Never, ever give up 3

And then there are the crises. Of course there are.

ps:然后就是危机。当然有。

And then然后

there are有; 可数名词的复数形式; 许多重要事情要谈

crises危机; 危急关头; 危难时刻; 病危期; crisis的复数

Of course当然，自然; 当然; 当然不

And the vomiting starts, the seawater -- you're not well. You're wearing a jellyfish mask for the ultimate protection.

ps:呕吐开始，海水——你不舒服。你戴着一个水母面具来保护你。

vomiting呕; 吐; 呕吐; vomit的现在分词

starts开始，着手，动手; 发生，开始进行; 开动; 发动; 启动; start的第三人称单数

seawater海水

not(构成动词be、do和have及情态动词can或must等的否定形式，常缩略为n't)不，没有; 不; (用于hope、expect、believe等动词后，作为否定的回答)不

well好; 对; 令人满意地; 完全地; 彻底地; 全部地; 很; 相当; 大大地; 远远地; 健康; 身体好; 状态良好; 情况良好; 明智; 可取; 好主意; 哎呀，哟，啊，好啦; 唉，好吧; 嗯; 井; 水井; 楼梯井; 电梯井道; 律师席; 涌出; 冒出; 流出; 溢出; 涌起; 迸发

wearing令人精疲力竭的; 使人疲倦的; 令人厌烦的; 穿; 戴; 佩戴; 蓄，留; 流露，面带，呈现; wear的现在分词

jellyfish水母; 海蜇

mask面具; 面罩; 假面具; 护肤膜; 面膜; 掩饰; 掩藏

ultimate最后的; 最终的; 终极的; 极端的; 最好的; 根本的; 基本的; 基础性的; 最好的事物; 极品; 精华

protection保护; 防卫; 保护物; 护身符; 保险

It's difficult to swim in. It's causing abrasions on the inside of the mouth, but the tentacles can't get you.

ps:很难游进去。它会在口腔内部造成磨损，但触手无法抓到你。

causing使发生; 造成; 引起; 导致; cause的现在分词

abrasions英 [əˈbreɪʒənz] 美 [əˈbreɪʒənz] n.(皮肤、表皮)擦伤处;(表层)磨损处;磨损abrasion的复数

on the inside处于集团内部因而知内情; 使用内车道

mouth嘴; 口; 需要供养的人; 入口; 开口; 不出声地说; 言不由衷地说

tentacles英 [ˈtɛntəklz] 美 [ˈtɛntəkəlz] n.触角;触手;触须;(大的地方、组织或系统难以避免的)影响，束缚，约束tentacle的复数

And the hypothermia sets in. The water's 85 degrees, and yet you're losing weight and using calories.

ps:体温下降了。水的温度是85度，但你却在减肥和消耗卡路里。

And和; 与; 同; 又; 而; 加; 加上; 然后; 接着

hypothermia英 [ˌhaɪpəˈθɜːmiə] 美 [ˌhaɪpəˈθɜːrmiə] n.体温过低

sets一套，一副，一组; 一组; 一伙人; 阶层; 团伙; 放; 置; 使处于; 使处于某种状况; 使开始; 把故事情节安排在; 以…为…设置背景; set的第三人称单数和复数

water水; 大片的水; 水域; 江，河，湖，海; 给…浇水; 灌溉; 充满眼泪; 流口水

degrees度，度数; 度数; 程度; degree的复数

losing遗失; 丢失; 损失，丧失，失去; 被…夺去; lose的现在分词

weight重量; 分量; 重; 重物; 在…上加重量; 使负重; 固定; 使加权

using使用; 利用; 运用; 消耗; 说，写，使用; use的现在分词

calories大卡，千卡; 卡，卡路里(热量单位，或一克水升高1摄氏度时所需要的热量); calorie的复数; calor

And as you come over toward the side of the boat -- not allowed to touch it, not allowed to get out,  but Bonnie and her team hand me nutrition and ask me how I'm doing, am I all right. I am seeing the Taj Mahal -- Over here.

