American Sports English Achilles Heel/Tendon

Y:Hey, Patrick，what's wrong? 你怎么一瘸一拐的？

P:Why am I limping? I'm limping because my Achilles tendon is killing me! OW!

Y:Ohhhh...

P:Uh, Yang Chen, do you know what an Achilles tendon is?

Y:Well, not really, Patrick.

P:Achilles A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S, tendon T-E-N-D-O-N It is a tendon (腱) in the lower back part of your leg.

Y:Oh, 原来你和刘翔一样，得了腱炎？

P:Yeah, that's right. Just like Liu Xiang. He had a problem with his Achilles tendon, too.

Y:Poor Patrick, 那你就得退出今天的比赛了。

P:Yeah. I'll have to withdraw from the competition.

Y:那你是怎么弄伤了你的Achilles tendon？

P:Well, I pulled it running in a marathon.

Y:Aw, that's too bad.

P:Thanks for the sympathy, Yang Chen.

Y:Hey, I have another question for you, Patrick. 跟腱为什么叫“Achilles tendon”呢?

P:Boy, you have a lot of questions today. Achilles was an ancient Greek hero

Y: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, who held him by his ankle. And he became invulnerable everywhere the water touched him, except his heel.

Y:Oh, 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:对。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 what's your "Achilles heel," Patrick?

P:Oh, I may have a problem with my Achilles tendon, but I don't have an Achilles heel. I'm perfect!

Y:Hmmm, I think a lack of modesty might just be your Achilles heel, Patrick.

P:Whatever!

A:Achilles' heel，致命弱点，这个我们在以前的节目中好像教过了，不过大家不要把 Achilles' heel 和 Achilles tendon 混了，Achilles tendon 指的是跟腱，也就是脚后跟与小腿之间的肌腱。

B:Yeha. If you say "being too nice is my Achilles tendon, people will not understand what you're talking about.

A:哈哈！没错，在刚才那句话中，应该用 Achilles' heel, 意思就是，为人过于善良是我的致命弱点。好了, 这次节目时间到了。这次的撰稿人是小北，编辑是蔚然。同学们，我们下次再见！

B:See you!