时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:2006年VOA标准英语(二月)


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By Parke Brewer 1
Turin
09 February 2006

Five-time Olympian Chris Witty 2 will carry the flag for the U.S. Olympic team at Friday night's opening ceremonies for the Turin Winter Games. 


Christine Witty  
  
Long track speed skater Chris Witty was selected for the honor by a group of athletes from each of the U.S. sports teams here. The 30-year-old Witty has participated in three previous Winter Olympics and also competed as a cyclist at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

She said she is surprised and honored to carry the U.S. flag because there are so many deserving athletes.

"I know that's one of the greatest moments, is to take part in an opening ceremonies, to walk into the stadium and be, as a team, representing your country," she said. "But to carry the flag, I have no idea what that's going to be like. I think it's just going to be amazing, and I'm looking forward to it."

Chris Witty won the only speed skating medals for the United States at the 1998 Nagano Olympics with a silver and a bronze. She broke the world record in winning the one thousand meters gold medal (1:13.83) in Salt Lake City four years ago.

That performance came as a surprise to most observers, because entering the Salt Lake Games Witty had complained of fatigue 3, and it was thought she might have mononucleosis.

Only a few people, including the U.S. team psychologist, knew that her fatigue was caused by emotional stress from childhood sexual 4 abuse. She went public with her story in late 2004. She now freely talks about her past and speaks at schools to inform children on how to prevent sexual molestation 5. Witty says being an Olympian again gives her another opportunity to get out her message.


Chris Witty talks to reporters during press event, Thursday  
  
"Abuse of any kind exists because of secrecy 6, and if I can use this platform and just start talking about it, my hope is other people will talk about it, break the silence," Witty said. "And maybe if it's already happened to somebody in their life, they can get the help and support they need by talking about it. Or if you're a parent, you'll have the courage to talk to your children about it, about good touch and bad touch. And if you're a child, you know that you can say "no." Just breaking the silence, just get people to talk about it, because it's such a common problem and it doesn't need to be. All you have to do is talk about it and break the silence."

Chris Witty says she will continue to share her story because it's made a huge difference in her life. The speed skater knows she will have other thoughts to share after carrying the U.S. flag at the opening ceremonies. Then she plans to compete in the 500, 1,000 and 1,500 meters.



n. 啤酒制造者
  • Brewer is a very interesting man. 布鲁尔是一个很有趣的人。
  • I decided to quit my job to become a brewer. 我决定辞职,做一名酿酒人。
adj.机智的,风趣的
  • Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
  • He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
n.疲劳,劳累
  • The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
  • I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。
adj.性的,两性的,性别的
  • He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
  • It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。
n.骚扰,干扰,调戏;折磨
  • Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation. 2003年的今天,迈克尔·杰克逊因被警方指控有儿童性骚扰行为而被捕。 来自互联网
  • Jackson pleads not guilty on the molestation charges. 2004年:杰克逊认罪不认罪的性骚扰指控。 来自互联网
n.秘密,保密,隐蔽
  • All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy.该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
  • Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting.会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。
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a-v shunt
accompany sth by
Actinomyces farcinicus
archaebacteria
Arkansasians
ash-forming impurities
Babakourimigana
back purge system
base-stock
bitts
Chicano studies
comparative figures
cookery-books
counterrotates
coupling slot
cupola charging door
cypric fluoride
day boys
deictic
e-name
equity turnover
equivalent bit rate
erigeron acris l.
erythema perstans
falling-bar method
family echeneididaes
fingernail
fizzily
flow permeability
fluorocarbon radical
foghel
gas-bag
gimmicky
gymowe
heater plug
HWTCD
impedance-time relay
impetiginized
income section
interferometrically
isthmus of fauces
JKDDC
kahals
kirchhoff voltage law
kitchens
Lhasa apsos
long-term credit sale
macro assembler facility
Martin agar
mass mement of inertia
maximum permissible grid swing
medium density wood chipboard
meteorium horikawae
methyl pyridine
molkasin
myeloblastic leukemia
neil
opressive
overseas insurance company
papillary cystadenoma
pasta sauce
Pata Ikundji
pennaceous
Pentadorm
pepe work
plummer's nail
pneumatic picking
premenarchal
progressive chart
purpose-mades
quinquefoil
radwaste boiler makeup
remble
retire to rest
run over
salt pans
sand-flats
Sankt Alban
science of campaigns
sea-biosphere interface
secondary triad
Sen Long
small bore engine
smooches
soft iron armature
splenic recess
stazzema
superquantum
temperature-specific mortality ratio
the virgin birth
Tina, R.
total station
travel(l)ing allowance
trip transit policy
tubular construction
turbine bypass system
turturconchata reticulata
urinary obstruction
venate
walnut blights
west by north
zemansky