莫以胜负定输赢：从比赛中有所领悟才是其意义所在

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[00:02.26]12 Hardball	莫以胜负定输赢
[00:06.25](By Mackenzie Brewster)	（译 / 四叶草）
[00:09.25]Blood streamed down the cloth of her immaculate jersey and onto the sandy dirt.鲜血像止不住的泪水不断地从她的脸上流下来， 
[00:16.94]It flowed from her face like relentless tears. 顺着她那一尘不染的运动衣淌下，滴到地上的沙土中。
[00:20.50]She lay prostrate , vulnerable, painfully helpless. 她趴在地上，脆弱不堪又痛苦万分，显得十分无助。
[00:24.87]Then the ambulance came and rolled her away. 然后，救护车开了过来，载着她驶走了。
[00:28.50]A man raked the circle of blood off the field.	有个人过来清除了球场上的那圈血迹。
[00:31.97]Some people say hardball is not a sport. 有些人说棒球不能算是一项运动。
[00:35.46]Some believe girls aren't tough enough. 有些人认为女孩子身板不够硬，
[00:38.40]Valley High School varsity player Christy Connor would beg to differ . 不适合打棒球。山谷中学校棒球队的队员克里丝蒂・康纳不同意这些观点。
[00:43.61]Her weapon was her bat. 球棒就是她的武器，
[00:45.40]Her drive was her need for victory. 对于胜利的渴求则是她的动力。
[00:48.24]Her power? 那她的力量从何而来呢？
[00:49.35]Well, that was just her broad shoulders, long legs, and strong body. 唔，她有宽阔的肩膀、修长的双腿和强健的身 体。
[00:54.54]Christy Connor was an athlete. 克里丝蒂・康纳是一名足够顽强的运动员，
[00:57.20]She was tough enough to take our Pundit High varsity pitcher out for the season.	她有能力在本赛季让我们蓬特中学校棒球队的投手出局。
[01:02.64]Christy stepped inside the lines of the White Rectangle of Doom. 克里丝蒂踏入决定命运的白色矩形赛场中，
[01:07.39]She readied her bat and cocked it between her shoulders, with her hands in close proximity to her ears. 她握好球棒，弯曲手臂使球棒位于两肩之间，双手紧挨自己的耳朵。
[01:14.96]Our pitcher signaled her pitch to the catcher. 我们队的投手向捕手示意准备投球，
[01:18.53]The catcher nodded and the pitch was released. 捕手点了点头，投手的球便投了出去。
[01:21.81]Smash. This was the sound of the ball off the bat, making its way to our pitcher's nose. 哐。这是球被对方队员的球棒击中后飞离球棒的声音，它朝着我方投手的鼻子一路飞了过去。
[01:29.00]Crack. This was the sound of her nose breaking, flattening across her face. 啪。这是她鼻梁断了的声音，重击之下她的鼻子塌了下去。
[01:34.82]Thud. This was the sound of her body hitting the ground, in the time span of only three seconds.砰。这是她倒地的声音，这个过程仅用了三秒。 
[01:41.90]Then only silence was heard. 接下来，赛场上一片寂静。
[01:44.36]The crowd stood, mouths open and eyes bulged . 观众们都站了起来，张大了嘴，眼睛快瞪出来了。
[01:48.76]Hearts fell to the floor and hands covered heads in distress. 大家的心都沉到了谷底，双手抱着头，显得很痛苦。
[01:53.47]The Pundit team gathered together and turned away from the mound. 蓬特中学棒球队的队员聚拢在一起，转过头不看投球区土墩。
[01:57.96]Our fallen soldier screamed.	我们队这位倒下的战士尖叫着。
[02:00.58]"Go warm up, "the coach said to me.	“准备上。”教练对我说。
[02:03.31]These three words made an impression on me that I would never forget. 教练的这三个字给我留下了深刻印象，让我终生难忘。
[02:09.62]I processed them for a minute. 我把那三个字仔细掂量了一分钟。
[02:11.84]"Warm up?" I thought. “准备？”我琢磨着。
[02:13.34]I was the second pitcher in line, weighing in at only one hundred pounds, equipped with a nose that could be shattered by a landing butterfly.作为替补投手，我体重才100磅(译注：约45.4kg)，还长着一个不堪一击的鼻子，一只蝴蝶落在上面就可能让它粉碎。 
[02:23.11]I was the only one there with trembling hands and a mortified mind. 场上只有我一人双手发抖，大脑乱作一团。
[02:28.10]The pitcher's blood had just been spewed across the infield . 我们队的投手刚刚才血溅赛场，
[02:32.45]I was the next pitcher. 而我却是下一位即将上场的投手。
[02:34.37]It wasn't exactly a difficult connection to make. 替她上场并不是一件特别难想到的事儿，
[02:38.25]My eyes watered, my breath quickened, my heart hammered. 我却两眼噙着泪花，呼吸变得急促起来，心也怦怦直跳。
