VOA慢速英語：你能“擊敗急凍俠”嗎?

Could You 'Beat the Freeze?'

你能“擊敗急凍俠”嗎?

This is What's Trending Today...

這里是今日熱點節(jié)目。

American Nigel Talton is a fast runner.

美國人奈杰爾·塔爾頓(Nigel Talton)跑得飛快。

He can run 100 meters in just over 10 seconds. And he can travel a distance of 200 meters in a little more than 21 seconds.

他跑完100米只需要10秒出頭，跑完200米也只要21秒多點。

Talton was a good runner in college. The 26-year-old thought if he ran just a little faster, he might have a chance at being chosen for the United States Olympic team.

塔爾頓在大學時就是一位優(yōu)秀的賽跑者。26歲的他認為如果他跑得更快一點，他可能就有機會被選入美國奧運代表隊。

While he was not chosen for the Olympic team last summer, he is getting a lot of attention this summer.

雖然去年夏天他落選了奧運代表隊，今年夏天他獲得了很大關注。

Talton lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he works for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves.

塔爾頓住在佐治亞州亞特蘭大市，他在那里為職業(yè)棒球大聯盟的亞特蘭大勇士隊工作。

He is a member of the Braves' grounds crew, which means he helps keep the field in good condition for the games. The work involves cutting grass and painting lines on the field.

他是勇士隊的場地工作人員，幫助維持球場的良好狀態(tài)用于比賽。這項工作包括修建草坪以及在場地上畫線。

But Talton's running helped him get another job at the team's games.

但是塔爾頓的奔跑幫助他獲得了比賽中的另一份工作。

He puts on in a light green suit and places blue goggles over his eyes. He looks kind of like a movie superhero.

他穿上一套淺綠色的套裝，戴上藍色的眼鏡，看上去就像是電影中的超級英雄。

And his job is to run. Fast.

他的工作就是快速奔跑。

Talton is known as The Freeze. At some of the Braves' games, he runs in an event called "Beat The Freeze."

塔爾頓被稱為“急凍俠”。在勇士隊的一些比賽中，他在一項名為“擊敗急凍俠”的活動中奔跑。

The event is advertising for a local gas station that sells a frozen drink called a freeze.

這項活動是為當地一家銷售freeze冰凍飲料的加油站做廣告。

A baseball fan at the game is chosen to race against The Freeze from left field to right field. The chosen fan gets a big head start.

一位觀看比賽的棒球迷被選中同“急凍俠”賽跑，從棒球場的左外野跑到右外野。這位被選中的球迷會獲得巨大的起跑優(yōu)勢。

In one recent game, a young man was about one third of the way across the field when Talton started running. When the fan neared the finish line, he started celebrating. He thought he was going to win. But Talton was catching up. With about five steps to go, the man looked over his shoulder and saw The Freeze.

在最近一場比賽中，當塔爾頓開始跑時，一位年輕球迷已經站在場上三分之一的位置。當這位球迷接近終點線時他開始慶祝。他以為自己要贏了。但是塔爾頓追上來了。大約在最后五步，這位球迷扭頭一看，看到了“急凍俠”。

The fan was shocked, and fell down. He did not "Beat The Freeze."

這位球迷大為震驚并且摔倒了。他未能“擊敗急凍俠”。

A baseball fan posted video of that race on Twitter last Friday.

上周五一位棒球迷將這次賽跑的視頻發(fā)到了推特上。

Since then, the video has received almost 200,000 likes and retweets. Sports broadcaster ESPN, The Washington Post and USA Today have written stories about Nigel Talton and the race.

從那時算起，這則視頻已經獲得了近20萬個贊和轉發(fā)。體育電視臺ESPN、華盛頓郵報和今日美國報都報道了塔爾頓和這次賽跑。

Any fan that beats The Freeze gets a prize worth $100. One fan did win, but that was because of a mix-up. Talton did not get the signal to start running.

任何擊敗急凍俠的球迷都會獲得100美元的獎金。有位球迷確實贏了，但是那是因為一次混亂。塔爾頓沒有聽到起跑信號。

There are 20 more "Beat the Freeze" races left this season.

本賽季還剩20多場“擊敗急凍俠”的比賽。

Talton told The Washington Post that after the baseball season ends, his goal is to earn a place on Team USA for the 2018 indoor track and field world championships in England.

塔爾頓對華盛頓郵報表示，在這個棒球賽季結束后，他的目標是在美國隊中贏得一席之地去參加英格蘭室內田徑錦標賽。

And that's What's Trending Today.

以上就是本期今日熱點的全部內容。

I'm Ashley Thompson.

阿什利·湯普森報道。