bewildered man not too much later.
[06:30.50]Someone discovered that two years
[06:32.75]before the Olympics he had been paid a few dollars to play semiprofessional baseball.
[06:38.15]Though many amateur athletes had played for pay under false names,
[06:42.62]Thorpe had used his own name.
[06:44.71]As a result,he was not technically an amateur when he competed at Stockholm
[06:49.78]as all Olympic athletes must be
[06:49.89]His Olympic medale and trophies were taken away from him and given to the runners-up.
[06:55.14]After this heartbreaking experience,
[06:57.80]Thorpe turned to professional sports.
[07:00.39]He played major league baseball for six years and did fairly well.
[07:04.49]Then he played professional football for six years with spectacular success.
[07:09.32]His last professional football season was in 1926.
[07:13.60]After that, his youthful indifference to studies
[07:16.82]and his unwillingness to think of a nonsports career caught up with him.
[07:21.28]He had trouble finding a job,and his friends desertedhim.
[07:25.23]He periodically asked for, but never was given back, his Olympic prizes.
[07:30.27]From 1926 until his death in 1953, he lived a poor,lonely, unhappy life.
[07:37.25]But in 1950 the Associated Press held a poll
[07:40.67]to determine the outstanding athlete of the half-century.
[07:44.01]Despite his loss of the Ohympic gold medals
[07:46.65]and a sad decline in fortune during his later years,
[07:50.05]Thorpe was almost unanimously chosen the greatest athlete of modern times.
[07:55.71]New Words
[08:14.68]jam
[08:15.14]v.堵塞;（使）塞满
[08:15.59]platform
[08:16.36]n.月台
[08:17.13]await
[08:17.77]vt.wait for;look forward to
[08:18.41]track
[08:19.19]n.跑道;径赛运动;田径运动
[08:19.96]field
[08:20.70]n.田赛场地;田赛运动
[08:21.44]squad
[08:22.27]n.小队;班
[08:23.09]charge
[08:24.00]vi.向前冲;冲锋
[08:24.92]Marine
[08:25.70]n.(美国)海军陆战队士兵或军官
[08:26.49]battalion
[08:26.52]n.营
[08:26.56]broad
[08:27.17]a.宽的,广阔的
[08:27.79]nope
[08:28.43]ad. (AmE  sl.) no
[08:29.07]compete
[08:29.80]vi.比赛,竞争
[08:30.53]sprint
[08:31.19]n.短跑 vi.run at one\'s fastest speed,esp.for a short distance
[08:31.86]hurdle
[08:32.44]n.栏;跳栏
[08:33.01]broad(-)jump
[08:34.09]n.&  vi.跳远
[08:35.18]javelin
[08:35.86]n.标枪
[08:36.54]shot
[08:37.20]n.铅球
[08:37.87]tribe
[08:38.50]n. 部落
[08:39.12]descendant
[08:39.84]n.子孙;后裔
[08:40.56]warrior
[08:40.90]n.斗士,勇士;（老）战士
[08:41.23]colorful
[08:41.91]a.艳丽的;丰富多彩的
[08:42.59]hunt
[08:43.16]v. 追猎;打猎;搜寻
[08:43.74]outdoorsman
[08:44.65]n.a man,such as a hunter fisherman,or camper, who spends much time outdoors for pleasure
[08:45.57]deny
[08:46.25]vt.否认;拒绝给予
[08:46.93]destine
[08:47.70]vt.命中注定;预定
[08:48.47]farmland
[08:49.17]n.农田
[08:49.88]teens
[08:50.53]n.the period of one\'s life between and including the ages of 13 and 19
[08:51.18]prominence
[08:51.90]n.凸出;杰出
[08:52.62]prominent
[08:53.34]a.
[08:54.06]excel
[08:54.65]vi.突出,超常
[08:55.23]wrestling
[08:55.96]n.摔跤（运动）
[08:56.70]wrestle
[08:57.40]v.
