再见飞人 刘翔发微博宣布因伤退役

 　　China's Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler Liu Xiang announced his retirement² on Tuesday, ending a run in the sport marked by records and frustrated³ by successive late-career injuries.

　　本周二，中国奥运冠军、跨栏选手刘翔宣布退役。他的职业生涯里收获了各项纪录，但在末期却被一系列伤病拖垮。

　　Liu, 31, became an icon⁴ in China after he won the country's first Olympic men's track and field gold medal in the 110 metres hurdles⁵ in Athens in 2004. He also won a world championship in 2007 and held the world record in 2006 with a time of 12.88 seconds.

　　今年31岁的刘翔获得了2004年雅典奥运会110米栏冠军，这是中国有史以来第一块奥运会男子田径项目金牌，从此刘翔成为了中国的标志人物。此外他还获得了2007年的世锦赛冠军，并在2006年以12秒88的成绩打破世界纪录。

　　"I'm retiring. I want to start a new journey," Liu said in a message posted to his microblog, blaming injury for his decision. "Though I still have hot blood pumping through my heart, my leg has time and again told me no."

　　刘翔发布了微博，宣布因伤退役。“我要‘退休’了，我要开始一段新的旅程。”“虽然我的心中仍有热血，但我的脚却一次次对我说不。”

　　One of China's most popular athletes, his gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics brought him fame and fortune rivalled only by basketball player Yao Ming but also made his life more like that of a rock star and placed a huge burden of expectation on him.

　　作为中国最受欢迎的运动员，2004雅典奥运会冠军为他带来无数声誉和财富，只有篮球运动员姚明才能与他相比。这使他的生活变得更像摇滚明星，更多期望也加在他身上。

　　Liu's ambitions were checked when, despite being favourite to win his pet event in front of home fans at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he was forced to pull out with an Achilles injury in his first-round heat.

　　虽然主场参赛的刘翔是2008北京奥运会的热门，但他的雄心壮志却因第一轮热身中的跟腱拉伤退赛而终止。

　　At the 2012 Olympics in London, Liu was disappointed again by injury, crashing out of competition after stumbling⁶ on the first hurdle¹ and ending his hopes of regaining⁷ the Olympic title.

　　2012年伦敦奥运会，刘翔再次因伤病而倍感失望。他在第一栏摔倒后被淘汰，终结了他重夺奥运冠军的希望。

　　Liu's retirement makes him the latest world class Chinese athlete to sign off from competition in recent years, after the country's first grand slam tennis champion Li Na retired⁸ in September and former NBA basketball centre Yao Ming walked away from the sport in 2011.

　　这些年离开赛场的中国世界级体育选手中，刘翔是距今最近的一位。2011年前NBA中锋姚明退役。去年9月，中国首位网球大满贯得主李娜也宣布挂拍。

1 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

2 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

3 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

5 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

6 stumbling   

adj.摇摇晃晃或跌跌撞撞的v.（不顺畅地）说( stumble的现在分词 )；跌跌撞撞地走；绊脚；（说话、演奏等）出错

参考例句：

• The question of disarmament proved a major stumbling block to agreement. 结果证明裁军问题是达成协议的主要障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• His stumbling attempts at colloquial Russian amused her. 他结结巴巴地学说俄语，把她逗乐了。 来自辞典例句

7 regaining   

复得( regain的现在分词 )； 赢回； 重回； 复至某地

参考例句：

• She was regaining consciousness now, but the fear was coming with her. 现在她正在恢发她的知觉，但是恐怖也就伴随着来了。
• She said briefly, regaining her will with a click. 她干脆地答道，又马上重新振作起精神来。

8 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。