今天的这段对话，在讨论田径，
在学校的时你擅长什么田径项目？世界田径锦标赛的成绩怎么样
来听今天的讲解:
Beginner
A: when I was at school, I was quite good at track and field events. I was on the school team for the long jump, 100 and 200 meter sprints and the javelin.
当我在学校的时候，我非常擅长田径项目。我是跳远、100米和200米短跑以及标枪的校队队员。
B: really? I was quite good at the hurdles and the discus.
真的？我很擅长跨栏和铁饼。
A: I wish that I were good at the discus, but I could rarely throw it in the right direction! I was awful. With the hurdles, I could never jump over them!
我希望我擅长铁饼，但我很少能把它扔向正确的方向！我太糟糕了。有了跨栏，我再也跳不过去了！
B: I thought you were good at the high jump!
我以为你跳得很好！
A: no, I was good at the long jump. I liked the sprints best.
不，我擅长跳远。我最喜欢短跑。
B: did you ever win any competitions?
你赢得过比赛吗？
A: I was regional champion for the 100 and 200 meters. I usually did well in the dong jump competitions, but I couldn’t compete with kids from other schools in the javelin. How about you?
我是100米和200米的地区冠军。我通常在东跳比赛中表现很好，但我在标枪方面无法与其他学校的孩子竞争。你呢？
B: I came second and third a few times in the regional championships, but I never won. Did you ever take part in the national championship for the sprinting events?
我在地区锦标赛中几次获得第二和第三名，但我从未赢过。你参加过短跑项目的全国锦标赛吗？
A: yes, I did, but I didn’t do very well. I made the final in both events, but came last. At least I made the final. I was very pleased with that.
是的，我进了，但我做得不太好。我在两个项目中都进了决赛，但最后一个。至少我进了决赛。我对此很满意。
Intermediate
A: do you have a copy of today’s paper? I want to check the results from the world athletics championship.
你有今天的报纸吗？我想看看世界田径锦标赛的成绩。
B: yes, I ‘m just reading them myself. It’s been a great competition. We got gold medals in three events.
是的，我只是自己在读。这是一场伟大的比赛。我们在三个项目上都获得了金牌。
A: yes, we won the men’s 110 metres hurdles. I watched that on TV. What other events did we win?
是的，我们赢得了男子110米栏的冠军。我在电视上看了。我们还赢得了哪些项目的冠军？
B: we won the men’s high jump and the women’s 1500 meters.
我们赢得了男子跳高和女子1500米的冠军。
A: that’s great. Those athletes must train for years to get into peak physical condition. They must be terribly disappointed if they don’t win.
太棒了。那些运动员必须训练多年才能达到最佳状态。如果他们没有获胜，他们一定会非常失望。
B: the woman who won the 1500 meters also broke the world record by 2 seconds.the woman who won the 1500 meters also broke the world record by 2 seconds.
赢得1500米冠军的女子也以2秒的优势打破了世界纪录。
A: that’s amazing! Were any other records broken?
太神奇了！其他记录被打破了吗？
B: a Russian man broke the discus record by a centimeters. Out best athlete broke his personal best in the long jump, but it only got him third place.
一名俄罗斯男子以一厘米之差打破了铁饼纪录。这位最好的运动员在跳远比赛中打破了个人最好成绩，但只获得了第三名。
A: did you see the final of the men’s 100 metres? It was very exciting. One competitor made two false starts.
你看到男子100米决赛了吗？这非常令人兴奋。一名选手两次起跑失误。
B: was he disqualified?
他被取消资格了吗？
A: yes, he was. I imagine he must be very angry with himself for that.
是的，他是。我想他一定为此对自己很生气。
