北师大版高中英语选择性必修第一册 Unit 2 Lesson 3 Getting to the Top 到达顶峰 原文译文重点单词短语长难句文章结构拆解等知识点解读

Getting to the Top 到达顶峰

【Unit 2 Success 成功 · Lesson 3】

一、课文原文及逐段翻译

【原文】 Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to the limits? As one of the Olympic athletes, I miss birthday parties, ruin family holidays and skip nights out, but there is a very good reason for giving up so much. “We’re worried about you,” said my friend from across the table. He was worried that I had no longer become fun to train with and that I was in danger of being left with only a world championship medal and no one to share it with.

【译文】 为什么奥林匹克运动员要将自己逼到极限呢？作为一名奥林匹克运动员，我错过生日聚会、放弃节日与家人团聚、不参加派对，但是放弃这么多是有合理的理由的。“我们很担心你，”坐在我对面的朋友说。他担心和我一起训练不再是一件愉悦的事情，担心我处于只剩下世界冠军的奖牌而无人可以分享的危险境地。

【原文】 I could have become angry or defensive. Don’t they know how hard it is to be at the top in sport? Don’t they know what it takes to get there? However, deep down I knew elements of what he was saying were right. I was always tired and every workout had a mental intensity that seemed too much for most to handle. I was pushing the limits and extremes beyond what most thought were healthy.

【译文】 我本可以生气或者辩解一下。难道他们不知道在运动中处于顶峰有多难吗？难道他们不知道走向顶峰需要付出多少吗？然而，在内心深处，我知道他说的是对的。我总是疲惫不堪，每次锻炼带来的心理压力对于大多数人来说都太难应对。我把极限逼到了大多数人认为的健康范围之外。

【原文】 These are the fears I face as a professional athlete on a day-to-day basis. Who am I doing this for? How much is too much? Why am I doing this? How can I be so selfish? What are the sacrifices for?

【译文】 这些是我作为职业运动员日常面临的恐惧。我这样做是为了谁？太多是多少？我为什么要这样做？我怎么能这么自私？这些牺牲是为什么？

【原文】 I think of countless birthday parties and nights out I have missed, ruining a family holiday in France because of the endless search for a swimming pool to train in, almost missing my brother’s wedding because I was too busy hiring a car in downtown Johannesburg and driving through the “no-go” areas in order to do a group ride with the local triathletes. The list is endless.

【译文】 我想到了曾经错过的无数生日派对和本来可以外出狂欢的夜晚；因为一直寻找可以训练的游泳池，而破坏了一次去法国的全家旅行；为了和当地的铁人三项运动员一起骑行训练，我忙着在约翰内斯堡市中心租车，开车闯过“禁行”区，差点错过哥哥的婚礼。这样的事情不计其数。

【原文】 It boils down to this: I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination. From a small girl, I would stay in at lunch time just to get ahead on class work rather than go out and play; I would get the bus on my own at ten years old and go to swim 100 lengths of the pool while other kids played pool games; I was the only girl in a rugby club of 250 boys. I have always lived my life to extremes. Call it unhealthy if you want, but that is the way I roll, no matter what it is I’m applying myself to.

【译文】 归根结底：我天生就是个特别有干劲儿和意志力的人。我还是个小女孩时，为了在课业上名列前茅，午餐时间我会留下来学习而不出去玩。十岁的时候，我会自己坐公共汽车去游泳池游50个来回，而其他孩子在游泳池里嬉戏；橄榄球俱乐部里，我是250个男孩中唯一的女孩。生活中我一向把事情做到极致。你若说这是一种病态也行，但这就是我的做事风格，不管做什么我都会全力以赴。

【原文】 Being a professional athlete is no different. If you want to be an Olympic champion, it’s all about that little extra thing you have done in your preparation that will set you apart from your competitors.

【译文】 成为一名职业运动员也不例外。如果你想成为奥运冠军，就要在训练中多付出那额外的一点点，它将使你从竞争者中脱颖而出。

【原文】 Can this be overdone? Absolutely. But if your dream is to be the best and reach the winner’s platform, you had better be totally committed to your sport. In the words of the British triathlete Alistair Brownlee, even if it means getting injured, “I’d prefer to have three or four outstanding years of winning stuff than having ten years of being average.”

【译文】 这过分吗？当然。但如果梦想成为最棒的并站上胜利者的奖台，你最好全身心致力于运动项目中。用英国铁人三项运动员阿利斯特尔·布朗利的话来说，即使这意味着受伤，“我宁愿有三到四年的胜利辉煌，而不选择十年的平庸无为。”

【原文】 Doing what we do as athletes sets us apart because we are willing to do that extra little bit that might take us to the top. It is certainly not a balanced way to live and it is certainly not normal but those words are generally not used for anyone who is striving for greatness.