[08:58.11]lacrosse
[08:58.81]n.长曲棍球（运动 ）
[08:59.52]football
[08:59.02]n.橄榄球（运动）
[08:58.52]power
[08:59.20]n.握有大权的人物 有影响的机构;强国
[08:59.88]halfback
[09:00.59]n.(橄榄球、足球等)前卫
[09:01.31]incredible
[09:02.03]a.难以置信的
[09:02.75]coach
[09:03.43]n.教练
[09:04.11]demonstrate
[09:04.80]vt.用实验或实例说明;演示
[09:05.49]maneuver
[09:06.09]n.机动动作;策略,花招
[09:06.69]opponent
[09:07.52]n.对手;反对者
[09:08.34]trample
[09:08.86]踩;践踏
[09:09.38]punch
[09:09.96]用拳猛击
[09:10.53]Olympic
[09:11.27]of or connected with the Olympic  Games
[09:12.00]limber
[09:12.64]（使）变得柔软灵活
[09:13.28]bunk
[09:13.93]庆铺,铺位
[09:14.58]hammock
[09:15.11](帆布或网状)吊床
[09:15.63]strain
[09:16.25]尽力,使劲
[09:16.88]demanding
[09:17.51]要求高的,苛求的
[09:18.14]pentathlon
[09:19.05]n.五项运动
[09:19.96]competition
[09:20.75]competing; contest;match
[09:21.53]discus
[09:22.09]铁饼
[09:22.65]decathlon
[09:23.57]n.十项运动
[09:24.48]shot put
[09:25.25]n.推铅球
[09:26.02]utterly
[09:26.69]completely;  totally
[09:27.36]utter
[09:27.98]a.
[09:28.61]breeze
[09:29.33]vi.轻快地行动
[09:30.05]flop
[09:30.69]vi.扑动
[09:31.33]flash
[09:32.02]vi.闪光;闪烁
[09:32.71]glide
[09:33.50]滑动,滑行
[09:34.28]feat
[09:34.92]武功;技艺,功绩
[09:35.56]glory
[09:36.47]光荣,荣誉;荣誉的事
[09:37.39]banquet
[09:37.95]宴会
[09:38.51]ruling
[09:39.26]裁决
[09:40.00]Olympics
[09:39.50]奥林匹克运动会
[09:39.00]professional
[09:39.67]职业的 n.以特定职业谋生的人
[09:40.33]amateur
[09:41.27]n. 业余爱好者 a. 业余的
[09:42.21]technically
[09:42.27]ad. 技术上,按规则
[09:42.32]trophy
[09:42.97]奖品
[09:43.63]runner-up
[09:44.35]n.亚军
[09:45.06]heartbreaking
[09:45.98]令人心碎的
[09:46.89]league
[09:47.36]联赛协会
[09:47.83]spectacular
[09:48.71]a.惊人的
[09:49.58]season
[09:50.16]n.赛季
[09:50.73]youthful
[09:51.37]a.young; having the qualities of young people
[09:52.01]indifference
[09:52.95]n.不关心,冷漠
[09:53.89]indifferent
[09:54.57]a.
[09:55.25]periodically
[09:56.18]at regular intervals, every now and then
[09:57.11]outstanding
[09:57.99]a.杰出的
[09:58.88]despite
[09:59.55]prep. in spite of
[10:00.21]decline
[10:00.27]衰落;下降
[10:00.32]unanimously
[10:01.29]a.一致地;无异议地
[10:02.26]Phrases & Expressions
[10:05.23]track and field
[10:06.12]田径运动
[10:07.01]play a joke on sb.
[10:08.29]同某人开玩笑
[10:09.57]put...out of action
[10:10.89]使停止工作;使不再起作用;使失去战斗力
[10:12.21]limber up
[10:13.17](比赛等前)做准备活动
[10:14.14]take part in
[10:14.91]参加
[10:15.68]breeze through
[10:16.45]轻而易举地完成
[10:17.22]in one\'s hono(u)r/in hono(u)r of
[10:19.55]向...表示敬意;为庆祝...;为纪念...
[10:21.87]catch up with
[10:22.94]对…产生预期的恶果
[10:24.02]Proper Names
[10:26.47]Thorpe
[10:27.27]索普
[10:28.06]Lafayette College
[10:29.08]拉斐德学院
[10:30.10]Carlisle Indian School
[10:31.42]卡莱尔印第安人学校
[10:32.74]Prague
[10:33.51]布拉格(文中指美国地名)
[10:34.28]Oklahoma
[10:35.08]俄克拉何马（美国州名）
[10:35.88]Sac and Fox
[10:36.75]印第安人部落之一
[10:37.63]Black Hawk
[10:38.50]黑隼（印第安人首领名）
[10:39.38]Pennsylvanis
[10:40.25]宾夕法尼亚（美国州名）
[10:41.13]Pittsburgh
[10:41.94]匹兹堡（美国城市）
[10:42.75]Penn
[10:43.48](short for)Pennsylvania
[10:44.21]Pop Warner
[10:46.58]波伯.活纳
[10:48.96]Sweden
[10:49.56]瑞典
[10:50.16]Gustav V
[10:51.25]古斯塔夫五世
[10:52.33]William Howard Taft
[10:53.40]威廉.霍华德.塔夫脱
[10:54.47]Stockholm/
[10:55.19]斯德哥尔摩（瑞典首都）
[10:55.91]the Associated Press
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