Dialogue
E=EllanK=Kate
E: He is only an amateur1 athlete, but he is the best one.
E: 他只不过一位业余运动员,但他是最好的。
K: Whom are you talking about?
K: 你在说哪个啊?
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: 他的确非常棒,但我不觉得他是现代奥运会中最好的运动员。
E: Who is your bravest hero?
E: 你觉得最勇敢的英雄是哪个?
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米的跳远纪录一直维持了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: 大家拥有自己觉得最好的运动员,但可能并没有最好的,或者可以说,他们都是最好的。
K: I couldn't agree more.
K: 我非常同意