【译文】 做运动员让我们与众不同，因为我们愿意做到那额外的一点点，这可能让我们走向顶峰。它当然不是一种平衡的生活方式，也肯定不寻常，但寻常、平衡这些词是不会用来形容追求伟大的人的。

二、重点单词

三、一词多义 · 熟词生义

四、重点词块

• push oneself to the limits — 把自己逼到极限
• miss birthday parties — 错过生日聚会
• skip nights out — 不参加夜间外出活动
• in danger of — 处于……危险中
• deep down — 在内心深处
• on a day-to-day basis — 日常的、天天
• boil down to — 归结为、要点是
• get ahead on — 在……上领先/名列前茅
• no matter what — 无论什么
• apply oneself to — 全力以赴于、专心致志于
• set sb/sth apart — 使……与众不同
• be committed to — 致力于、全身心投入
• in the words of — 用……的话说
• prefer to do A than (do) B — 宁愿做A也不做B
• strive for greatness — 追求伟大

五、长难句拆解

【原句】He was worried that I had no longer become fun to train with and that I was in danger of being left with only a world championship medal and no one to share it with.

【主干】He was worried that … and that …

【分层】两个 that 引导并列宾语从句；第二个 that 从句中 be in danger of being done（被动）；left with … 后置定语修饰 medal；and no one to share it with 为伴随/对照。

【翻译】他担心和我一起训练不再是一件愉悦的事情，担心我处于只剩下世界冠军的奖牌而无人可以分享的危险境地。

【考点】并列 that 宾语从句；be in danger of being done 被动；过去分词 left 作后置定语。

【原句】I think of countless birthday parties and nights out I have missed, ruining a family holiday in France because of the endless search for a swimming pool to train in, almost missing my brother’s wedding because I was too busy hiring a car in downtown Johannesburg and driving through the “no-go” areas in order to do a group ride with the local triathletes.

【主干】I think of countless birthday parties and nights out …

【分层】I have missed 定从修饰 parties/nights；ruining … 现在分词作结果状语；because of the endless search 原因状语，to train in 不定式修饰 pool；almost missing … 现在分词；because 从句中 hiring … and driving … 并列现在分词，in order to do 目的状语。

【翻译】我想到了曾经错过的无数生日派对和外出狂欢的夜晚；因为一直寻找可以训练的游泳池，而破坏了一次去法国的全家旅行；为了和当地铁人三项运动员一起骑行训练，我忙着在约翰内斯堡市中心租车，开车闯过“禁行”区，差点错过哥哥的婚礼。

【考点】现在分词作结果/伴随状语（ruining, missing）；because of + 名词；in order to do 目的状语；并列分词。

【原句】If you want to be an Olympic champion, it’s all about that little extra thing you have done in your preparation that will set you apart from your competitors.

【主干】it’s all about that little extra thing …

【分层】If 引导条件状语从句；you have done 定从修饰 thing；that will set you apart 第二个定从（that 指代 thing）修饰 preparation 的结果；set apart from 固定搭配。

【翻译】如果你想成为奥运冠军，就要在训练中多付出那额外的一点点，它将使你从竞争者中脱颖而出。

【考点】条件状语从句；双重定语从句（you have done / that will set …）；set sb apart from 使……脱颖而出。

六、语法点清单

• 情态 + 完成式：could have become（本可能，虚拟）；had better be（最好）。
• 倒装/反问：Don’t they know …?（否定疑问表强调）。
• 现在分词作状语：ruining …, almost missing …（结果/伴随）。
• 定语从句：parties/nights (that) I have missed；thing (that) you have done；that will set you apart。
• 原因状语：because of + 名词短语；because 从句。
• 目的状语：in order to do a group ride。
• 比较结构：prefer to have A than (have) B。

七、逻辑链

1. 设问起笔（第1段）：Why do Olympic athletes push themselves to the limits? 自答“放弃很多但有充分理由”，并用朋友之忧埋下张力。

2. 内心交锋（第2段）：本可 defensive，却 deep down 承认朋友有理——以“训练的心理强度超出健康范围”揭示代价。

3. 灵魂拷问（第3段）：连用五个问句（为谁？太多是多少？……）把个人牺牲上升为普遍 existential 追问。

4. 代价具象（第4段）：以法国度假、哥哥婚礼等“错过清单”用具体事件佐证“不计其数的牺牲”。

5. 归因收束（第5–8段）：boil down to“天生驱动力”；以“额外一点点 set you apart”点出成功差异；用布朗利名言与“striving for greatness”把“不平衡/不寻常”重塑为伟大的代价，完成价值观闭环。

八、写作迁移（仿写与输出）

模板：It boils down to this: …

课文句：It boils down to this: I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination.

仿写：It boils down to this: success favours those who are prepared to fail a hundred times before they finally make it.（说到底，成功偏爱那些在最终成功前愿意失败百次的人。）——可用于议论文“本质归因”段。

模板：… sets us apart because we are willing to do that extra little bit …

课文句：Doing what we do as athletes sets us apart because we are willing to do that extra little bit that might take us to the top.

仿写：What sets top students apart is that they are willing to do that extra little bit of revision nobody else bothers with.（尖子生之所以出众，是因为他们愿做别人懒得做的那一点点额外复习。）