【话匣子英语】采访运动员

毛拉这期采访了运动员米歇尔，米歇尔详细介绍了他的日常训练项目以及赛前的准备.....

 

Maura: Today’s episode¹ is a Chatterbox episode. And that’s where we chat about all kinds of different topics, including interviewing people and that is what we’re going to do today. Today I’m gonna be interviewing Michael Gilday, and he is a member of the Canadian National Short Track² Speed Skating Team. And he is currently³ training to be on the Olympic team to go to the Olympics in 2014 in Sochi, Russia. So, first I’m going to tell you about how we met, because it was just a few weeks ago that Michael and I were taking the train from Montreal to Toronto. I was on my way to take a vacation with my sisters and you were going to visit some family.

 

Michael: Yeah. I was on the way to visit my cousins and my grandparents who live in Toronto.

 

Maura: And as many of you know, I’m sure, who take the train or the plane or the bus somewhere, sometimes when you’re travelling you end up striking⁴ up a conversation with the people beside you and sometimes you chat for a while and really get to know the other person.

 

Michael: Yeah, I know. I felt like this was one of the more interesting train rides I’ve had in my life, I guess, and it was really nice to get to know Maura and learn about her and Culips. And she invited me to come on the show, so I’m happy to be here.

 

Maura: Good. So, first we’ll talk about how you ended up in Montreal. You told me that you’ve been here for about a year, so what brought you to Montreal?

 

Michael: Well, I am a short track speed skater. And for those of you who might not know what short track speed skating is, it is a winter sport where athletes— sometimes four, or up to eight athletes—compete head to head around a 111 metre track, which is on a hockey rink or an ice hockey rink. And, yeah, so I’m a member of the Canadian National Short Track Speed Skating Team, and we are based out of Montreal so I live and train here and I’m working my way towards competing at the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia.

 

Maura: That sounds pretty exciting. Is it? Is it exciting training to be in the Olympics one day?

 

Michael: I think it is, otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen to do it, but it’s a challenge⁵. It’s something I enjoy doing. I get to live a healthy lifestyle where, you know, exercise is the main activity in my day. So I think it’s fun and it’s exciting.

 

Maura: So what does your schedule look like? How many hours of training do you usually do? How much time do you spend in the gym? All that kind of stuff⁶.

 

Michael: Well, a normal week, we have anywhere between seven to ten ice sessions⁷ where we’re on the ice doing various types of laps⁸. Sometimes we’re just going slow and working on our technique and our endurance⁹, other times we’re working on specific¹⁰ race strategies¹¹ or speed. Being on the ice is the main part of our training, but we also go in the gym and lift weights to complement¹² our training, as well as some other off ice training, especially in the summer—biking, running, etc. And then also from time to time we have the fun activity of physiotherapy, which I’m currently going through, since I ended my season this year with a fractured¹³ shoulder. So it’s a full schedule. We train just over 11 months out of 12 in the year. And, yeah, so it’s a fulltime thing. Six days a week we train, Sundays we get off.

 

Maura: So I’m also wondering how you got into speed skating. Michael: Well, I started speed skating when I was four years old and my best friend at the time, well he’s still actually one of my best friends, and he was in it, and I thought I would like to go with him one day, so I went and I liked it. And I guess I’ve never really turned back. And he quit a long time ago, but I really enjoy what I do.

1 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

2 track   

n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。

3 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

4 striking   

adj.显著的，惹人注目的，容貌出众的

参考例句：

• There is a striking difference between Jane and Mary.简和玛丽之间有显著的差异。
• What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are.最令人注目的是孩子们的机智聪明。

5 challenge   

n.挑战；v.向...挑战

参考例句：

• The job doesn't really challenge him.这项工作不能真正地考验他。
• She looked at me with challenge.她带着挑战的目光看着我。

6 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

7 sessions   

n.（尤指法庭、议会等）开庭( session的名词复数 )；（自发或俱乐部的）聚会；会期；（进行某活动连续的）一段时间

参考例句：

• A few sessions talking to a counsellor should straighten him out. 跟辅道员谈几次就会使他改正过来的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sessions will enable you to discuss problems with fellow asthma sufferers. 这些环节让你和其他哮喘病患者一起讨论问题。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 laps   

n.舔( lap的名词复数 )；一圈；山谷；裙兜

参考例句：

• The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit. 比赛以环绕城中心跑八圈结束。
• A novel multi-parametric micro-biophysiometer based on light addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) was designed. 光寻址电位传感器(LAPS)是一种用于进行生物化学多参数测量的传感器系统。 来自互联网

9 endurance   

n.耐久力，忍耐力，耐久的时期，持续的时间

参考例句：

• She reached the end of endurance.她到了忍受的极限。
• The exercise obviously will improve strength and endurance.这种锻炼会明显改善体力增加耐力。

10 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。

11 strategies   

n.策略( strategy的名词复数 )；战略；战略学；对策

参考例句：

• Several steps and strategies have been developed to minimize these risks. 有关人士发展了若干措施和方法以减少这些风险。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• Different threats require different strategies. 对付不同的威胁需要不同的策略。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

12 complement   

n.补足物，船上的定员；补语；vt.补充，补足

参考例句：

• The two suggestions complement each other.这两条建议相互补充。
• They oppose each other also complement each other.它们相辅相成。

13 fractured   

adj. 断裂的 动词fracture的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He died in the car collision with his skull fractured. 他在那次撞车事件中因头骨碎裂而死去。
• He fell from a tree and his leg fractured in three places. 他从树上掉下来，腿三处骨折。