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VOA标准英语2008年-Judo Prodigy Rousey Hopes for Olympic Medal

时间:2008-07-24 02:39来源:互联网 提供网友:xiesuyi   字体: [ ]
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Ronda Rousey always wanted to compete at the Olympics, but she was surprised when she made the U.S. judo1 team in time for the 2004 Games in Athens. She was just 17 at the time. As VOA's Steve Schy reports, she's 21-years-old now, more experienced and brimming with confidence as she prepares to compete in Beijing.
 
Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey had expected to compete in the 2008 Olympic Games. She even named her cat Beijing after the host city. But she ended up qualifying for Athens in 2004 as the youngest judo competitor at those Games. Rousey finished ninth in the 63-kilogram division, the top American woman in judo. No American woman has ever won an Olympic judo medal. But Rousey told VOA Sports that finishing ninth in 2004 might help her change that.

"I think it just kept me really hungry, you know," she said. "If I just strolled into the Olympics at 17 and went and won and walked out I would have been like, 'Hey this judo stuff is easy, you know.' No I would have lost a lot of ambition I think if I had won it on the first shot."

Ronda Rousey did not start her athletic2 career on the judo mat. Like a lot of California kids, her first sport was swimming.

"I was a swimmer from when I was six till I was 10. I lost interest in it. I thought it was really boring," she recalled. "But they put me in sports [because] I had so much energy I was bouncing off the walls. But I also had a short attention span, too. They said, 'Okay, go swim back and forth3 for two hours. You know, a little kid that wants some stimulation4 is not really going to be entertained by that."

When she tired of swimming, Ronda decided5 she wanted to try judo. In 1984, her mother, AnnMaria, became the only American woman to win gold at the World Judo Championships. AnnMaria was not sure judo was a good idea for her daughter, worrying that she would suffer by comparison. But much to Ronda's delight, her mother finally gave her permission to try judo.

"I just thought it was awesome," she said. "It was like so much more creative and you would do so much different stuff. I mean swimming you know, you do the butterfly and [if] your legs spread apart you are disqualified. You know, you have to do it exactly the right way. And like judo, as long as they fall down on their back, hey, just fine, do it that way."

From the beginning Ronda has exceeded all expectations. She became only the second U.S. athlete ever to win a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Judo Championships and took the bronze two years later.

In March of 2007 Rousey moved up to judo's 70-kilo division and won gold with the U.S. team at last year's Pan American Games. And her 2007 silver medal made her the first American woman to make the podium at a World Championships since 1995.

Ronda says success at the Olympics has three components6, and she is working hard on the one she can control, training.

"A lot of it is by the luck of the draw and a lot of it is about how good of a day you have, but most of it is about how you train," she explained.

Rousey expressed her hope that political protests to China's policies toward Darfur and Tibet will not impact the games.

"People do not really see the Olympic Games as what it is. It's supposed to be an apolitical event," she said. "And you know, wars happen, tsunamis7 come down, hurricanes all this stuff. It is really tragic8 and terrible. But you know what? There is always an Olympic Games. It does not stop, it keeps going. I think it is really sad that people would actually want to stop that, because it is actually a peaceful, beautiful thing."

Ronda Rousey is hoping the hard work and talent that has made her one of the top three ranked women in the world in the 70-kilogram division will pay off in Beijing, as she tries to become the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo.

 

 


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1 judo dafzK     
n.柔道
参考例句:
  • The judo is a kind of fighting sport.柔道是一种对抗性体育活动。
  • Which is more important in judo, strength or techniques?柔道运动中,力量和技术哪个更重要?
2 athletic sOPy8     
adj.擅长运动的,强健的;活跃的,体格健壮的
参考例句:
  • This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
  • He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
3 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
4 stimulation BuIwL     
n.刺激,激励,鼓舞
参考例句:
  • The playgroup provides plenty of stimulation for the children.幼儿游戏组给孩子很多启发。
  • You don't get any intellectual stimulation in this job.你不能从这份工作中获得任何智力启发。
5 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
参考例句:
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 components 4725dcf446a342f1473a8228e42dfa48     
(机器、设备等的)构成要素,零件,成分; 成分( component的名词复数 ); [物理化学]组分; [数学]分量; (混合物的)组成部分
参考例句:
  • the components of a machine 机器部件
  • Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。
7 tsunamis a759fe8c9bbe15580d54b753ecec1e73     
n.海啸( tsunami的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Our oceans are alive with earthquakes, volcanoes, and more recently, tsunamis. 海中充满着地震、火山,包括最近发生的海啸。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年2月号
  • Please tell me something more about tsunamis! 请您给我讲讲海啸吧! 来自辞典例句
8 tragic inaw2     
adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的
参考例句:
  • The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
  • Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
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