Y: 我是杨晨。
P: 我是Patrick.
Y: 您一定也和我一样最喜欢看田径比赛，特别是跨栏。
P: hurdles, h-u-r-d-l-e-s。
Y: 一百一十米跨栏就是：
P: One hundred ten meter hurdles.
Y: hurdle就是障碍。110米跨栏不仅要跑得快，还要求跨栏技术。
P: It requires speed and great hurdling technique.
Y: 我觉得我的hurdling technique就很不错。不过还达不到参加奥运会的水平就是了。如果某个人，比如Patrick要是获得参加奥运会110米跨栏的资格，那我们就说：
P: Patrick qualified to participate in the Olympic men's 110m hurdles.
Y: Qualified就是获得了参赛资格。当然Patrick didn't qualify for the event. 要说刘翔参加比赛，那别人还相信。
P: Of course. Liu Xiang is one of the world's fastest and most popular hurdler in this year's Games. He is famous for succeeding in an even traditionally dominated by western athletes.
Y: Hurdler就是跨栏运动员。刘翔确实是现在最热门的hurdler。他那么受欢迎的原因之一是110米跨栏本来一直是西方人的强项。110米跨栏的速 度之快，令人惊叹，令人眼花缭乱也正因为如此，竞争非常激烈。有一次，
P: Liu Xiang beat his opponent by 0.01 second, or just by a nose.
Y: 0.01秒之差，还可以说"by a nose“一个鼻子之差”打败了对手? 难道作一个好的hurdler, 速度要快，鼻子还得尖一点儿？当然这是形容的说法。我们还可以说：
P: By a hair, by a split second.
Y: 好，美语快车到站了。我们下次见。
P: Until next time, goodbye.