背景介绍:7月31日,在第14届国际泳联世界锦标赛男子1500米自由泳决赛中,中国选手孙杨以14分34秒14的成绩夺得冠军,并打破世界纪录。
相关报道:
Sun Yang became the NO 1 male swimmer of China as the 19-year-old eclipsed the 10-year-old world mark of the men's 1,500m freestyle to clinch his second gold at the 14th FINA World Championships here on Sunday.
周日,在第14届世界游泳锦标赛上,19岁的中国选手孙杨获得了男子1500米自由泳的冠军,打破了沉寂10年之久的世界纪录。
Sun, already won the 800m freestyle on Wednesday, retained his solo stage in the world's long-distance freestyle events.
周三,孙杨已经夺得了800米自由泳的冠军,在长距离自由泳赛事中独领风骚。
He led the pool with an overwhelming advantage and stormed to victory in 14:34.14, beating the world record of 14:34.56 set by Australian Grant Hackett on July 29, 2001.
他在比赛中优势非常明显,以14分34秒14的成绩打破了澳大利亚选手格兰特•哈克特于2001年7月29日创下的14分34秒56的记录。
讲解:
报道中的“freestyle”表示“自由泳”,“400米自由泳”可以表示为“400 meters freestyle”。我们来学习一些与游泳相关的词汇:FINA World Championships (国际泳联世界锦标赛)、freestyle (自由泳)、breaststroke (蛙泳)、backstroke (仰泳)、butterfly stroke (蝶泳)、sidestroke (侧泳)、synchronized swimming (花样游泳)、individual medley (个人混合泳))、swimming lane (泳道)、rope with cork floats (水线)、ouching the finishing line (终点触线)、swimming suit (泳衣)。