纽约时报 短跑名将谈奥运(2)

 

 

    Question: Along similar lines, did your conflict¹ with Nike over its maternity² policy³ affect your perspective⁴ on the reality of the relationship between athletes and brand sponsors⁵?

    问题：同样，你和耐克在生育政策上的冲突是否影响了你对运动员和品牌赞助商之间现实关系的看法？

    The veil⁶ has been lifted. As a younger athlete, I just wasn't aware. There's so much thrown at you, and it's easy to buy in.

    回答：面纱被揭开。作为年轻运动员，我只是没有意识到。有太多东西抛向你，你很容易接受。

    When I was with Nike, it was family this, family that, this is the Nike family.

    我和耐克合作时，经常提到的是家族，就是耐克家族。

    You feel that that's real, and then you see the other side of things, and it's completely⁷ different.

    你会觉得那是真的，之后你看到了事情的另一面，这是完全不同的。

    To me there's so much more value than financial. Even my partnership⁸ with Athleta, I don't do things anymore just because I need to.

    对我来说，有很多比经济价值高的事情。即使是我和阿仕利塔的伙伴关系，我也不会再因为需要而做任何事。

    Now it's about: Will I have a seat at the table? Does it matter to you what I do beyond running fast?

    现在是这样：我能坐在桌子旁吗？除了跑得快，我做什么对你重要吗？

    Going to Athleta, I was at a place in my career where supporting women and girls mattered to me,和阿仕利塔合作时，我的职业生涯处于这种状态：支持女性和女孩对我来说很重要，and they are actually doing things that are important in that space, like not Photoshopping their images.

    她们在做对这个领域很重要的事情，比如不用图像处理软件修改她们的照片。

    They're showing what a healthy woman looks like.

    她们在展示健康女性的样子。

    That's important to me, and so is being supported beyond being just an athlete, and also feeling that when I bring something it's going to be listened to.

    这对我来说很重要，不仅仅是作为运动员得到支持，而且我要感觉到我提出的观点有被聆听。

    I've had experiences with Nike in which I brought an idea to the table, and it seemed to be listened to, but then it didn't go anywhere.

    我与耐克合作时，我在开会时提出了一个想法，这个想法似乎有被听到，但之后就不了了之了。

    I want to feel that I'm taken seriously.

    我希望能感觉到自已有被认真对待。

    This may be another of those things that's hard to articulate⁹, but can you tell me what it feels like to win a gold medal?

    这也许是另一件很难表达的事情，但你能告诉我赢得金牌的感觉吗？

    You know, it's interesting. It was my third Olympics.

    这很有趣。当时我第三次参加奥运会。

    I had two silver medals at the first two Olympics,我在前两届奥运会上获得了两枚银牌，

    and I think I had built winning¹⁰ an individual gold up to be on such a pedestal that when I did it, it almost didn't match the feeling of what I had dreamed it to be.

    我想我已经建立了赢得个人金牌的基础，以至于当我做到这一点时，它几乎与我梦寐以求的感觉不符。

    I mean, I thought life was going to be different: gold medalist, nothing is ever the same.

    我的意思是，我以为生活会不同：金牌得主，一切都会不一样。

    And then it's like everything is kind of the same — it's on to another goal that you set for yourself.

    但其实，好像一切都还是一样的—现在要转向你为自己设定的另一个目标。

    Because you come home, and not too much changes.

    因为你回家后，没有太多的变化。

    This is something I was always curious about with athletes in a sport like yours:

    这是我对像你这样的运动员一直很好奇的一点：

    Is it weird¹¹ to have a job where the public pretty much pays close attention only once every four years?

    有一份公众几乎每四年只关注一次的工作是不是很奇怪？

    For sure. Your Olympic year is your most important year;当然。奥运年是你最重要的一年；

    it's also the most demanding year, the year that you're going to do the most outside work with media¹² and all of that.

    这也是要求最高的一年，这一年你将与媒体一起做最多的外部工作。

    And then the idea of working for four years for 21 seconds and if you mess up having to wait another four years: That is very heavy.

    然后是努力四年跑出21秒左右的目标，如果你搞砸了，就不得不再等4年：而这会承受非常大的压力。

    In 2008, when I was expected to win a gold medal and didn't, there was no part of me that could be OK with that.

    2008年时，人们期望我赢得一枚金牌，但我没有做到，我的身体里没有一部分可以接受这一结果。

    I feel much more at peace with things now. I'm going to be OK whether I get that gold medal or not. I now know that's true.

    我现在对各种事情感到平静多了。无论我能不能拿到金牌，我都会没事。我现在知道确实会这样。

1 conflict   

n.冲突，矛盾，争执；vi.争执，撞斗，冲突，抵触

参考例句：

• Your statement is in conflict with the rest of the evidence.你的陈述同其余证据有矛盾。
• The conflict between them seems ceaseless.他们之间冲突似乎没个止息。

2 maternity   

n.母性，母道，妇产科病房；adj.孕妇的，母性的

参考例句：

• Women workers are entitled to maternity leave with full pay.女工产假期间工资照发。
• Trainee nurses have to work for some weeks in maternity.受训的护士必须在产科病房工作数周。

3 policy   

n.政策，方针，保险单

参考例句：

• This policy is very tough.这个政策是很强硬的。
• The country has always pursued a policy of peace.该国一直奉行和平政策。

4 perspective   

n.视角，观点，想法

参考例句：

• You can get a perspective of the whole city from here.从这里你可以看到城市的全景。
• We may get a clear perspective of the people's happy lives.我们知道人民对幸福生活的展望。

5 sponsors   

n.保人( sponsor的名词复数 )；（广播电视节目、音乐会或运动会的）赞助者；（培训或教育的）资助者；（法案等的）倡议者v.赞助( sponsor的第三人称单数 )；资助（某人的培训或教育）；为慈善活动捐资；倡议

参考例句：

• The race organizers are trying to attract sponsors. 比赛的组织者在想方设法吸引赞助者。
• They become official sponsors and put their logos on stadium walls. 他们成为正式赞助者，从而能在赛场周围的墙上挂上他们公司的广告牌。 来自辞典例句

6 veil   

n.面纱，掩饰物，修女；vt.给...戴面纱或面罩；vi.带面纱或面罩

参考例句：

• Please veil your face.请用面纱遮住脸。
• There was a veil of mist over the mountains.山上覆盖着一层薄雾。

7 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

8 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

9 articulate   

adj.口齿伶俐的，发音清晰的；v.清楚地讲话

参考例句：

• That man is not very articulate.那人口齿不清。
• Articulate speech is very important.清楚的表达能力是非常重要的。

10 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

11 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

12 media   

n.(medium的复数)媒体，新闻媒介，传播媒介

参考例句：

• The local media reported rioting across the country.当地媒体报道了全国范围的骚乱。
• His latest movie is being hyped up by the media.他新近的电影正被媒体大肆炒作。