ps:当你走到船边时——不准碰它，不准出去，但是邦妮和她的团队递给我营养，问我怎么样，我没事吧。我正在看泰姬陵——在这里。

come over支配，影响; 开始觉得; 突然表现得; 给人以…印象; 显得

toward向;朝;面对; 倾向于; 趋向于; 对;对于;关于

boat小船; 汽艇; 舟; 船

get out逃离; 被迫离开; 外出; 参加社交活动; 退出; 收回; 泄露，为人所知

Bonnie邦尼; 美丽的; 健康的

nutrition营养; 滋养; 营养的补给

all right可接受; 满意; 安全健康; 平安无恙; 尚可; 还算可以; 如何，是不是; 好，行，可以; 不要紧，没什么

seeing看见; 见到; 看出; 看得见; 看; 有视力; 观看; see的现在分词

Taj Mahal(印度 Agra 的)泰姬陵

I'm in a very different state --

And I'm thinking, "Wow! I never thought I'd be running into the Taj Mahal out here.

It's gorgeous! I mean, how long did it take them to build that? It's just ... So, uh -- wooo -- you know?

We kind of have a cardinal rule that I'm never told how far it is, because we don't know how far it is.

ps:我们有一个基本原则，就是永远不知道有多远，因为我们不知道有多远。

kind of稍微; 有几分; 有点儿

have有; 持有; 占有; 由…组成; 显示出，带有; 与过去分词连用构成完成时

cardinal枢机; 枢机主教; 基数; 纯数; 红衣凤头鸟; 最重要的; 基本的

rule规则; 规章; 条例; 建议; 应做之事; 习惯; 常规; 惯常的做法; 控制; 统治; 支配; 操纵; 决定; 裁定; 判决

never从不; 绝不; 从未; 未曾; (与not同义，语气较强)一点都不; 不会吧

told讲; 讲述

how far多远; 到什么程度[范围]

because因为

know how懂得如何做; 能

far远; 有多远，远; 久; 较远的; 最远的，远端的; 远的; 远方的; 遥远的

What's going to happen to you between this point and that point?

What's going to happen to the weather and the currents and, God forbid, you're stung, when you don't think you could be stung in all this armor.

ps:天气和海流会发生什么，天哪，你被刺痛了，当你觉得穿上这身盔甲你不会被刺痛的时候。

going离去; 去; 离开; 进展速度; 难度; 地面状况; 常去…的; 走; 移动，旅行，行走; go的现在分词

happen to发生在…身上

weather天气; 气象; 气象预报; 退色，变色，变形; 经受住，平安地渡过

currents水流; 气流; 电流; 思潮; 潮流; 趋向; current的复数

God forbid但愿不发生这样的事; 愿上帝阻止这样的事情; 但愿这样的事不会发生

stung刺; 蜇; 叮; 感觉刺痛，感觉灼痛; 激怒; 使不安; sting的过去分词和过去式

think认为; 以为; 想; 思考; 思索; 思想; 琢磨; 想法

could用于can的过去时; 能，可以; 能; 把装罐保存; 让…卷铺盖走人; 炒…的鱿鱼; can的过去分词和过去式

in all非常; 总计

armor装甲；盔甲; 为…装甲

Bonnie made a decision coming into that third morning that I was suffering, and I was hanging on by a thread.

ps:到了第三天早上，邦妮做出了一个决定，说我在受苦，而我却在坚持。

Bonnie邦尼; 美丽的; 健康的

made…制造的; 制作…的; 制造; 做; 组装; 写; 出产; 制订; 铺床; make的过去分词和过去式

decision决定，抉择; 决断; 果断; 作决定; 决策

coming到来，来临; 即将发生的; 下一个的; 来; 来到; 到达，抵达; 来做; 来取; 来拿; come的现在分词

third第三; 三分之一; 三等学位

morning早晨; 上午; 午夜至正午的时间; 在上午; 在早晨; 每天上午

suffering疼痛; 痛苦; 折磨; 苦难; 苦恼; 受苦，受难，受折磨; 遭受; 蒙受; 变差; 变糟; suffer的现在分词

hanging绞死; 绞刑; 墙幔; 帷幔; 悬挂; 吊; 垂下; 垂落; 低垂，下垂; hang的现在分词

And she said, "Come here," and I came close to the boat, and she said, "Look, look out there."

