VOA英语听力 SPORTS ENGLISH（WORD文本）：SE014.doc

1、标题：体育美语 Sports English：014 Achilles Tendon听力内容：Y: Hey, Patrick， whats wrong? 你怎么一瘸一拐的？P: Why am I limping? Im limping because my Achilles tendon is killing me! OW!Y: Oh my.P: Uh, Yang Chen, do you know what an Achilles tendon is?Y: Not really, Patrick.P: Achilles A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S, tendon T-E-N-D-O-N

2、It is a tendon (腱) in the lower back part of your leg.Y: Oh, 你是不是和刘翔一样，得了跟腱炎？P: Yeah, thats right. Just like Liu Xiang. He had a problem with his Achilles tendon, too.Y: 那你是怎么弄伤了你的Achilles tendon呢？P: I pulled it during the warm-up for 100 meter hurdles.Y: Thats too bad. (Sarcastically.)P: Thanks for

3、 the sympathy, Yang Chen.Y: Hey, Patrick, 跟腱为什么叫 Achilles tendon 呢?P: You are really a pain in my Achilles, Yang Chen, Achilles was an ancient Greek heroY: Oh, 我知道了， Achilles - 阿基里斯是希腊神话里的勇士。P: Yeah, He was dunked in a sacred river by his mother, and his mother was holding him by his ankle.Y: So?P:

4、So he became invulnerable everywhere the water touched him, except his heel.Y: 因为他妈妈抓着他的脚后跟，没沾到神水，就成了他的致命弱点。P: So when someone has a fatal flaw it is referred to as their Achilles heel. Because Achilles was killed when an arrow struck him in his heel - his only vulnerable spot.Y: So whats your Achilles heel, Patrick?P: Well, I may have a problem with my Achilles tendon, but I dont have an Achilles heel.Y: Why?P: Im perfect!Y: and modest.P: Whatever, Yang Chen!