羽生结弦急流勇退 翩然转身但脚步不停【健谈英语】

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Yuzuru Hanyu may have finally departed the competitive figure skating arena after winning every major accolade in a glittering career, but the 27-year-old supernova has promised no let-up in his pursuit of perfection. Keen to avoid the word "retire", the two-time Olympic and world champion said he planned to continue skating professionally in non-competitive shows and to continue his bid to land the elusive quad Axel.

【分句讲解】

①Yuzuru Hanyu may have finally departed the competitive figure skating arena after winning every major accolade in a glittering career, but the 27-year-old supernova has promised no let-up in his pursuit of perfection.

羽生结弦在辉煌的职业生涯中赢得了所有重要荣誉后，可能终于离开了花样滑冰竞技赛场，但这位27岁的“超新星”承诺不会放弃对完美的追求。

1. depart v. 离开，出发

departure n. 出发

The train departed Shanghai at 4:25 p.m. 

火车在下午 4 点 25 分离开了上海。

depart this life 离开人世，去世

departure gate 登机口

departure time 出发时间

estimated time of arrival 预计到达时间（ETA）

2. Figure Skating 花样滑冰

Pair Skating 双人花滑

Short Track Speed Skating 短道速滑

Hockey 冰球

Curling 冰壶

3. supernova n. 超新星

4. pursuit of perfection 追求完美

pursuit n. 追求，追寻 v. 追捕，追赶；追求，从事

in pursuit of sth 追寻某物

in pursuit of one’s dream 追寻梦想

in pursuit of happiness 追寻幸福

in pursuit of knowledge 追求知识

5. perfection n. 完美

perfect adj. 完美的；v. 使完善

止于至善

aim at absolute perfection

commitment to perfection

Nobody is perfect.

人无完人。

To err is human, to forgive divine.

人非圣贤，孰能无过。

perfect one’s technique 精益求精

②Keen to avoid the word "retire", the two-time Olympic and world champion said he planned to continue skating professionally in non-competitive shows and to continue his bid to land the elusive quad Axel.

羽生结弦尽量避免使用“退役”这个词，这位两届奥运会和世界冠军表示，他计划继续在非竞技性的比赛中进行专业滑冰表演，并将继续挑战高难度的4A动作。

1. retire v. 退休，退役

retiree n. 退休的人

retire from sth. 从某个职位上退休

retire as sth. 从某个职位上退休

Bob Iger retired as the chairman of Disney. 

Iger在从Disney董事会主席的位子上退了下来。

retirement age 退休年龄

retirement pension 退休金

2. professionally adv. 专业地，职业地

professional adj. 专业的，职业的

profession n. 行业，职业

amateur adj. 业余的

professional golfer 职业高尔夫球运动员

enter a profession / join a profession 进入某个行业

3. bid n.  投标，出价；努力争取

bid to do sth，努力争取做某事

4. quad  与4有关

double两倍

triple 三倍的

quadruple 四倍的

5. elusive adj. 难以理解的，难以找到的，难以达到的

an elusive concept 难以理解的概念