And I saw light, because the day is easier than the night, and I thought we were coming into day.

I saw a stream of white light along the horizon, and I said, "It's going to be morning soon."

ps:我看见地平线上有一道白光，我说：“马上就要到早晨了。”

saw锯; 谚语; 格言; 拉锯似地来回移动; see的过去式

white light白光

along沿着; 顺着; 靠着…边; 沿着…的某处; 向前; 一道，一起; 越来越

horizon地平线; 范围，眼界

said说; 讲; 告诉; 念; 朗诵; 背诵; 表达，表述; say的过去分词和过去式

morning早晨; 上午; 午夜至正午的时间; 在上午; 在早晨; 每天上午

soon很快; 马上; 不久; 早; 快

And she said, "No, those are the lights of Key West."

It was 15 more hours, which for most swimmers would be a long time.

You have no idea how many 15-hour training swims I had done.

Question

1.what did Bonnie do to help her carry on when she was close to failure？

she pointed out the finish line and gave Nyad hope.

2.A cardinal rule is of great importance.

3.For Nyad a 15-hour swim is like a regular training.

4.How did Diana feel after hearing Bonnie's words 'No, those are the lights of Key West.'

she was rejuvenated.

rejuvenated使年轻; 使更有活力; rejuvenate的过去分词和过去式

5.When someone says "God forbid", they are expressing  hope that a certain outcome doesn't happen.

So here we go, and I somehow, without a decision, went into no counting of strokes and no singing and no quoting Stephen Hawkingon the parameters of the universe.

ps:所以我们走到这里，不知何故，我没有决定，就没有计算笔划，没有唱歌，也没有引用斯蒂芬·霍金的宇宙参数。

here we go我们开始吧; 又来了; 我们一起开始吧

somehow以某种方式; 由于某种未知的原因; 不知为什么; 不知怎么地

went into从事，讨论，进入

counting包括…在内; 数数; 计算总数; 把…算入; 包括; count的现在分词

strokes击球; 一下，一击; 划水动作; 划桨动作; 轻抚，抚摩; 抚摩; 轻挪; 轻触; 轻拭; stroke的第三人称单数和复数

quoting引用; 引述; 举例说明; 开价; 出价; 报价; quote的现在分词

Stephen斯蒂芬（男子教名，亦作姓用，源于希腊语，它的变体是Stephenus）

parameters决定因素; 规范; 范围; parameter的复数

universe宇宙; 天地万物; 万象; 经验体系

I just went into thinking about this dream, and why and how.

As I said, when I turned 60, it wasn't about that concrete 'Can you do it?'

That's the everyday machinations. That's the discipline, and it's the preparation, and there's a pride in that.

ps:那是日常的阴谋。这是纪律，是准备，这是一种骄傲。

everyday每天的; 每日发生的; 日常的

machinations阴谋，诡计，奸计

discipline训练; 训导; 纪律; 风纪; 训练方法; 行为准则; 符合准则的行为; 自制力; 遵守纪律; 惩罚; 处罚; 管教; 自我控制; 严格要求

preparation准备; 预备; 准备工作; 配制品，制剂

But I decided to think, as I went along, about -- you know, the phrase usually is, "reaching for the stars."

And in my case, it's reaching for the horizon.

And when you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there.

