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【往期回顾】 英汉双语阅读17：北京和沈阳联手修复清朝时期的古钟【本期内容】 Double Life: Former white collar worker Xu Shixiao becomes gold medalist at Tokyo Olympic Games 双面人生：前白领徐诗晓成为东京奥运会金牌得主
Chinese athletes Xu Shixiao and Sun Mengya won the women's canoe double 500 meters competition at the Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday. By embracing the double titles of a "manager" and an "athlete," Xu has impressed Chinese netizens with her life story, which has inspired people to call her a "versatile life winner." 中国选手徐诗晓和孙梦雅在周六举行的东京奥运会（2021年）女子皮划艇双人500米比赛中获胜。徐拥有“经理”和“运动员”的双重头衔，她的人生故事给中国网民留下了深刻印象，这激发了人们称她为“多才多艺的人生赢家” At the Saturday event, the Chinese pair won the first Olympic gold medal for China's women's canoe by hitting the finish line at 1 minute and 55 seconds, two seconds ahead of the silver medalist Ukraine team. 在周六的比赛中，中国队以1分55秒的成绩冲到终点，领先银牌得主乌克兰队2秒，为中国女子皮划艇赢得了首枚奥运金牌。 After winning the competition, the personal stories of the Chinese pair with almost a 10-year age gap impressed Chinese netizens, especially that of Xu, a 29-year-old veteran medalist who was once an HR manager. 在赢得比赛后，这对年龄相差近10岁的中国组合的个人故事给中国网民留下了深刻印象，尤其是29岁的老将徐诗晓，她曾是一名人力资源经理。
Despite winning gold at the 2007 National Games in China, Xu gave up her passion for canoe in 2013 to pursue a corporate career as an HR manager at a Chinese company because she considered her sport was out of the "mainstream" at that time. 尽管徐诗晓在2007年中国全运会上夺得金牌，但她在2013年放弃了对独木舟的热爱，转而在一家中国公司担任人力资源经理，因为她认为自己的运动在当时已经脱离了“主流”。 If it weren't for the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision in 2017 to add women's canoeing as an event to the Tokyo Games, Xu would most likely have not returned to the field of sports again. 如果不是国际奥委会在2017年决定将女子皮划艇项目列入东京奥运会，徐诗晓很可能不会再次回到体育领域。 Despite years away from the sport, Xu still had a talent for it. Partnering up with Sun, She got her ticket to the Tokyo Games in 2019 by winning gold at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. 尽管离开这项运动多年，徐诗晓仍然很有天赋。她与孙梦雅合作，在2019年ICF皮划艇世锦赛上夺得金牌，获得了东京奥运会的入场券。 "What she did makes her a 'dreamer' to me. You have to not only be passionate amid the uncertainty of returning to sports, but also be light-hearted concerning realistic issues such as physical condition, finances, family and sometimes self-esteem," Wang Jianxin, an athlete turned restaurant owner in Chongqing, told the Global Times. “她所做的一切让她成为了我心中的'梦想家’。你不仅要在重返体育的不确定性中充满激情，还要对身体状况、经济条件、家庭关系，有时还有自尊等现实问题上应对自如，”运动员出身的重庆餐馆老板王建新（音译）告诉《环球时报》。
Xu's "double" life also inspired many netizens to point out that she is not the only multi-talented Chinese athlete, adding that such versatile sports veterans can break stereotypes about Chinese athletes. 徐诗晓的“双重”生活也启发了许多网友，他们指出，她并不是唯一一个多才多艺的中国运动员，并补充说，这些多才多艺的体育老将可以打破人们对中国运动员的刻板印象。 "I know there are some sour impressions like "diligent robot" or "sports nerd" when it comes to athletes, especially Chinese athletes because of their long dedication to their careers is wrongly interpreted, like deliberately describing one's virtue as one's weakness. They are disgraceful, but they won't change how athletes perform, because most of them have strong determination," Yao Wei, a former volleyball player, told the Global Times. “我知道，当谈到运动员时，有一些令人反感的印象，比如“勤奋的机器人”或“体育狂”，尤其是中国运动员，因为他们长期致力于自己的职业生涯被错误地解读，比如故意把自己的美德描述为自己的弱点。他们很不光彩，但他们不会改变运动员的表现，因为他们中的大多数人都有很强的决心。”一位前排球运动员姚伟（音译）告诉《环球时报》。 Besides Xu, the 20-year-old Sun Mengya is also a determined sport talent who has improved over the years. 除了徐诗晓，20岁的孙梦雅也是一位坚定的体育天才，多年来不断进步。 "From the beginning of the competition, to getting the gold medal, to standing on the podium, I feel like this is my thing," she told media. “从比赛开始，到获得金牌，再到站在领奖台上，我觉得我就是为此而生的，”她告诉媒体。
【Source】China Daily 【Translated by】Spark Liao (廖怀宝) 【Illustration】From Baidu |
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