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Taking my son to compete
帶著兒子去比賽
Father (Dick Hoyt) and son (Rick Hoyt) have joined many marathons, triathlons and other athletic competitions. But, what makes them really different from others is that Rick suffers from cerebral palsy—a condition involving permanent tightening of the muscles caused by damage to the brain during the time of birth. Rick was disabled at birth by a loss of oxygen to his brain because his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck.
父親(迪克霉伊特) 和兒子(里克霍伊特)參加過很多馬拉 松、鐵人三項和其他體育競賽。但真正讓他們與眾不同的是，里克患有腦癱——一種因在出生時大腦受損而造成肌肉永久緊縮的病。里克因在出生時臍帶纏住脖子造成腦部缺氧而致殘.
Rick does not swim. Rick does not cycle. Rick does not run.
里克不能游泳，不能騎車,也不能跑步。
When his father swims, Rick is lying in a small boat being pulled by his dad. When the father cycles, son is sitting in the seat-pod from his wheelchair, attached to the front of the bike. When the father runs，he pushes Rick in a special wheelchair. They have been going over hundreds of finishing lines throughout US for the past 27 years.
當他的父親游泳時,里克就躺在被父親拉著的小船里。當父親騎車時,兒子就坐在安裝在自行車前面的輪椅里。當父親跑步時,他就用一個特殊的輪椅推著里克。在過去27年里,他們在美國各地穿過了數百條終點線。
When Rick came to the world in 1962, doctors told his parents that they have no hope for Rick. But Dick and his wife,Judy, did not give up. The couple brought their son back home and determined to raise him as normally as possible.
里克于1962年出生,當時醫生告訴他的父母不要對里克再抱任何希望。不過,迪克和他的妻子朱迪沒有放棄。這對夫妻把兒子帶回家里,決心盡可能像對待正常人一樣撫養他。
The couple managed to raise $ 5,000 in 1972 to get a spe-cial built interactive computer that allowed Rick to write out his thought using slight head movements. A group of Tufts University engineers agreed to build the computer after they believed that Rick had clear comprehension skills. Since then, Rick was able to communicate to people around him.
這對夫婦在1972年籌得5000元買了一個特殊的交互式電腦。這臺電腦能讓里克用輕微的頭部運動寫出他的想法。塔夫茨大學的一個工程師小組在相信里克有淸晰的理解能力后同意設計制造那臺電腦。自那時起,里克就能夠和身邊的人交流。
In 1975, Rick was finally admitted into a public school. Two years later, Dick brought Rick to participate in a fund raising 5-mile run. Dick pushed Rick in a wheelchair to finish the race. They finished second to last, but Rick was so happy that he told his father that he did not feel handicapped when they were in the competition. That run was the first time “Team Hoyt” competing before they participated more marathons.
1975年，里克終于被一所公立學校錄取。兩年后,迪克帶著里克 去參加為籌集基金而辦的5英里賽跑。迪克推著坐在輪椅上的里克完成了比賽。他們拿了倒數第二,但里克十分開心,他告訴父親,他在比賽時并不覺得自己是殘疾人。那是“霍伊特隊”在參與更多馬拉松前的第一次競賽。
During this journey, almost everyone looked down at Rick. No one talked to Team Hoyt. No one wanted to run beside them. But, the father and son kept going strong. After 4 years of marathons, Team Hoyt went for their first triathlon. Dick did not know how to swim before this. So, he put a lot of his effort in picking up the skill. He woriced out to 5 hours a day, 5 times a week even when he had to work. He wanted to set a good role model for Rick once you set out to do sometiiiiig, sticks to it for whatever it takes.
在這個征途上,幾乎每個人都看不起里克。沒有人同霍伊特隊交談。沒有人愿意跑在他們旁邊。但是，父親和兒子一直很堅強。經過4年的馬拉松比賽,霍伊特隊參加了他們的第一個鐵人三項。迪克在此之前不會游泳。于是,他投人大量精力去學游泳。即使他須去工作,他還是制定了每周5次，每次5小時的計劃。他想給里克樹立起一個好榜樣——一旦你開始著手做某件亊，就要不惜一切代價地堅持到底。
Not only once, the team has participated in many races. After all these years, here are some of their proud achievements:
這支隊伍參加了許多比賽。以下是多年來讓他們引以自豪的一些成績：
216 Triathlons, 6 Ironman distances
216次鐵人三項,6次鐵人三項距離
20 Duathlons
20次三項全能
65 Marathons, 25 Boston Marathons
65次馬拉松,25次波士頓馬拉松
They have also biked and ran across the USA m 1992 with a total of 3,735 miles in 45 consecutive days.
1992年,他們在45天內,用細車和跑步兩種方式穿越了美國,全程達3735英里。
In year 2008, Dick Hoyt and Rick Hoyt are going to be 68 and 48 years old. Finally, after so many years, Team Hoyt managed to raise public attitudes toward the physically and mentally challenged. Their best time，2 hours 40 minutes in 1992 is merely 35 minutes from the world record. I mean, world record hold by someone who does not have to pull another man, cycle another man and push another man.
2008年,迪克68歲，里克48歲。經過多年的努力，他們終于成功引起了公眾對于生理與心理挑戰的看法。他們的最佳記錄是在1992年創造的2小時40分只落后世界紀錄35分鐘。我指的是,這個世界紀錄是由不用拉其他人、騎車載其他人和推其他人的選手創造的。
Dick said, “Those doctors who asked us to give up hope are not alive any more, but I would like them to be able to see Rick now.”
迪克說“當時叫我放棄的那些醫生都已經不在世了,但我希望他們能看到現在的里克。”
