脫貧的奧運精神
Eric Moussambani was a swimmer who blew everyone away with his determination in Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games.
艾瑞克姆薩巴尼是一名在2000年雪梨奧運中以他的決心讓大家大為驚奇的游泳選手。
blow sb. away讓某人大為驚奇the Olympic Games(簡稱the Olympics)
He came from Equatorial Guinea, a small African country with a population of less than one million. He had very little training resources. He had no coach or a systematic way to track his efforts.
他來自赤道幾內亞，那是一個人口不到一百萬人的非洲小國家。他沒有什麼訓練資源。他沒有教練或系統性的方法來追蹤他的訓練。
赤道the equatorequatorial (adj.)赤道的track (v.)追蹤 (n.)小徑,軌道；田徑運動 track and field
The only pool available belonged to a local hotel, and they gave him permission to use it three times a week.
能使用的泳池是屬於一間當地飯店的，他們一星期只允許他使用三次。
available (adj.)可利用的,可得到的,有空的belong to 屬於permit (v.)允許 (n.)許可證；residence permit居留證permission (n.)許可
In other words, Moussambani had never set eyes on an Olympic pool, let alone swum in one.
也就是說，姆薩巴尼從未見過奧林匹克泳池，更別提在奧林匹克泳池游泳過。
in other words 換句話說in a word 簡而言之set eyes on 第一次看到,注意到let alone 更別提
On the day of the meet, Moussambani completed the heat with a time of 1 minute and 53 seconds.
在比賽當天，姆薩巴尼以1分53秒的時間完成預賽。
meet (n.)體育賽事heat (n.)預賽
It was the slowest time in Olympic history by far. Some commentators even doubted whether he could finish the race.
那是奧林匹克史上最慢的成績。有些評論員甚至懷疑他是否能完成比賽。
whether引導名詞子句,當作doubt的受詞
But the underdog captured the hearts of the audience.
但這位不被看好的選手卻抓住了觀眾的心。
underdog (n.)較不被看好,處於劣勢的一方capture (v.)贏得,獲得,俘虜；capture the heart of sb.贏得某人的心= win the heart of sb.
People cheered for him and applauded him when he finished.
人們為他喝采並在他完成時為他鼓掌。
applaud (v.)鼓掌,讚許applause (n.)掌聲；give sb. a big round of applause 給某人熱烈的掌聲
The international media nicknamed him Eric the Eel because he embodies the Olympic spirit that it is not the winning, but the taking part that counts.
國際媒體為他起了鰻魚艾瑞克的小名，因為他體現了奧林匹克的精神，重要的不是贏得比賽，而是參與。
nickname (v.)取綽號embody (v.)體現,具體表現出來count (v.)重要,要緊
Now Moussambani is the head coach of the Equatorial Guinea swimming team. Thanks to him, now there are two Olympic-size pools in the country.
現在姆薩巴尼是赤道幾內亞游泳隊的總教練。多虧有他，現在該國有兩座奧林匹克規格的游泳池。
thanks to 多虧,由於