The Winning Team [成功的球队]
Peter kept his eyes on the ground. He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders as he walked home alone. It was the worst day of his life. His mind would not stop thinking about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field. How could he have missed scoring that goal? He had let his whole team down. His stupid mistake made him angry. His team had lost the game because of him. He was really worried that his coach might kick him off the team.
彼得的眼睛盯着地面。当他独自走在回家的路上,他觉得肩膀上无比沉重。今天是他一生中最糟糕的一天。他脑子一直不停地想一个小时之前发生在学校足球场上的事。他怎么会错过那个球呢?他让整个球队都失望了。他生气自己所犯的愚蠢的错误。因为他的失误,他的球队输了球赛。他真的担心教练可能会开除他。
As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, “What's wrong, son?” Peter's feelings were written all over his face.“I lost the game,” Peter replied. Then he went into his room without another word. Ten minutes later, Peter heard his father knocking on his bedroom door. He opened the door to let him in.
他一走进家门,他的父亲就问:“怎么了,儿子?”彼得的沮丧都写在他的脸上。 “我输掉了比赛”,彼得回答。然后他一言不发地走进了房间。十分钟之后,彼得听到父亲敲他的卧室门。他打开房门让父亲进来。
“Look, Peter. I don't know what happened. But whatever it was, don't be too hard on yourself.”“I lost the game, Dad. I failed my team. They'll probably never let me play again.”“Soccer is about team effort. You're not the only reason your team lost. If you have a good team, you should support each other. Besides, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning how to communicate with your teammates and learning from your mistakes.”Peter didn't say anything, but what his father said made him think carefully.
“瞧,彼得,我不知道发生了什么事,但不管是什么,不要太为难自己。”“我输掉了比赛,爸爸。我让球队输了。他们可能永远不再让我踢球了。”“足球需要团队合作,输掉比赛并不仅仅是你一个人的原因。如果你的球队优秀,你们应该相互支持。除此之外,输赢只是比赛的一半,另一半是学习如何与你队友沟通合作,并从错误中吸取教训。”彼得没说什么,但父亲的话让他陷入沉思。
The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage rather than fear in his heart. “Hey, guys,”he said to his teammates.“I'm really sorry about yesterday. We were so close to winning that game. But I think if we continue to pull together, we're going to win the next one.”To his surprise and relief, his teammates all nodded in agreement. “Yeah,” they said,“don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault. We should think about how we can do better next time.”Peter smiled. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.
第二天,彼得心无畏惧,而是鼓起勇气地去练球。“嘿,伙伴们!”他向队友们说。“对于昨天的事,我真的很抱歉。我们与胜利是如此地接近。但我想只要我们继续齐心协力,下一场必旗开得胜。”让他感到吃惊又欣慰的是,他的队友都点头表示同意。他们说:“是啊”,“别担心!比赛失利从来都不是一个人的错。我们应该想想如何能在下一次做得更好。”彼得笑了。他觉得很幸运,他知道所属的是一支成功的球队。
1. keep one's eyes on : 集中某人的注意力在......上;持续地盯住某个地方。
2. feel like: 感觉;好像。
3. a heavy weight on :一个沉重的重量压在......上。
4. stop donging about sth: 停止做某事。
5. let......down: 让 ......失望;放下; 放低 ; 失信。
6. because of : 因为,由于; 基于。
7. kick......off: 踢开; (足球) 中线开球.
8. As soon as: 当 ......时;一…就…; 一经。
9. walke through : 穿过,走过。
10. communicate with:互相交流;与......沟通。
11. make sb do sth: 让某人做某事。
12. rather than :而不是。
13. pull together:齐心协力;团结在一起。
14. to one's surprise and relief:让某人 吃惊又欣慰的是。
15. a winning team : 一个成功的球队。