But what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down; what a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.

ps:但你放下的性格和精神是多么巨大，你为达到这些地平线奠定了基础。

tremendous巨大的; 极大的; 极好的; 精彩的; 了不起的

build of用建造

character品质，性格; 特点，特性; 特点，特征，特色; 勇气; 毅力; 刻; 印; 使具有特征

spirit精神; 心灵; 情绪; 心境; 人; 偷偷带走; 让人不可思议地弄走

lay down放下， 搁下; 规定; 制定; 颁布; 放下

what a好一个

lay放置，安放，搁; 铺，铺放，铺设; 摊开，涂，敷; 用一层…覆盖; 外行的; 非专业的; 缺少专门知识的; 平信徒的; 在俗的; 性伙伴; 性交的女人; 叙事诗; lie的过去式

reaching到达; 抵达; 引起…的注意; 增加到，提升到; reach的现在分词

horizons地平线; 范围，眼界; horizon的复数

And now, the shore is coming. And there's just a little part of me that's sad.

The epic journey is going to be over.

ps:史诗般的旅程即将结束。

epic叙事诗; 史诗; 史诗般的电影; 壮举; 惊人之举; 具有史诗性质的; 史诗般的; 漫长而艰难的; 艰苦卓绝的; 宏大的; 壮丽的; 给人深刻印象的

journey旅行，行程; 旅行

over从直立位置向下和向外; 落下; 倒下; 从一侧到另一侧; 翻转; 穿过; 在…上面; 悬在…上

So many people come up to me now and say,

"What's next?", "We love that!"

"That little tracker on the computer? When are you going to do the next one? We can't wait to follow the next one."

ps:“电脑上的那个小跟踪器？你打算什么时候做下一个？我们迫不及待地想跟上下一个。”

little小的; 比较小的; 可爱的，可怜的，讨厌的; 年幼的; 幼小的; 不多的; 少量的，一些; 不多; 稍许; 略微; 少许; 少量; 一点

tracker追踪者; 跟踪者; 追踪人的人

When什么时候; 何时; 什么情况下; 什么场合下; 在那时; 其时; 当时; 当场; 在…时候; 当…时; 在…期间; 在…之后; 在任何…时候

going离去; 去; 离开; 进展速度; 难度; 地面状况; 常去…的; 走; 移动，旅行，行走; go的现在分词

next下一个的; 紧接着的; 接下来的; 紧随其后的; 紧接着; 随后; 其次的; 依次的; 仅次于…的; 用于询问，表示吃惊或困惑; 下一位; 下一个; 下一件

one一; (正式用语或表强调，用在hundred、thousand等或度量单位之前)一; 单独一个，仅仅一个; 用来避免重复已提过的或是听者已知的事物的名称; 用于辨别所谈的人或事; 其中的一个人

wait等; 等待; 等候; 希望，盼望，期待; 准备妥; 在手边; 可得到; 可使用; 等待的时间

follow跟随; 跟着; 在…后发生，因…而发生; 在…后做

Well, they were just there for 53 hours, and I was there for years.

And so there won't be another epic journey in the ocean.

But the point is, and the point was, that every day of our lives is epic.

And I'll tell you, when I walked up onto that beach, staggered up onto that beach ...

ps:我会告诉你，当我走上沙滩，摇摇晃晃地走上沙滩。。。

tell告诉; 告知; 提供; 说明; 显示; 讲述; 说; 表达; 台形土墩; 讲的话; 谈话; 传闻

when什么时候; 何时; 什么情况下; 什么场合下; 在那时; 其时; 当时; 当场; 在…时候; 当…时; 在…期间; 在…之后; 在任何…时候

walked走; 行走; 步行; 徒步旅行; 散步; 陪伴…走; 护送…走; walk的过去分词和过去式

onto向，朝; 朝向，面向

beach海滩; 沙滩; 海滨; 湖滨; 上岸; 把…拖上岸

staggered震惊; 大吃一惊; 交错的; 错开的; 摇摇晃晃地走; 蹒跚; 踉跄; 使震惊; 使大吃

I had so many times, in a very puffed-up ego way, rehearsed what I would say on the beach.

