2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案：体育竞赛话题 (1).docxVIP

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高三英语培优外刊阅读

外刊精选｜最快女孩的陨落：“金牌至上”的牺牲品

在竞技体育中，盛行着一种“为胜利不惜一切”的文化，许多运动员因此酿成悲剧。玛丽·凯恩曾经是美国跑得最快的女孩，屡破比赛纪录的她被视为是“一代一遇”的种子选手。然而，在加入耐克的“俄勒冈项目”后，由于被迫达到以男性身体素质为依据的不合理竞技标准，玛丽经受了身体和心理的双重虐待，不仅梦想破灭，身体也被击垮，昔日的运动天才从此寂寂无名。造成这场悲剧的背后原因是什么？女性运动员在体育竞技中面临怎样的困境？

IWastheFastestGirlinAmerica,UntilIJoinedNike

①At17,MaryCainwasalreadyarecord-breakingphenom:thefastestgirlinageneration,andtheyoungestAmericantrackandfieldathletetomakeaWorldChampionshipsteam.In2013,shewassignedbythebesttrackteamintheworld,Nike’sOregonProject,runbyitsstarcoachAlbertoSalazar.

②Theneverythingcollapsed.

③Aftermonthsofdietingandfrustration,Cainfoundherselfchoosingbetweenleavingthebestteamintheworld,orpotentiallydevelopingosteoporosisoreveninfertility.Shelostherperiodforthreeyearsandbrokefivebones.Shewentfrombeingaonce-in-a-generationOlympichopefultohavingsuicidalthoughts.

④Insteadofbecomingasymbolofgirls’unlimitedpotentialinsports,Cainbecameyetanotherstandoutyoungathletewhogotbeatendownbyawin-at-all-costsculture.

⑤GirlslikeCainbecomedamagedgoodsandfadeaway.

⑥Abigpartofthisproblemisthatwomenandgirlsarebeingforcedtomeetathleticstandardsthatarebasedonhowmenandboysdevelop.Ifyoutrytomakeagirlfitaboy’sdevelopmenttimeline,herbodyisatriskofbreakingdown.

⑦“Whenyouhavethesekindsofgoodgirls,girlswhoaregoodatfollowingdirectionstothepointofexcelling,you’llfindasystemthat’shappytotakethem.Andit’srifewithabuse,”saidLaurenFleshman,whoranforNikeuntil2012.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.record-breaking[?rek??d?bre?k??]adj.________________________

2.phenom[f??n?m,?fi?nɑm]n.________________________

3.collapse[k??l?ps]vi.________________________

4.osteoporosis[??sti??p??r??s?s]n.________________________

5.infertility[?nf??t?l?ti]n.____________