體育新聞：Athletics World Championships 世界田徑錦標賽(英語聽力)

體育新聞：Athletics World Championships 世界田徑錦標賽（英語聽力）ZT

Usain Bolt Makes History… Again 博爾特再破世界紀錄

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It's happened again. The world’s fastest man has destroyed the field to take gold, this time in the men’s 100 metres final at the Athletics World Championships in Berlin.

Usain Bolt shaved 0.11 seconds off the record he set at the 2008 Olympics, clocking just 9.58 seconds in a new world record. His feat represents the biggest jump in the record since electronic timing was introduced in 1968.

After the race, the cool-as-a-cucumber Jamaican expressed satisfaction with his performance, but indicated that he could go faster still – perhaps as fast as 9.4 seconds.

"I think it will stop at 9.4 but you never know," he said. "I don't run for world records. I'll just keep on working."

Usain Bolt’s fortuitous surname is a gift for English language sports writers everywhere. He has been dubbed 'The Bolt', a pun on lightning bolt.

Usain Bolt's height means he runs very efficiently

They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but there is every chance that The Bolt will strike again later this week, when he will try to break the 200 metres world record he set in Beijing.

British sports fans have also had cause for celebration as Jessica Ennis won gold in the heptathlon, which she led from the start. She told BBC Sport:

"It's been the longest two days of my life but the best. I've dreamt so many times about winning medals and becoming world champion, doing a lap of honour… it's such an adrenaline rush and such an amazing feeling."

Phillips Idowu clinched Britain’s second gold on Tuesday in the triple jump event. He edged out Portugal's Nelson Evora, who pipped Idowu in Beijing.

Notwithstanding the absence of Liu Xiang, China has enjoyed some success with a silver medal for Wang Hao in the 20km race walk. Liu Hong won bronze in the women’s competition of the same event and Gong Lijiao also won a medal in the women’s shot put.

Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發音, 請單擊英語單詞)

• destroyed the field摧毀所有對手
• shaved 0.11 seconds off減掉了0.11秒
• clocking時間紀錄為
• feat功績，壯舉
• electronic timing電子計時
• cool-as-a-cucumber（比喻）鎮定自如
• you never know誰會知道
• fortuitous吉祥的，碰巧的
• dubbed被稱為
• pun雙關語

• lightning bolt閃電
• strikes打擊
• there is every chance很有可能
• the longest two days of my life生命中最漫長的兩天，比喻這兩天裏很多事情都發生了。
• lap of honour(比賽優勝者向歡呼觀眾作答禮的)榮譽繞場一周
• adrenaline rush一陣興奮，激動
• clinched抓住，贏得了
• edged out險勝，領先一步
• pipped險勝，領先一步
• notwithstanding盡管