想像一下,在起跑落後的情況下,你是選擇放棄還是奮力一搏?這不只是體育版頭條,更是一篇完美的「高階英文寫作範本」。為什麼記者不用 run 而用 clock?為什麼不用 break 而用 surpass?如何用一句話寫完「起跑、衝刺、奪冠」三個動作而不顯得囉唆?
原文標題 Taiwan’s Zhang Bo-ya wins gold at Asian Indoor AthleticsChampionships Staff writer, with CNA 台灣選手張博雅於亞洲室內田徑錦標賽奪金 Staff writer, with CNA 本報記者/綜合中央社報導
以下為英文報導全文:
Taiwan’s top hurdler Zhang Bo-ya (張博雅) won gold in the women’s 60-meter hurdles on Sunday at the 2026 Asian Indoor AthleticsChampionships in Tianjin, China, setting a new national record of 8.12 seconds and securing Taiwan’s first gold medal of the meet. Zhang, known as Taiwan’s “hurdles sweetheart,” broke her own national record twice during the competition.
She clocked 8.18 seconds in the heats earlier in the day, surpassing the previous mark of 8.27 seconds she set at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March last year, before lowering it again in the final. Starting from lane six, Zhang had a slightly slow start in the final but surged after clearing the last hurdle to take the lead at the finish. Japan’s Chisato Kiyoyama and Hitomi Nakajima placed second and third, respectively.
▷ 職場應用: • The new processorclocksat a speed of 5.0 GHz. (這顆新處理器的運作時脈達到 5.0 GHz。)
• The project was completed in record time; the team clocked 400 hours of work in just two weeks. (專案在破紀錄的時間內完成;團隊在短短兩週內就記錄了400個工時。)
▷ 生活情境: • He was clocked doing 150 km/h on the freeway. (他在高速公路上被測速照相拍到時速150公里。)
▷ 老師畫重點:這是一個比 beat 或 exceed 更正式、更高級的單字。當你想表達某人的表現「不只是達標,而是超標」時,這個字是首選。注意文中使用 mark 來代替 record(紀錄),這是為了避免用字重複的漂亮寫法。
▷ 職場應用: • Our quarterlyrevenue has surpassed $10 million for the first time. (我們的季度營收首次突破了一千萬美元。)
• The candidate’s qualifications far surpass the job requirements. (這位候選人的資歷遠遠超過了職位要求。)
▷ 生活情境: • The visualeffects in this movie surpass anything I've ever seen. (這部電影的視覺效果超越了我以前看過的任何東西。)
• Her cooking skills surpass mine by a mile. (她的廚藝比我好上太多了。)
mark|(n.) 紀錄、水準 為了避免重複使用 record 這個字,新聞中常會用 mark 來替換,指特定的標準或紀錄點。 • He failed to reach the qualifyingmark. (他未能達到資格標準。)
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