Ian Thorpe 伊恩•索普

【词汇扫描】
aside from 除了…之外
anchor
relay 接力
Aside from the 13 individual long-course world records,
Thorpe anchored the Australian relay teams,
numbering the victories in the 4 × 100 m
and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relays in Sydney,
among his five relay world records.
His wins in the 200 m and 400 m
and his bronze in the 100 m freestyle in Athens
have made him the only person
to have won medals in the 100-200-400 combination.

【逐句对照】
Aside from the 13 individual long-course world records,
Thorpe anchored the Australian relay teams,
numbering the victories in the 4 × 100 m
and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relays in Sydney,
among his five relay world records.
His wins in the 200 m and 400 m
and his bronze in the 100 m freestyle in Athens
have made him the only person
to have won medals in the 100-200-400 combination.

【多学一点】
aside from 除了…之外
except
Aside from basketball, he is also good at football.
anchor
relay 接力比赛
relay race 接力赛跑

【词汇扫描】
schedule 计划
withdraw 退出
waning 不足的
After the Athens Olympics, Thorpe took a year away from
swimming,
scheduling a return for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
However, he was forced to withdraw due to illness.
Subsequent training camps were interrupted,
and he announced his retirement in November 2006,
citing waning motivation.

【逐句对照】
After the Athens Olympics, Thorpe took a year away from
swimming,
scheduling a return for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
However, he was forced to withdraw due to illness.
Subsequent training camps were interrupted,
and he announced his retirement in November 2006,
citing waning motivation.

【多学一点】
schedule 安排，计划
plan
The delegation is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
withdraw 取消，撤销
The meeting was withdrawn.
waning
wane 减少
decrease
My interest in the problem waned.

【词汇扫描】
inevitably 无可避免的
given 考虑到
double 同时作为
Pan Pacific 泛太平洋
elude 闪避
1999 began with heavy media expectations
that Thorpe would inevitably break
both 200 m and 400 m world records,
given his continuing physical growth.
The first opportunity came in late March
at the 1999 Australian Championships in Brisbane,
which doubled as a selection event
for the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
Thorpe again won the 400 m,
but Perkins' record eluded him, this time by just 0.05 s.

【逐句对照】
1999 began with heavy media expectations
that Thorpe would inevitably break
both 200 m and 400 m world records,
given his continuing physical growth.
The first opportunity came in late March
at the 1999 Australian Championships in Brisbane,
which doubled as a selection event
for the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
Thorpe again won the 400 m,
but Perkins' record eluded him, this time by just 0.05 s.

【多学一点】
inevitably 不可避免地，必然地
certainly
Inevitably he failed the exam, because he was lazy.
given 考虑到
Given their inexperience, they are not good for the job.
double 兼任
Mary, his mother, doubled as his friend.
pan pacific 泛太平洋
pan pacific economic cooperation
elude 躲避，逃脱
The fox succeeded in eluding the hunters.

【故事原文】
Aside from the 13 individual long-course world records,
Thorpe anchored the Australian relay teams,
numbering the victories in the 4 × 100 m
and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relays in Sydney,
among his five relay world records.
His wins in the 200 m and 400 m
and his bronze in the 100 m freestyle in Athens
have made him the only person
to have won medals in the 100-200-400 combination.
After the Athens Olympics, Thorpe took a year away from
swimming,
scheduling a return for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
However, he was forced to withdraw due to illness.
Subsequent training camps were interrupted,
and he announced his retirement in November 2006,
citing waning motivation.
1999 began with heavy media expectations
that Thorpe would inevitably break
both 200 m and 400 m world records,
given his continuing physical growth.
The first opportunity came in late March
at the 1999 Australian Championships in Brisbane,
which doubled as a selection event
for the 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
Thorpe again won the 400 m,
but Perkins' record eluded him, this time by just 0.05 s.