Dialogue

E=Ellan　K=Kate

E: He is only an amateur¹ athlete, but he is the best one.

E: 他只是一位业余运动员，但他是最好的。

K: Whom are you talking about?

K: 你在说谁啊？

E: He is Spiriton Louis, the first marathon² winner at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens³ in 1896.

E: 他就是斯皮里东-路易斯。他是1896年在雅典举行的第一届现代奥运会上第一个马拉松冠军。

K: Yes, he is great, but I don't think he is the best in modern Games.

K: 他的确很棒，但我不认为他是现代奥运会中最好的运动员。

E: Who is your bravest hero?

E: 你认为最勇敢的英雄是谁？

K: Jesse Owens. I think he is the greatest. He was one of the first black American athletes to win gold, and he broke all the rules of Hitler's Party. His 8.06-meter long jump record remained unbeaten for 25 years.

K: 杰斯-欧文斯，我想他才是最好的。他是最早获得金牌的美国黑人运动员之一，并且冲破了希特勒的纳粹党定下的所有规则。他的8.06米的跳远纪录一直保持了25年没被打破。

E: We have our own best athletes. But there may not be the best, or we can say all of them are the best.

E: 我们拥有自己认为最好的运动员，但是或许并不存在最好的，或者可以说，他们都是最好的。

K: I couldn't agree more.

K: 我很赞同