美国国家公共电台 NPR UCLA Coach Helps Star Gymnast Find Her Way Back To A Sport She Loves
时间：2019-03-04 作者：英语课 分类：2019年NPR美国国家公共电台1月
DAVID GREENE, HOST:
All right, you may have seen it by now. There's this viral video of a 21-year-old UCLA gymnast earning a perfect 10 while performing this crazy difficult floor routine.
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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Cheering).
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
She does flips 1 that just seem impossible. She sticks every landing. She dances effortlessly and bounces across the floor.
GREENE: Her name is Katelyn Ohashi, and effortless is really the word. She's out there and just looks joyful 2, like she's having fun.
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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Cheering).
VALORIE KONDOS FIELD: Honestly, when you see her, it's like - the happiness that you get when you see a puppy, that's Katelyn Ohashi.
GREENE: Valorie Kondos Field or Coach Val, as she is called, is the head coach of the UCLA gymnastics team.
KONDOS FIELD: She just exudes 3 goodness and love and joy.
INSKEEP: Katelyn Ohashi has devoted 4 her life to gymnastics. Before joining UCLA, she was a teenaged Olympic hopeful who seemed destined 5 to earn a spot on Team USA.
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UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR 7 #1: This is unbelievable.
UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR #2: Watch this - full.
UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR #1: Beautiful.
UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR #2: And just tremendous exercise from Katelyn.
GREENE: But the elite 8 level came at a price - not just the injuries but the body-shaming, the cut-throat competition that left her questioning her self-worth. Katelyn wanted out.
INSKEEP: And she introduced herself to Coach Val, said she was looking for a new start - this time at the college-level.
KONDOS FIELD: And I remember asking her - Katelyn, when was the last time that you just loved gymnastics? And she had just won the American Cup, so she was the greatest gymnast in the world. And she said, I lost my love for the sport when I was 11. She was miserable 9.
INSKEEP: Coach Val tried to help her find a different way.
KONDOS FIELD: I realized that I had to earn her trust that I cared about her more as a human being than as an athlete and I cared about her in spite of her gymnastics.
INSKEEP: It shows in that video. During her entire floor routine performance, Katelyn Ohashi is smiling.
GREENE: And this is all especially meaningful for Coach Val because, after nearly 30 years as head coach for UCLA Gymnastics, this will be her final season - and what a way to go out.
KONDOS FIELD: And so many people have said that as well, that Katelyn Ohashi is really what we need right now.
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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Cheering).
- Larry flips on the TV while he is on vacation in Budapest. 赖瑞在布达佩斯渡假时，打开电视收看节目。
- He flips through a book before making a decision. 他在决定买下一本书前总要先草草翻阅一下。
- She was joyful of her good result of the scientific experiments.她为自己的科学实验取得好成果而高兴。
- They were singing and dancing to celebrate this joyful occasion.他们唱着、跳着庆祝这令人欢乐的时刻。
- The plant exudes a sticky fluid. 这种植物分泌出一种黏液。
- She exudes sexual magnetism. 她洋溢着女性的魅力。
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
- It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
- The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
- The water was even with the rim of the basin.盆里的水与盆边平齐了。
- She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。
- He is a good commentator because he can get across the game.他能简单地解说这场比赛，是个好的解说者。
- The commentator made a big mistake during the live broadcast.在直播节目中评论员犯了个大错误。
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。