体育美语第13期:Achilles Tendon跟腱(附MP3)
日期:2011-11-25 11:23

(单词翻译:单击)

Y: Hey, Patrick,what's wrong? 你怎么一瘸一拐的?
P: Why am I limping? I'm limping because my Achilles tendon is killing me! OW!

Y: Oh my...

P: Uh, Yang Chen, do you know what an Achilles tendon is?

Y: Not really, Patrick.

P: Achilles A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S, tendon T-E-N-D-O-N It is a tendon (腱) in the lower back part of your leg.

Y: Oh, 你是不是和刘翔一样,得了跟腱炎?

P: Yeah, that's right. Just like Liu Xiang. He had a problem with his Achilles tendon, too.

Y: 那你是怎么弄伤了你的Achilles tendon呢?

P: I pulled it during the warm-up for 100 meter hurdles..

Y: That's too bad. (Sarcastically.)

P: Thanks for the sympathy, Yang Chen.

Y: Hey, Patrick, 跟腱为什么叫 "Achilles tendon" 呢?

P: You are really a pain in my Achilles, Yang Chen, Achilles was an ancient Greek hero

Y: Oh, 我知道了,Achilles - 阿基里斯是希腊神话里的勇士。

P: Yeah, He was dunked in a sacred river by his mother, and his mother was holding him by his ankle.

Y: So?

P: So he became invulnerable everywhere the water touched him, except his heel.

Y: 因为他妈妈抓着他的脚后跟,没沾到神水,就成了他的致命弱点。

P: So when someone has a fatal flaw it is referred to as their "Achilles heel". Because Achilles was killed when an arrow struck him in his heel - his only vulnerable spot.

Y: So what's your "Achilles heel," Patrick?

P: Well, I may have a problem with my Achilles tendon, but I don't have an Achilles heel.

Y: Why?

P: I'm perfect!

Y: and modest.

P: Whatever, Yang Chen!

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重点单词
  • vulnerableadj. 易受伤害的,有弱点的
  • sacredadj. 神圣的,受尊重的
  • fataladj. 致命的,毁灭性的,决定性的
  • modestadj. 谦虚的,适度的,端庄的
  • sympathyn. 同情,同情心,同感,赞同,慰问
  • flawn. 瑕疵,缺陷,裂缝 v. 使破裂,有瑕疵 n.
  • touchedadj. 受感动的 adj. 精神失常的
  • invulnerableadj. 固若金汤的,无法伤害的
  • exceptvt. 除,除外 prep. & conj. 除了 ..