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博尔特自封“最伟大的运动员”

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-08-10 06:30 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Usain Bolt¹ declared himself "the greatest athlete" to have lived after sealing an Olympic sprint² double.

尤塞恩·博尔特在结束两项奥运会短跑比赛之后，称自己为在世的“最伟大的运动员”。

"I'm a living legend," he said, after becoming the first man to successfully defend both 100m and 200m titles.

Before Thursday's 200m final the Jamaican had suggested he could break his own world record of 19.19 seconds.

Afterwards, he admitted: "I was fast but I wasn't fit enough," before sounding an ominous³（预兆的） warning: "I am not ready to retire. I love this sport."

Jamaica completed a clean sweep in the 200m, with Yohan Blake winning silver and Warren Weir⁴ bronze behind Bolt's 19.32 seconds.

"We pushed each other and we're happy," declared Bolt after the race.

Although he broke neither the World nor Olympic records on this occasion⁵, Bolt was full of joy and bravado⁶（虚张声势） in the post-sprint media conference, insisting he had left a permanent imprint⁷ on the sport.

"I'm now a living legend," Bolt added. "Now I am going to sit back, relax and think about what's next.

"I don't know what I really want to do after this, whether to run the 100 or 200 or try something else. I need to find a goal that's going to motivate me to great things. The rest of the season I am just going to have fun because I did what I came here to do."

Bolt led his compatriot Blake, 22, from the starting blocks but slowed as he neared the finish line.

"I came off the corner, I could feel the strain⁸ on my back a little bit, so I was trying to keep my form," he said. "But I stopped running because I knew it wasn't going to be a world record.

"I really wanted to do it in the 200m, but I'm happy. I came here and I gave it my all and I'm proud of myself."

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1 bolt
n.螺栓；插销；vt.闩，栓住；vi.冲出去，逃跑
参考例句：
It is a bad habit to bolt your food.狼吞虎咽地吃东西是个不良习惯。 That door refuses to bolt.那扇门关不牢。

2 sprint
n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过
参考例句：
He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。 The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

3 ominous
adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的
参考例句：
Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。 There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

4 weir
n.堰堤，拦河坝
参考例句：
The discharge from the weir opening should be free.从堰开口处的泻水应畅通。 Big Weir River,restraining tears,has departed!大堰河，含泪地去了！

5 occasion
n.场合，时机，机会，诱因，理由；vt.惹起，引起
参考例句：
Her dress was too showy for such a formal occasion.在如此正式的场合，她的服装过分华丽了。 Her tears were fought back on such an occasion.在这种场合下她忍住了眼泪。

6 bravado
n.虚张声势，故作勇敢，逞能
参考例句：
Their behaviour was just sheer bravado. 他们的行为完全是虚张声势。 He flourished the weapon in an attempt at bravado. 他挥舞武器意在虚张声势。

7 imprint
n.印痕，痕迹；深刻的印象；vt.压印，牢记
参考例句：
That dictionary is published under the Longman imprint.那本词典以朗曼公司的名义出版。 Her speech left its imprint on me.她的演讲给我留下了深刻印象。

8 strain
n.紧张，拉紧，血统；v.劳累，拉紧，过份使用
参考例句：
Strain the fat off before you serve the soup.在上汤前把里面的油滤掉。 He had a muscular strain.他肌肉过劳。

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