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Roger Bannister was a runner. He ran the mile.
Roger Bannister是個跑手，跑一英里
And until 1954, running the mile in under 4 minutes was considered impossible.
直到1954年，在四分鐘以內跑完一英里被認為是不可能的
In fact, doctors proved the 4 minutes for the mile was the limit of human ability.
事實上醫生證明四分鐘跑一英里是人類能力的極限
Physiologists ran tests, showing, proving scientifically the limit of human ability was running the mile in 4 minutes.
生理學家進行實驗在科學上展示證明人類能力極限是四分鐘跑一英里
You could not go below that.
不可能少于四分鐘
And runners proved the doctors and scientists proved that they were right
跑手們證明了醫生和科學家…證明了他們是對的
and ran the mile in two seconds and 4 minutes, one second, but no runner could run the mile in under 4 minutes,
一英里跑四分鐘兩秒四分鐘一秒，但沒有跑手能少于四分鐘
ever since the mile was actually timed when they started to time runs.
從一英里跑計時以來當人們開始計時跑時
It was impossible doctors and scientists showed, runners, athletes,
那是不可能的，醫生和科學家證明了跑手，運動員
the top-ones in the world proved that the doctors were right.
世上頂尖選手證明了醫生們是對的
And then came along Roger Bannister.
然后Roger Bannister出現
Roger Bannister said, "It is possible to run in 4 minutes.
他說"四分鐘內跑完是可能的
And in fact, I'm going to do it."
我要做給你們看"
Now when he said it, he was a medical doctor at Oxford University.
說這話時，他是牛津大學的醫學博士
He was a good runner, top runner, but nowhere near the 4 minutes mark.
也是一名出色的跑手頂級跑手，但時間遠高于四分鐘
His best time was 4 minutes and 12 seconds.
他的最好時間是四分12秒
And of course, no one took him seriously.
自然沒有人把他當真
But Roger Bannister continued to train and work hard, not harder than the rest of the runners, but as hard as the top runners in the world.
但Roger Bannister堅持苦練不比別的跑手練得更苦但和世上別的跑手一樣苦練
And he did get better.
而且有進步
