American Sports English Achilles Heel/Tendon

Y:Hey, Patrick，what's wrong? 你怎么一瘸一拐的？

P:Why am I limping? I'm limping because my Achilles tendon is killing me! OW!

Y:Ohhhh...

P:Uh, Yang Chen, do you know what an Achilles tendon is?

Y:Well, not really, Patrick.

P:Achilles A-C-H-I-L-L-E-S, tendon T-E-N-D-O-N It is a tendon (腱) in the lower back part of your leg.

Y:Oh, 原來(lái)你和劉翔一樣，得了腱炎？

P:Yeah, that's right. Just like Liu Xiang. He had a problem with his Achilles tendon, too.

Y:Poor Patrick, 那你就得退出今天的比賽了。

P:Yeah. I'll have to withdraw from the competition.

Y:那你是怎么弄傷了你的Achilles tendon？

P:Well, I pulled it running in a marathon.

Y:Aw, that's too bad.

P:Thanks for the sympathy, Yang Chen.

Y:Hey, I have another question for you, Patrick. 跟腱為什么叫“Achilles tendon”呢?

P:Boy, you have a lot of questions today. Achilles was an ancient Greek hero

Y:Oh, 我知道了，Achilles 阿基里斯是希臘神話里的勇士。

P:Yeah, He was dunked in a sacred river by his mother, who held him by his ankle. And he became invulnerable everywhere the water touched him, except his heel.

Y:Oh, 因?yàn)樗麐寢屪ブ哪_后跟，沒(méi)沾到神水，就成了他的致命弱點(diǎn)。

P:對(duì)。So when someone has a fatal flaw it is referred to as their "Achilles heel". Because Achilles was killed when an arrow struck him in his heel-his only vulnerable spot.

Y:So what's your "Achilles heel," Patrick?

P:Oh, I may have a problem with my Achilles tendon, but I don't have an Achilles heel. I'm perfect!

Y:Hmmm, I think a lack of modesty might just be your Achilles heel, Patrick.

P:Whatever!

A:Achilles' heel，致命弱點(diǎn)，這個(gè)我們?cè)谝郧暗墓?jié)目中好像教過(guò)了，不過(guò)大家不要把 Achilles' heel 和 Achilles tendon 混了，Achilles tendon 指的是跟腱，也就是腳后跟與小腿之間的肌腱。

B:Yeha. If you say "being too nice is my Achilles tendon, people will not understand what you're talking about.

A:哈哈！沒(méi)錯(cuò)，在剛才那句話中，應(yīng)該用 Achilles' heel, 意思就是，為人過(guò)于善良是我的致命弱點(diǎn)。好了, 這次節(jié)目時(shí)間到了。這次的撰稿人是小北，編輯是蔚然。同學(xué)們，我們下次再見(jiàn)！

B:See you!