2023年山东省潍坊市中考 – 阅读理解A

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Joel: You’re not going to believe this, My dad is running in this!
乔尔：你不会相信的，我爸爸在这里面跑步！

Debbie: Your dad? The marathon? I didn’t know he liked doing sport.
黛比：你爸爸？马拉松？我不知道他喜欢运动。

Joel: Well, he doesn’t, really. He does a bit of running now and then, and he goes to the gym and that sort of thing. But there’s no way he could finish a marathon.
乔尔：嗯，他不是，真的。他偶尔会跑步，然后去健身房之类的。但他不可能跑完马拉松。

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Three days later
三天以后

Pete: So Joel, how did your dad do?
皮特：乔尔，你爸爸怎么样？

Joel: Hahahaha ... it took him 7 hours and 12 minutes.
乔尔：哈哈哈。。。他花了7小时12分钟。

Jess: So he finished it? That’s fantastic!
杰斯：所以他完成了？太棒了！

Joel: Yeah, but guess what? He was slower than any other runner in the race!
乔尔：是的，但你猜怎么着？他在比赛中比其他任何跑步者都慢！

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Pete: Still we’re talking about 26 miles here. That’s an awful lot of running. There’s no way I could do that!
皮特：我们还在谈论26英里。跑步太累了。我绝对做不到！

Debbie: It would take me more than a month. And honestly, Joel, do you think you could do it?
黛比：我要花一个多月的时间。老实说，乔尔，你觉得你能做到吗？

Joel: That’s not the point. It took him more than 7 hours. So embarrassing!
乔尔：这不是重点。他花了7个多小时。太尴尬了！

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Jess: So what? He set himself a goal, and he did it. At the end of the day, that’s what matters.
杰西：那又怎样？他给自己定了一个目标，然后他做到了。归根结底，这才是最重要的。

Joel: Well, perhaps you’re right. I’ve never thought about it like that, I suppose.
乔尔：好吧，也许你是对的。我想，我从来没有这样想过。