VOA常速英语2022 一位女拳击手的故事（在线收听）

一位女拳击手的故事

A Female Boxer Story

My name is Tori Sho Nuff Nelson.Im first a child of God.Im a mother of two children, a 13-time world champion in five different weight classes.

我叫托里·修·努夫·纳尔逊。我首先是上帝的孩子。我是两个孩子的母亲，13次获得五个不同重量级别的世界冠军。

I always tell people I didnt choose boxing, boxing chose me.But I mean, I guess it was a calling for me because I had no idea to first become a world champion, but then to become a world champion 13 times.Thats crazy.I was a single mother.I was driving school bus and I was working at IHop (restaurant).I started boxing at like age 29.Most people start at like in their teens but I started very late.But thats to let you know, its never too late to do anything you want to do.I went to the gym just to train because I had gained weight from my children.And I went there and just wanted to get the weight off.Thats why I met my coach because he owned the gym at the time.And I asked him if I wanted to come here to just lose weight.He was like, "Yeah.Thats the best workout. Youre going to lose weight all over and everything." So, I was like, "Okay." And so he said, "What do you want out of it? If you compete, what would you want out of it?" And I was like, "I want to be a world champion." And he was like, "Okay, wait a minute now. Like youre moving too fast." But mind you, I was a big girl and boxing just, I mean, it helped me so much.

我总是告诉人们不是我选择了拳击，是拳击选择了我。但我的意思是，我想这对我来说是一种召唤，因为我没想到第一次成为世界冠军，但后来又成为13次世界冠军。这太疯狂了。我是个单亲妈妈。我当时开着校车，在IHOP(餐厅)工作。我大概29岁开始打拳击。大多数人在十几岁的时候就开始了，但我很晚才开始。但那是为了让你知道，做任何你想做的事永远都不会太晚。我去健身房只是为了锻炼，因为我生孩子让我长胖了。我去了那里，只是想减轻体重。这就是为什么我遇到了我的教练，因为他当时是健身房的老板。我问他我是不是想来这里减肥。他说，“这是最好的锻炼方式。你会减肥的。“我说，“好吧。”他说，“你想从中得到什么?如果你参加比赛，你想从中得到什么?”我说“我想成为世界冠军。”他说，“好吧，等一下。好像你想得太多了。”但请注意，我当时大块头，我是说，拳击对我帮助很大。

It changed my life, like my attitude, my eating, for my health. It was the best for everything.Excited crowd here at the Turning Stone Resort. And here comes Tori Nelson.

它改变了我的生活，我的态度，我的饮食，有益于我的健康。这对一切都是最好的。这是在转身石度假村激动的人群。接下来出场的是托里·纳尔逊。

The walk to the ring, I call it the walk of death because my anxiety would take over so bad, that most of the time I would throw up before a fight.So, when they said, "Nelson on deck", thats when you know youre next.I would get sick to the point where my coach was like, I had to throw up one time, he was like, "Just swallow it.We got to go." And Im like okay.Mike Tyson said it very clear, "Everybody has a plan until you get hit in the face that first time." That first punch is your wake up, "Oh, this is for real." So, once I get hit the first time, Im like, "Okay, its down now.Lets get it." Like Im smiling.Im happy because Im like, Im up now and its fight time.We can still be moms.We can still carry our houses and be the person that we would be.But I mean, were women and we can still come and do the same sport that the men do.

走到拳击场，我称它为死亡之行，因为我的焦虑会非常严重，以至于大多数时候我会在比赛前呕吐。所以，当他们说“纳尔逊上场”的时候，你就知道你是下一个。有一次我不得不呕吐，我会恶心到我的教练说，“把它吞下去。”我们得走了。“我说还好。迈克·泰森说得很清楚，“每个人都有计划，直到你第一次被击中脸部。”第一拳就是你醒来，“哦，这是真的。“所以，一旦我第一次被击中，我就会说，”好了，现在它下来了。我们开始吧。“就像我在笑一样。我很高兴，因为我现在起来了，现在是比赛时间。我们还是可以做妈妈的。我们仍然可以负担我们的房子，做我们应该做的人。但是我的意思是，我们是女人，我们仍然可以来做和男人一样的运动。

When it comes to training, I like to laugh, like keep it, like keep it fun.Thats how we count when breathe.

