雅思听力在考试中占据着重要的地位，时常用听力材料来磨耳朵可以不断巩固大脑的英语语言能力。以下是雅思听力材料，您可以结合MP3和下方的原文及翻译进行听力学习。

听力原文及翻译

A: Hi, Thomas, how are you enjoying the course so far?

A：嗨，托马斯，到目前为止，你觉得这门课怎么样？

B: Yeah, I think it's good!

B：我觉得很好！

A: Remind me, why did you decide to study sports science? Didn't you want to be a professional athlete when you were at school?

A：我突然想起来，你为什么决定学习体育科学？你上学的时候不是想成为一名职业运动员吗？

B: Yeah, that was my goal, and all my classmates assumed I would achieve it, they thought I was brilliant.

B：是的，那是我的目标，我所有的同学都认为我会实现这个目标，他们认为我很优秀。

A: That must have been a nice feeling!

A：那感觉一定很棒！

B: I thought I could win anything, there was no one who could run faster than me.

B：我以为我能赢得任何比赛，没有人能跑得比我快。

A: Exactly! So what happened? Did your mom and dad want you to be more academic?

A：没错！那发生了什么？你的父母希望你更努力学习吗？

B: Not at all. Perhaps they should have pushed me harder though.

B：一点也不。也许他们应该更努力地鞭策我。

A: What do you mean?

A：这是什么意思？

B: I think I should have practiced more.

B：我想我应该多练习。

A: What makes you say that?

A：你为什么这么说？

B: Well, I went out to Kenya for a couple of weeks to train.

B：嗯，我之前去肯尼亚训练了几个星期。

A: Really? I didn't know that!

A：真的吗？我不知道！

B: I was chosen to go there out of loads of kids, and run with some of the top teenage athletes in the world. And I was so calm about it, I just kept thinking how fortunate I was, what a great chance this was. Everyone back home was so proud of me, but once we started competing, I very quickly realized I wasn't good enough.

B：我从众多孩子中脱颖而出，与世界上一些顶尖的青少年运动员一起比赛。我对此非常平静，我只是不停地想着我是多么幸运，这是一个多么好的机会。家里的每个人都为我感到骄傲，但是一旦我们开始比赛，我很快就意识到自己不够好。

A: That must have been a huge shock.

A：那一定让人很震惊。

B: I thought this can't be happening, I was used to winning.

B：我认为这不可能发生，我已经习惯了获胜。

A: I'm sorry to hear that.

A：听到这个我很遗憾。

B: It's okay I'm over it now, and I think it's much better to do a university course, and this one has such a variety of sports related areas, it's going to be good!

B：没关系，我现在已经翻篇了，我认为上大学课程要好得多，而且这门课程有各种各样的体育相关领域，也会很好的！

A: Oh, I agree. I chose it because of that.

A：我同意。我就是因此才选择它的。

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