One-Legged Woman Runs

One-Legged Woman Runs 104 Marathons in 104 Days

I’m exhausted! Running is very tiring. I can’t run longer than ten minutes. I
get too tired.
跑步好累！我只能跑十分鐘左右。

I don’t know how people run marathons! A marathon is a kind of long-distance
race where the runners have to run about forty-two kilometers to finish the
race.
馬拉松通常要跑42公里。

That is a lot of running.

But do you know what’s really impressive? Running one hundred and four
marathons… in one hundred and four days!
那你覺得什麼會令人覺得很厲害呢？那就是連續104天，跑104場馬拉松！

A woman named Jacky Hunt-Broersma did that. She ran one hundred and four
marathons in one hundred and four days.

And she did it with only one leg!
這位跑者叫做 Jacky Hunt-Broersma，是一位女士，而且她只有一條腿！

Jacky only has one leg because she had cancer, so doctors had to remove one
leg.
她因為癌症需要截肢。

But obviously, this did not slow her down!
但她沒有被打敗！

She decided she was still going to run, so she did. And she beat the world
record for most marathons run in a row!
她打破了連續跑最多馬拉松的世界紀錄！

So even though Jacky only had one leg, she was still able to run, and she ran
more marathons in a row than any other person in the world.

I guess I shouldn’t complain about running for just ten minutes. Okay, I can
do this, I’m going to run some more! See ya!

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Vocabulary
單腿女跑者，連續104天跑了104場馬拉松，一天一場。

1. race 比賽
   The 10-kilometer race is starting. 十公里賽跑開始了。
   I can’t believe there are so many people. 真不相信有這麼多人。
   Are you kidding? People pay for a race like this! 開玩笑，人們還付錢來參賽呢。
2. run 跑
   Running isn’t fun. 跑步不好玩。
   It’s so tiring! 讓人好累！
   You feel good after a good run. 痛快地跑一跑感覺很好。
   And you stay fit. 還可以維持健康。
3. leg 腿
   That one-legged runner won again! 那個一條腿的跑者又贏了！
   She actually has two legs. 她其實有兩條腿。
4. woman 女士
   Who’s that beautiful woman? 那位美女是誰？
   She’s my mom. 是我媽媽。
   Oh wow! 哇！
   I know. I wish I looked like her. 我知道。真希望我像她。

Do you like running? 來讀讀單字。
race 比賽
run 跑步
leg 腿
woman 女士

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Quiz

1. How many marathons did Jacky run?
   A: Four marathons
   B: 14 marathons
   C: 104 marathons
2. In how many days did she accomplish this?
   A: Four days
   B: 14 days
   C: 104 days
3. How many legs does Jacky have?
   A: Two
   B: One
   C: None