ps:我有很多次，以一种非常自负的方式，在海滩上排练我要说的话。

so many那么多的; 很多; 和…一样多的; 全都是

times乘以; 倍; 时间; 时间，钟点，时刻; 时，时间; 为…安排时间; 选择…的时机; 计时; 测定…所需的时间; 在某一时刻击球; time的第三人称单数和复数

very很，非常，十分，极; (强调形容词最高级或置于own前)完全，十足; 完全同样; 完全同一; 正是的，恰好的，同一的; 最…的，极端的，十足的; 仅仅的，唯独的，甚至于

puffed-up 自负的，气喘吁吁的，傲气十足

ego自我价值感; 自我

way方法; 手段; 途径; 方式; 作风; 风度; 样子; 行为方式，生活方式，习俗; 很远; 大量

rehearsed排练; 排演; 默诵; 背诵; 默默地练习; 照搬; 重复; rehearse的过去分词和过去式

what什么; …的事物; 无论什么; 凡是…的事物; 多么; 真; 太

would(will的过去式，用于转述)将，将会; 带出想象的结果; 就会; 想要; 希望; 愿意; 喜欢; 立定志向; 决心; 决意; 立遗嘱将赠与; 立遗嘱赠与; will的过去式

beach海滩; 沙滩; 海滨; 湖滨; 上岸; 把…拖上岸

When Bonnie thought the back of my throat was swelling up, she brought the medical team over to our boat to say, "She's really beginning to have trouble breathing; another 12, 24 hours in the saltwater ..."-- the whole thing -- I just thought, in my hallucinatory moment, that I heard the word ”tracheotomy“.

ps：当邦妮以为我的喉咙后部肿胀时，她带着医疗队到我们的船上说，“她真的开始呼吸困难了；又在盐水里呆了12、24小时……”——整个事情——我只是在我的幻觉时刻想，我听到了“气管切开术”这个词。

back of在…后面；在…背后

swelling膨胀; 肿胀; 肿胀处; 浮肿处; 凸出，鼓出; 增加，增大，扩大; swell的现在分词

have trouble有困难; 有疾病

breathing呼吸; 呼出; 低声说; breathe的现在分词

saltwater海水;咸水;盐水

hallucinatory英 [həˈluːsɪnətri] 美 [həˈluːsənətɔːri] adj.幻觉的;引起幻觉的

heard听见; 听到; 听; 注意听; 倾听; 听说; 得知; hear的过去分词和过去式

tracheotomy英 [ˌtrækiˈɒtəmi] 美 [ˌtreɪkiˈɑːtəmi] n.气管切开术

Bonnie said to the doctor, "I'm not worried about her not breathing.

If she can't talk when she gets to the shore, she's going to be pissed off."

ps:如果她到岸后不能说话，她会生气的。”

talk说话; 讲话; 谈话; 讨论，谈论，商谈，洽谈; 讲，说; 交谈; 讨论; 商讨; 洽谈，会谈，谈判; 报告，演讲

when什么时候; 何时; 什么情况下; 什么场合下; 在那时; 其时; 当时; 当场; 在…时候; 当…时; 在…期间; 在…之后; 在任何…时候

gets收到; 接到; 获得; 得到; 挣得; get的第三人称单数

shore岸，滨; 国家; 支撑，使稳住; 用支柱撑住; shear的过去式

pissed烂醉的; 醉醺醺的; 气疯了; 怒冲冲的; 撒尿; piss的过去分词和过去式

off离开; 距，离; 用以表示除去了某物; 起跑; 从落下; 离，距; 偏离; 从…去掉; 从…移开

Question

1.how was she when she finished her journey?

she wasn't in good conditions.

2.According to Diana, what is the significance of reaching for the horizon?

It builds a foundation of character and spirit.

3.what was Diana looking forward to when she arrived on the beach

giving her speech.

Fill in the blanks:

And when you reach for the horizon, as I've proven, you may not get there.But what a tremendous build of character and spirit that you lay down; what a foundation you lay down in reaching for those horizons.

Repeat and Read Sentences:

1.You have no idea how many 15-hour training swims I had done.

2.Reaching for the impossible builds a foundation of character and spirit.

3. When Bonnie thought the back of my throat was swelling up, she brought the medical team over to our boat to say, "She's really beginning to have trouble breathing; 

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