A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
奥运
Olympic
Throughout its history, the international Olympic Committee has struggled to spread its ideal of fraternity, friendship, peace and universal understanding.
国际奥林匹克委员会在其整个历史上一直努力传播其博爱、友谊、和平和普遍谅解的理想。
An Olympic medal won't define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I look back, I should have been able to get an Olympic medal.
奥运奖牌并不能定义我的一生,尽管在旁观者看来它可能就是这样。当我回首往事,我应该能够获得一枚奥运奖牌。
I have not had the chance to go out there and do myself justice in an Olympic marathon yet. I have not been able to get to an Olympic marathon injury-free yet.
我还没有机会在奥运会马拉松比赛中为自己正名。我还没能在没有受伤的情况下参加奥运会马拉松比赛。
The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.
奥林匹克运动给世界提供了一个理想,这个理想考虑到生活的现实,并包括一种可能性,引导这个现实走向伟大的奥林匹克理念。
People talk about retiring. I never said that r-word. People though I went away after the Olympic Games. I took time off to do something I've always wanted to be - a mother.
人们谈论退休。我从来没说过脏话。人们虽然我离开后,奥运会。我抽出时间做了一件我一直想做的事——做一个母亲。
I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me.
我希望也许奥运代表队的每个人都认为我有资格扛起这面旗子。这是我的下一个目标,如果每个人都选择我,我将在开幕式上举国旗。
When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence.
当你被期望获胜,而媒体说你将赢得奥运会金牌,而你是奥运会上唯一有把握的人,这会削弱你的信心。
I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and Olympic champions begin at a grassroots level.
我更喜欢亲自动手。我喜欢从支持基层项目的角度与年轻人合作。国家、国家和奥运会冠军从基层做起。
So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don't really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don't take it quite as well.
所以作为一名业余奥运选手,我喜欢批评,因为它让我变得更好。但现在作为一名专业人士,我真的不知道该如何引导它,也不知道该把它带到哪里去,所以我不太擅长。
It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do.
我的兄弟姐妹们让我经历了很多痛苦。我可以参加任何一场奥运会决赛,我可以参加世界锦标赛,然后在突然死亡的情况下落后并获胜,但对我的兄弟姐妹们来说,这是我无法控制的。我无能为力。
A half marathon is a good way to have a bit of fun and race against those girls and learn a bit more about them.The world half marathon is a world championship at the end of the day and it's important. I've win it twice and it's a quality event.
半程马拉松是一个很好的方式,有一点乐趣,并与那些女孩比赛,了解更多关于他们。世界半程马拉松赛在一天结束时是一个世界锦标赛,它很重要。我赢过两次,这是一场高质量的比赛。
Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.
任何好的广播,不仅仅是奥运会的广播,都应该有它的特色。它应该有信息,应该有一些历史,应该有一些离经叛道的,古怪的,幽默的东西,在需要它的地方,应该有新闻,明智地,它也应该有评论。这是我的理想。
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My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.
我今年的课程表比较轻松,因为今年是奥运年。
My Olympic voyage has continued because it is so rewarding.
我的奥运之旅一直在继续,因为它是如此有益。
The dullest Olympic sport is curling, whatever 'curling' means.
奥运会上最无趣的运动是冰上溜石,不管“冰上溜石”是什么意思。
I would be happy with an Olympic bronze. What I don't have is an Olympic medal.
如果能获得奥运会铜牌,我会很高兴。我没有的是奥运会奖牌。
Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else.
赢得奥运会金牌是无与伦比的。