BBC环球慢速英语 第421期:马德琳·曼宁·米姆斯(3)

voice 1: Madeline and her team mate, Doris Brown, were both in the Olympic finals. They agreed on a plan to gain them first and second place. The idea was to control the race together. Madeline would start fast, knowing others would follow. She would hold the lead position. Doris would stay behind to save her energy. Then, Madeline would slow the race down, keeping the lead. By this time the team would be tired. But Doris would still have energy. She would catch up. They would speed up to win. They would gain first and second place.
声音1：马德琳和她的队友多丽丝·布朗都进入了奥运会决赛。她们就一份让她们可以赢得冠军和亚军的计划达成了一致。这份计划的目的是二人共同掌控比赛。马德琳会在比赛开始时就加速，她知道其他人会跟上来。她会保持领先地位。多丽丝会留在后面保持体力。然后，马德琳会带慢比赛节奏，继续保持领先。这时其他人会很累。但是多丽丝仍有体力，她会赶上来。然后她们二人一起加速，赢得比赛。她们会分获冠军和亚军。

voice 2: But Doris told her trainer their plan. And the trainer did not like it. He told her not to follow the plan. He told her to wait until Madeline got tired - and then to run past her! Why would he do this? Madeline said later that he was racist - he did not like the colour of her skin! He did not want a black woman to win the race. Doris was white.
声音2：多丽丝将她们的计划告诉了她的教练。教练不同意这份计划。他让多丽丝不要执行这份计划。他让多丽丝等到马德琳疲累以后超越她！他为什么要这样做？马德琳后来表示，他是种族主义者，他不喜欢马德琳的肤色！他不希望黑人女性赢得比赛。而多丽丝是白人。