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Thank you for joining us for today’s spotlight. I’m Liz Waid. And I’m Joshua Leo.
感谢您收看今天的重点报道节目。我是莉兹·怀德。我是约书亚·利奥。
Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
本节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
The Ironman Triathlon.
铁人三项赛。
It is a race for only the best sports athletes.
这是一场只有最好的体育运动员参加的比赛。
It is almost four kilometres of swimming, more than one hundred eighty kilometres on a bicycle, and over forty-two kilometres of running.
游泳差不多四公里，骑自行车一百八十多公里，跑步四十二多公里。
Only after finishing these three parts do athletes reach the finish line.
只有完成这三项，运动员才能到达终点线。
The race takes anywhere from ten hours to fifteen hours to complete.
这场比赛需要10个小时到15个小时才能完成。
Most athletes cross the finish line alone.
大多数运动员都是独自冲过终点线的。
But Team Hoyt always crosses the finish line together.
但霍伊特队总是一起冲过终点线。
Today’s Spotlight is on Dick and Rick Hoyt, the father and son racing team.
今天的重点报道节目讲述的是迪克和里克·霍伊特父子赛车队。
Rick Hoyt was born in 1962.
里克·霍伊特生于1962年。
But when he was born something went wrong.
但当他出生时，出了状况。
His brain did not receive enough oxygen.
他的大脑没有得到足够的氧气。
This damaged his brain.
这损害了他的大脑。
Doctors thought baby Rick would not live long.
医生认为小里克活不了多久了。
If Rick did live, he would not develop normally.
即使里克能活下去，也不会正常发育。
As a child, it was clear Rick had many physical problems.
当里克还是个孩子的时候，他显然有很多身体问题。
He had no muscle control.
他没有肌肉控制力。
He could not control his arms or legs.
他无法控制自己的胳膊和腿。
He could not walk.
他无法走路。
And he could not speak.
他说不出话来。
But Rick’s parents decided to raise Rick like any other child.
但里克的父母决定像抚养其他孩子一样抚养里克。
His parents had trouble getting Rick into school.
他的父母让里克上学时很困难。
Teachers thought that since Rick could not talk, he also could not understand words.
老师们认为，既然里克不会说话，他肯定也不会听懂人们的话。
But this was not true.
但事实并非如此。
Rick’s parents taught him letters and words.
里克的父母教他认识字母和单词。
Rick understood the world around him.
里克了解了他周围的世界。
His parents wanted him to be in school with all the other children.
他的父母想让他和其他孩子一起上学。
So, when Rick was ten years old, his parents asked a group of university engineers to help them.
因此，当里克十岁时，他的父母请了一群大学工程师来帮助他们。
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