Lesson 3 Sports Stars
第三课 体育明星
Venus and Serena Williams are sisters.
维纳斯和塞丽娜·威廉姆斯是姐妹。
They are also both tennis champions who often have to play each other!
她们都是网球选手，经常要互为对手！
Venus is now eleventh in the world, and her younger sister Serena has moved up to third.
维纳斯目前排名世界11位，她的妹妹塞丽娜已经升到第三位。
The two sisters were born in a poor and dangerous area of California.
这两姐妹出生在加利福尼亚一个贫困、危险的区域。
It was full of drugs and violence.
到处充满了毒品和暴力。
In a recent interview, Venus spoke about the time when she and Serena were practising tennis
在最近一次采访中，维纳斯谈到一次她和塞丽娜正在练习网球时，
and they had to run and hide as bullets started flying through the air.
却因为空中飞起子弹不得不跑掉藏起来。
Finally, in 1991, the sisters and their family moved to a safer area
终于在1991年，两姐妹和家人搬到了一个更安全些的地方，
and since then they have never looked back.
并从此不再回首。
The sisters' father, Richard, started to train Venus and Serena when they were young children.
两姐妹的父亲理查德在维纳斯和塞丽娜还是小孩子的时候就开始训练她们。
He has always been very strict with his daughters, training them hard to compete against each other.
他对自己的女儿总是很严厉，努力训练她们互相对战。
Brandi, the sister's mother, taught her daughters at home
这对姐妹的母亲布兰迪在家教她的女儿们，
so that they completed their high school while developing their tennis careers.
这样她们就能在发展网球生涯的同时完成高中学业。
Today, both sisters are studying design at college.
今天，这两姐妹都在大学学设计。
They have already expressed a keen interest in working in design after their tennis careers come to an end.
她们已经表示出了在结束网球生涯后，对从事设计工作的浓厚兴趣。
The sisters' road to success has been amazing.
这对姐妹的成功之路一直令人惊异。
The first time Venus played in a big event was in 1996.
维纳斯第一次参见大赛是在1996年。
Since then, she has won the Wimbledon and the US Open twice.
此后她两度在温布尔登及美国公开赛获奖。
Serena has continued to improve and make fantastic progress.
塞丽娜一直在继续提高并取得了显著进步。
In 1999 and 2002, she won the US Open, and in 2002 and 2003,
在1999年和2000年，她在美国公开赛上获得了奖项，并在2002年和2003年，
she was the women's singles champion at Wimbledon.
成为了温布尔登女单冠军。
Has tennis ever caused problems between the sisters?
姐妹之间有没有因为网球出现过问题？
Fortunately, no. "We've played each other before and it hasn't worried us yet!" says Venus.
幸运的是，没有。维纳斯说：“我们以前对打过，这还没让我们烦恼！”
"If she wins," Serena jokes, "Mama says she has to do the dishes!"
“如果她赢了，”塞丽娜开玩笑说道：“妈妈说她就必须洗碗！”