Passage 1
短文1
Most successful people are unorthodox persons whose minds wonder outside traditional ways of thinking.
大多数成功的人都是在正统基础上进行创新的人,他们的思维超出传统思维方式的范围。
Instead of trying to refine old formulas, they invent new ones.
他们没有尝试改进旧的方案,而是发明新的方案。
When Jean-Claude Killy made the French national ski team in the early 1960s, he was prepared to work harder than anyone else to be the best.
当让·克洛德·基利在上世纪60年代初进入法国国家滑雪队时,他准备比其他任何人都更加努力,从而做到最好。
At the crack of dawn, he would run up the slopes with his skis on, an unbelievably backbreaking activity.
在黎明刚刚来临时,他就带着滑雪板跑上山,这是令人难以置信的劳累活动。
In the evening, he would do weightlifting and running. But the other team members were working as hard and long as he was.
晚上,他会举重和跑步。但是其他团队成员也像他一样长时间努力。
He realized instinctively that simply training harder would never be enough.
他本能地意识到,仅仅靠更努力的训练绝对不够。
Killy then began challenging the basic theories of racing technique.
然后,基利开始挑战比赛技术的基本理论。
Each week, he would try something different to see if he could find a better, faster way down the mountain.
每个星期,他都会尝试不同的方法,看看是否可以找到更好、更快的方法到达山下。
His experiments resulted in a new style that was almost exactly opposite the exact technique of the time.
他的实验产生了一种新的风格,几乎与当时的技术完全相反。
It involved skiing with his legs apart for better balance and sitting back on the skis when he came to a turn.
这涉及到在滑雪时两腿分开,以获得更好的平衡,转弯时坐在滑雪板上。
He also used ski poles in an unorthodox way--to propel himself as he skied. The explosive new style helped cut Killy's racing time dramatically.
他还以非正统的方式使用滑雪杖,在滑雪时自我推动。爆炸性的新风格极大地缩短了基利的比赛时间。
In 1966 and 1967, he captured virtually every major skiing trophy.
在1966年和1967年,他夺得了几乎任何主要滑雪比赛的奖杯。
The next year, he won three gold medals in the Winter Olympics, a record in ski racing that has never been topped.
第二年,他在冬季奥运会上获得了三枚金牌,这是滑雪比赛中从未被打破的记录。
Killy learned an important secret shared by many creative people: innovations don't require genius,
基利学会了许多创造性人士共有的重要秘密:创新并不需要天才,
just a willingness to question the way things have always been done.
只是愿意质疑事情通常的完成方式。
9.What does the speaker say about most successful people?
9.叙述者对大多数成功人士有何评价?
10. What does the speaker say about Killy's experiments?
10.叙述者对基利的实验怎么说?
11. What is said to be Killy's biggest honor in his skiing career?
11.基利在他的滑雪生涯中最大的荣誉是什么?