Phrase & Expressions
track and field
the sport or athletic events, such as running, jumping and weight throwing performed on a running track and on the adjacent field 田径运动
play a joke on sb.
do sth. to make other people laugh at someone 同某人开玩笑
put……out of action
stop……working, make……unfit for a typical activity 使停止工作;使不再起作用;使失去战斗力
limber up
make the muscles stretch easily by exercise, esp. before violent exercise (比赛等前)做准备活动
take part in
have a share or part in; join in 参加
breeze through
proceed with effortlessly in a carefree manner 轻而易举地完成
in one's hono(u)r/in
向……表示敬意;为庆祝……;为纪念……
hono(u)r of
catch up with
have the expected ill effect or result on 对……产生预期恶果
Proper Names
Thorpe
索普
Lafayette College
拉斐德学院
Carlisle Indian School
卡尔印第安人学校
Prague
布拉格(文中指美国地名)
Oklaboma
俄国拉何马(美国州名)
Sac and Fox
印第安人部落之一
Black Hawk
黑隼(印第安人首领名)
pennsylvania
宾夕法尼亚(美国州名)
Pittsburgh
匹兹堡(美国城市)
Penn
(short for) Pennsylvania
Pop Warner
波伯.沃纳
Sweden
瑞典
Gustav V
古斯塔夫五世
William Howard Taft
威谦.霍华德.塔夫脱
Stockholm
斯德哥尔摩(瑞典首都)
the Associated Press
联合通讯(简称美联社)(美国通讯社名)