[02:43.10]I was about to pitch against monsters twice my size in one of the biggest games of the season. 这场比赛是本赛季最大型的比赛之一，我却要在比赛中向两倍于我身材的恶魔们投球，
[02:50.45]These were the same monsters that had just taken down one of us. 而正是她们刚刚放倒了我的一位队友。
[02:54.99]My mind raced with scenarios of how the remaining eight innings of the game could go. 我脑海中迅速闪现出在接下来的八局比赛中可能会出现的情形，
[03:00.94]Each scenario revolved around me, dead on the floor.	每种情形都离不开我死在地上的样子。
[03:06.16]These thoughts lasted only ten minutes. 这些想法只持续了十分钟。
[03:09.30]Our pitcher, still screaming, was carted away. 我们队的投手还在尖叫着就被抬走了。
[03:12.91]I pulled back my hair, took a deep breath, and then hesitantly stepped on the mound as the game restarted. 我把头发向后拨弄了一下，深吸了一口气，然后随着比赛重新开始，迟疑地踏上了投球区的土墩。
[03:21.10]The crowd may have been in shock as our pitcher was carried out, but they were in disbelief when they realized we were about to continue. 看着我们队的投手被抬下场，观众本可能会大吃一惊，然而，当他们意识到我们队马上要开始接着比赛时，他们都不敢相信。
[03:30.97]My mother's fright worsened as she saw me, a little freshman, step into the circle.	看到我这个新来的小屁孩儿踏进了投球区，妈妈更加担心了。
[03:37.42]"You can do it," my dad mouthed.	“你可以的。”爸爸用口型示意我。
[03:40.12]My mom looked at me with pride and held up her hands in a boxing stance position.	妈妈骄傲地看着我，高高举起双手，摆成拳击格斗的姿势。
[03:46.11]"Fight," she said.	“战斗吧。”她说。
[03:47.69]I knew what she meant.我明白她的意思。 
[03:50.32]It was my chance to prove that even Christy Connor wasn't tougher than me, nor the other eight Valley players of great height and power. 我的机会来了，我要向大家证明：即使是克里丝蒂・康纳也没我顽强，她们山谷棒球队的其他八名身高力大的队员也不行。
[03:59.50]I quickly closed the inning without letting them score. 我很快就打完了这局，没让她们得到一分。
[04:03.20]I took a deep breath, thankful I hadn't died yet. 我深吸了一口 气，庆幸自己还活着。
[04:07.86]Every time a new monster entered the batter's box, they looked at their coach with a cocky smirk and laughed at the fact that they had already defeated our team. 每次一个新的恶魔来到击球位置，她们都会用一种狂妄自大的神情朝她们的教练得意地一笑，还因她们已经打败了我们队而大笑不已。
[04:18.86]They couldn't defeat me.	但她们打不败我。
[04:20.91]Well, technically, they could - and did. 唔，从技术上来说，她们能打败我――也的确把我打败了。
[04:24.10]They won nine to zero. 她们以9∶0的比分赢了。
[04:26.30]But that wasn't what mattered that day. 不过，这个结果在那天并不重要，
[04:28.86]They never did defeat me internally. 因为她们从未战胜我的心。
[04:31.77]Some people say girls can't play sports, or they aren't tough enough. 有些人说女孩子不适合参加体育运动，或者说她们不够顽强。
[04:37.50]I was tough enough to pitch the rest of the game, scared out of my mind but persistent. 但我却足够顽强，在接下来的比赛中一直担任投手，虽然害怕得大脑一片空白，但却坚持了下来。
[04:43.64]The outcome was irrelevant. 比赛结果无关紧要，
[04:45.54]What mattered was persistence.	重要的是这份坚持。
[04:48.17]Sports are significant in the moment, like anything else in life. 正如生命中的其他事情一样，比赛在那一刻十分重要。
[04:53.16]However, lasting significance comes from the lessons you learn. 然而，你从中学到的东西却是其长远意义所在。
[04:57.79]I wasn't meant to pitch amazingly that day; I was meant to learn a lesson about myself. 那天，我并没有指望自己会有多么精彩的投球表现，我只是想让自己学到一些东西。
[05:04.55]Nothing could come my way, be it a monster or a mouse, which I could not confront. 什么都无法阻挡我前进的脚步，即便它是我不敢面对的大恶魔或是小老鼠。
[05:11.44]I could not go through life afraid to take on the impossible. 我不能在害怕去尝试那些不可能的事情中度过此生。
[05:15.69]I could not be afraid to take a risk - because it would always be in the trying that I could achieve success.	我不可以害怕冒险，因为总是在这样的尝试之中，我才能取得成功。

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莫以胜负定输赢：从比赛中有所领悟 才是其意义所在

莫以胜负定输赢：从比赛中有所领悟才是其意义所在