哈佛校园生活情景对话：辍学的奥运冠军

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　　哈佛校园生活情景对话：辍学的奥运冠军

　　John is toying with his cell phone after class.

　　H: Have you downloaded something new into your cell phone?

　　H:你在你的手机上下载新的东西了吗?

　　J: No, I'm reading news on line. I’ve been following the news about London Olympic Games.

　　J：没有，我在在线阅读新闻。我一直在关注有关伦敦奧运会的新闻。

　　H: Anything new? Has the Olympic mascot or theme song been decided?

　　H:有什么新的消息吗?奥运会的吉祥物或主题曲定了设有?

　　J: It’s still too early. Did you watch Beijing Olympics?

　　J：现在还太早。你看北京奧运会了没有?

　　H： Certainly. I went to watch gymnastics competition, also increased.

　　H：当然看了。我去看了体操比赛。我的奧运知识也增加了。

　　J: Do you know who’s the first modem Olympic champion?

　　J：你知道谁是现代奧运会的第一个冠军吗?

　　H: I know the father of modern Olympic Games. It's Pierre de Coubertin. His remarkable contribution led to the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

　　H:我知道现代奧运会之父是谁。他是皮埃尔*德?顾拜旦。他的突出贡献促成了第一 届现代奧林匹克运动会于1896年在雅典举办。

　　J ： You didn’t answer my question.

　　J：你还没回答我的问题。

　　H: I don’t know, to tell you the truth.

　　H:说实话，我不知道谁是现代奥运会的第一个冠军。

　　J: It’s James Connolly. He was a Harvard student.

　　J：是詹姆斯?康诺利，他是哈佛学生。

　　H: Oh, he graduated from Harvard.

　　H:哦，他毕业于哈佛呀。

　　J: No, he didn’t graduate from Harvard. He didn’t finish college.

　　J：不，他设有从哈佛毕业，他设有完成学业。

　　H: How come? What happened?

　　H:为什么?发生什么事了?

　　J: It's unclear what really happened. The story is like this: Connolly decided to participated in the first modem Olympics Games. But the Gaines in 1896, unlike today when they are held during summer break, were scheduled for April 6 to 15, so Connolly had to ask for a leave of absence to the College, and was denied. The only choice would be to resign and make a reapplication to the College.

　　J：不清楚到底是怎么回事。据说是这样的：康诺利决定 参加第一届现代奧运会，但是和现在的夏季奧运会不 同,1896年的奧运会安排在4月6号~15号(4月 正是新学期刚开始，需要好好上课的时间)。因此康 诺利必须向学院提出修学申请，但被拒绝了。他唯一 的选择是要退学并重新申请入学。

　　H: Why? Isn’t it a good thing for a student to participate in such big Games?

　　H:为什么?学生参加这种大型的运动会不是件好事吗?

　　J: It’s not unreasonable for the College to make such a decision. At that time, the traffic was not so convenient as it is today. It would take about half a month to travel from the U.S. to Athens. To keep in good form, Connolly had to set out earlier. Counting in the time spent in Athens and traveling back, it would take nearly a whole semester. The College couldn’t accept it.

　　J：哈佛大学做这样的决定不是没有道理的。当时的交 通不像今天这么便利，从美国到雅典要花费大约半个月的时间。为了保持好一点的竞技状态，康诺利还要提前出发。一去一回，加上 中间的比赛时间，这个学期就算是基本报废了。学院肯定不同意。

　　H: What’s Connolly’s response?

　　H:康诺利呢，他什么反应?

　　J: Connolly replied : “ I am not resigning and I’m not making application to re-enter. Vm getting through with Harvard right now. Good day!”

　　J：康诺利回答说："我不是在退学，也不会再申请入学。我的哈佛生涯到此为止。 拜拜! ’’

　　H: He’s really pissed off. But I have a doubt about it. Even if Connolly would be absent for a semester, couldn’t the College give him another chance? Harvard values athletics， doesn’t it?

　　H:他确实被惹怒了。但是我有一点怀疑，即使康诺利休学一个学期，学院就不能再 给他一次机会吗?哈佛很重视体育运动的，不是吗?

　　J: Perhaps not at that time. The then President Eliot was barely tolerant of intercollegiate competition, and certainly had no desire to propagate an image of Harvard athleticism overseas.

　　J：或许当时不是吧。当时的校长艾略特不能容忍大学间的竞争，所以当然他也不想 在国外树立哈佛崇尚运动的形象了。

　　H： Unbelievable. Why did he hate sports so much?

　　H:难以置信。他为什么那么讨厌运动呢?

　　J: Eliot had nothing against track and field sports in particular. In fact, he was a strong advocate of physical fitness. He just didn’t like those types of competition.

　　J：艾略特也不是讨厌田径运动。事实上，他非常提倡身体健康。他只是不喜欢这种 类型的比赛而已。

　　H： Poor Connolly had no other choice but to resign in order to join in the Gaines. But had he not do so, the sports circle would have lost an excellent athlete.

　　H:为了参加奧运会，可怜的康诺利没有其他选择只有退学。但是要不是他这样做， 体育界就失去了 一名优秀的运动员。

　　J: On the other hand, because he did so, Harvard lost an excellent athlete, who tarne out to be the first modem Olympic champion.

　　J：另一方面，他的做法使得哈佛失去了_名优秀的运动员，而且是现代奧运会的第 一个冠军。

　　H: Did Harvard regret its decision later on?

　　H:后来哈佛大学对当初的决定后悔过设有?

　　J： Yes. In 1949，Connolly was offered an honorary doctorate by Harvard University, but he turned down. He never returned to Harvard.

　　J：后悔了。1949年，哈佛大学授予康诺利荣誉博士学位，但他拒绝了。康诺利再 也没有回过哈佛大学。

　　H： Perhaps he thought he was deeply hurt by Harvard University.

　　H:或许他感觉自己被哈佛大学深深伤害了。