实用英语：Swimming Star 泳坛新星
Need some inspiration? Looking for a sporting hero to emulate? Then look nofurther than thirteen-year-old Tom Daley from Plymouth in the UK.
Tom is the new European swimming champion following his win at the European
Swimming Championships in The Netherlands.
Tom won the competition by being the best at diving. His dives were
flawless according to sports commentators in the fourth and fifth rounds of the
games, where he scored his best results.
His success qualifies him for the Olympic Games in Beijing, and he is
feeling very proud. He told the BBC:
“To finish up and be standing on the top of the podium with your national
anthem playing is not something that happens every day.”
He has broken a record with his win, and is now Britain’s youngest male
medallist. The record until now was held by another diver, Brian Phelps, who was
sixteen years old when he won the bronze medal at the European Championships
when it was held in Rome.
There have been winners in the past that were even younger. Cecilia
Colledge still holds the record for being the youngest British female Olympic
competitor.
She was 11 years and 73 days old when she competed in the women’s single
skating competition at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
Tom has a track record of succeeding when young. He was given special
permission to compete at the Youth Olympics when he was three years under the
minimum age limit. He also outstripped all his contemporaries at school and at
the Senior National Championships.
So, can Tom Daley, who will be 14 in August, go onto Olympic victory even
at his first attempt? It seems his chances are quite good. Fellow sportsmen say
he has the drive and determination to succeed.
GLOSSARY 词汇表 (收听发音, 请单击英语单词)
inspiration
激励/鼓舞
emulate
效仿
flawless
完美无暇的
sports commentators
体育评论/解说员
podium
主席台/(乐队)指挥台
broken a record
打破纪录
medallist
奖牌获得者
holds the record
保持纪录
track record
纪录
outstripped
超过/优于
contemporaries
同龄/同辈人
his chances
他的机会
fellow sportsmen
同行运动员
drive and determination
动力和决心
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