Ian Thorpe 伊恩•索普
【词汇扫描】
turn the table 反败为胜
mark 纪录
barrier 关口
Hackett turned the tables in the 200 m event,
passing Thorpe in the final 50 m to win Thorpe's title.
Although both were outside Lamberti's mark,
Hackett went on to break it the following night in a relay
event.
Thorpe finished the Championships
by continuing his improvement in the 100 m freestyle,
posting a time of 49.98 s, his first under the 50 s barrier.

【逐句对照】
Hackett turned the tables in the 200 m event,
passing Thorpe in the final 50 m to win Thorpe's title.
Although both were outside Lamberti's mark,
Hackett went on to break it the following night in a relay
event.
Thorpe finished the Championships
by continuing his improvement in the 100 m freestyle,
posting a time of 49.98 s, his first under the 50 s barrier.

【多学一点】
mark 纪录
record
Set a new mark in the long jump.
barrier 界限，范围
With the advance in science,
the boundaries of human knowledge are being pushed further
out.

【词汇扫描】
long standing 长期保持的
unprecedented 空前的
The Australian team then travelled to Hong Kong
for the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships,
where Thorpe broke Lamberti's mark in the 200 m freestyle,
the longest standing world record at the time.
This was the start of a three year phase
where Thorpe was to set his 13 individual long course world
records.
He lead the men's relay team to unprecedented success in
relay events,
scoring historic victories over the Americans.

【逐句对照】
The Australian team then travelled to Hong Kong
for the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships,
where Thorpe broke Lamberti's mark in the 200 m freestyle,
the longest standing world record at the time.
This was the start of a three year phase
where Thorpe was to set his 13 individual long course world
records.
He lead the men's relay team to unprecedented success in
relay events,
scoring historic victories over the Americans.

【多学一点】
standing 存在的时间
A friendship of long standing.
unprecedented 空前的，史无前例的
Our school faced unprecedented difficulties.

【词汇扫描】
peak 最高峰
medal tally 奖牌榜
Thorpe was to peak in 2001 when he became the first person
to win six gold medals at one world championships,
setting three world records
and helping Australia top the medal tally
at a global meet for the first time since 1956.
In this period, he was named by Swimming World
as its Swimmer of the Year three times.

【逐句对照】
Thorpe was to peak in 2001
when he became the first person
to win six gold medals at one world championships,
setting three world records
and helping Australia top the medal tally
at a global meet for the first time since 1956.
In this period, he was named by Swimming World
as its Swimmer of the Year three times.

【多学一点】
peak 山顶
Sales tend to peak just before the holidays.
tally 标记牌
medal tally 奖牌榜

【故事原文】
Hackett turned the tables in the 200 m event,
passing Thorpe in the final 50 m to win Thorpe's title.
Although both were outside Lamberti's mark,
Hackett went on to break it the following night in a relay
event.
Thorpe finished the Championships
by continuing his improvement in the 100 m freestyle,
posting a time of 49.98 s, his first under the 50 s barrier.
The Australian team then travelled to Hong Kong
for the 1999 FINA Short Course World Championships,
where Thorpe broke Lamberti's mark in the 200 m freestyle,
the longest standing world record at the time.
This was the start of a three year phase
where Thorpe was to set his 13 individual long course world
records.
He lead the men's relay team to unprecedented success in
relay events,
scoring historic victories over the Americans.
Thorpe was to peak in 2001 when he became the first person
to win six gold medals at one world championships,
setting three world records
and helping Australia top the medal tally
at a global meet for the first time since 1956.
In this period, he was named by Swimming World
as its Swimmer of the Year three times.