说到训练，我喜欢笑，喜欢坚持，喜欢保持乐趣。这就是我们呼吸时的计数方式。

I want you to do how its supposed to be done.

我想让你按照应该做的去做。

Sounds like hes stomping roaches.

听起来他在践踏蟑螂。

Because if you get so serious, you wear yourself down.One girl, she threw me off.We were in the pocket and she said, in the middle of the fight, "Your hair smells good." Yes, thats what goes on in a fight.People think that we hate each other.Now, in some situations, it is bad blood between people.But Im telling you, when youre in that pocket, people are talking and were talking to each other.

因为如果你这么认真，你会累垮自己的。有个女孩，她把我摔了。我们场上，她在比赛的时候说，“你的头发闻起来很香。”是的，比赛就是这样。人们认为我们互相憎恨。现在，在某些情况下，这是人与人之间的仇恨。但我告诉你，当你在场上的时候，人们在说话，我们也在互相交谈。

Youre trying to chop with those punches.Extend your arms.

你在试着用那些拳头打人。伸出你的胳膊。

My favorite of all times is my coach and I.Craig Fladager was my coach.My coach and I traveling.I think I stopped boxing at 43.I had a training camp at the time that my grandma was sick and then during training camp, she passed.It took a lot.It took so much out of me.And so, that was it.My kids was like, "Mom, like this is it. Like this is the time."And I said, "Okay." And so, I dedicated my last fight to my grandmother. Sorry.

我一直以来最喜欢的是我的教练和我一起的时候。克雷格·弗拉达格是我的教练。我和我的教练去旅行。我想我43岁就不打拳击了。我奶奶生病的时候我在一个训练营，然后在训练营期间，她去世了。我花了很长时间才缓过来。它让我精疲力尽。就这样，就这样了。我的孩子们说，“妈妈，就是这样。就像现在是时候了。“我说，”好的。“所以，我把最后一次比赛献给了我的奶奶。抱歉的。

My daughter is 23 and my son is 26.Poor babies.They didnt have a childhood, I would say, to go outside in the evenings.When we got home in the evenings, they had to be ready to go for a ride to D.C. and to go to the gym.And by Gods grace, you know, its good people, because once I got to the gym, like the trainer or the owner of the gym,his wife would help with the kids homework or other fighters would help my kids do their homework while I was training.

我女儿23岁，我儿子26岁。可怜的孩子。我想说，他们没有在晚上外出的童年。当我们晚上回到家时，他们必须准备好乘车去华盛顿特区去健身房。上帝保佑，你知道，他们都是好人，因为一旦我到了健身房，像教练或健身房老板，他的妻子会帮助孩子们做作业，或者其他拳击手会在我训练的时候帮助我的孩子做作业。

When my friends first meet my mom, first its, "Shes so young. Shes so pretty.Like thats your mom? I thought that was your older sister."And then we dont, like introduce her as a boxer.So, when later down the road, when they find out that she is a boxer, theyre like, "Your mom is so cool."

当我的朋友们第一次见到我妈妈时，第一句话是，“她太年轻了。她太漂亮了。那是你妈妈？我以为那是你姐姐。“然后我们就不会把她介绍成拳击手了。所以，后来当他们发现她是一名拳击手时，他们会说，“你妈妈太酷了。”

Almost every morning, I just wake up with praying she dont get hurt like in most of our fights.But by the end, its really a blissful thing that shes achieving her accomplishments.

几乎每天早上，我醒来都会祈祷她不会像我们大多数比赛中那样受伤。但到了最后，她能取得成就真的是一件幸事。

I would like to say to her,"Congratulations on all your accomplishments with many more to come just because youre retired doesnt mean the grind stops.The accomplishments and the flowers keep coming." I hope she gets all her flowers while she can.

我想对她说，“祝贺你取得的所有成就，还有更多的成就即将到来，仅仅因为你退休了，并不意味着磨练就停止了。”成就和鲜花源源不断。“我希望她在可以的时候得到所有的鲜花。

Harder. Lets get it. One. Slip. Three. Four. Ah, oh!

再难点。让我们接住它。一个。滑动。三。四。啊，哦!

Now, I personal train.

现在，我亲自训练。