《中英對照讀新聞》10-year-old girl from Bahrain youngest swimmer at worlds 來自巴林的10歲女童成為世界賽史上最年輕的游泳選手

◎管淑平

Alzain Tareq led the parade of swimmers to the starting blocks for the first heat of the 50-meter butterfly at the world championships.

艾爾贊．塔雷克帶領著一隊泳將走到出發台，準備展開世界錦標賽50公尺蝶式首場預賽。

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Carrying a white towel, the 10-year-old girl from Bahrain was dwarfed by the taller and much older girls in her heat. A buzz quickly built among spectators in the stands at Kazan Arena, startled at the sight of the tiny figure on the blocks.

帶著白色毛巾，這名來自巴林的10歲女孩與同組其他身高比她更高、年紀也更大的女孩相比矮了一截。這名身材嬌小的選手出現在出發台，讓在喀山體育場看台上的觀眾吃驚，隨即掀起一陣議論。

"I was wondering how they make suits that small," marveled American star Missy Franklin.

「我好奇他們怎麼做這麼小的泳衣，」美國游泳名將蜜希．富蘭克林驚嘆道。

Tareq became the youngest swimmer to ever compete at the worlds on Friday, a major step toward accomplishing her goal of qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

塔雷克週五成為歷來世界賽史上最年輕的參賽選手，向達成她取得2020年東京奧運參賽資格的目標邁出一大步。

She was last in her preliminary heat with a time of 41.13 seconds, slowest among all 64 swimmers. She finished 15.70 seconds behind leading qualifier Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, who clocked 25.43.

她在預賽中以41.13秒墊底，是所有64名選手中最慢的，比預賽第1名晉級的瑞典選手莎拉．斯約斯特洛姆還慢15.70秒抵達終點，斯約斯特洛姆游出25.43秒的成績。

"I feel so happy," said Tareq, who succeeded in getting a photo of herself with idol Sjostrom.

「我覺得很高興，」成功與她的偶像斯約斯特洛姆合照的塔雷克說。

Her time didn’t matter; she is in Kazan to soak up knowledge from her opponents. "I want to learn the techniques and how they swim," she said.（AP）

她的成績並不重要；她到喀山出賽是為了向對手學習。「我想學得技巧和她們是怎麼游的，」她說。（美聯社）

新聞辭典：

dwarf：動詞，使相形見絀；使顯得矮小。例句：The young writer dwarfs other dramatists.（這名年輕作家使其他劇作家相形見絀。）

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