兰斯·阿姆斯特朗-此生皆谎-.docVIP

兰斯·阿姆斯特朗:此生皆谎?关于运动员服用兴奋剂的事件，我们时有听闻。近的就有今年伦敦奥运会上炒得沸沸扬扬的西方媒体对中国游泳队的指控。然而，就在这一风波余音未了之际，美国反兴奋剂机构却宣布迎来一次重大的“胜利”，而且这一次“绊倒”的更是自行车赛场上神一般的人物——兰斯·阿姆斯特朗！这位抗癌斗士、自行车环法赛七冠王最终选择了放弃为自己抗争，带着无数人的失望与悲痛走下“神坛”。这不禁让我们这些对运动奇迹一度怀有希冀的人陷入新一轮的困惑：在追求更高、更快、更强的体育事业中，到底还有没有“神”的存在？ Lance Armstrong—could a Hollywood screenwriter come up with a better name for an American hero?—had returned that year to the world’s most gruelling test of 2)endurance, the 3)Tour de France. He had spent the previous two years being treated for 4)testicular cancer that had spread throughout his body, which, at the time, was more often than not, a death sentence. The 5)chemotherapy Armstrong received was so powerful, and so 6)toxic, that he suffered burns on his arms from the inside. How could somebody even ride a bicycle after that, let alone win a race that lasted a month, scaled the highest peaks in Europe, and covered more than two thousand miles? 兰斯·阿姆斯特朗——即使是好莱坞编剧家，也无法为“美国英雄”这角色编出一个更厉害的人物了吧？——那一年，他回归环法自行车赛，那是世界上对耐力要求最为严苛的试炼。在此之前，他花了两年时间治疗已蔓延全身的睾丸癌，而那时，睾丸癌几乎就是死刑。阿姆斯特朗接受高强度化疗，极为毒性，他的手臂经受着由内到外被灼伤的苦痛。经历过如此折磨之后，谁还能再骑自行车？更别提赢得长达一个月的比赛，攀登欧洲最高峰，骑过两千多英里路了。 But he not only rode—he won. Again and again and again. Each victory seemingly more 7)thrilling than the last. Seven Tours in all; a feat 8)unmatched in sports. Cycling had long been 9)tainted by the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs, and Armstrong?s achievement was so 10)astounding that many people simply assumed he relied on them just as others had. The French were the loudest and most persistent critics. But others wondered, too. Now he is for the ages, in his own Lance way. Lance Armstrong has joined the legion of the lost, the great athletes who were 11)barred or 12)exiled for sins admitted or charged or suspected. Armstrong, who on August 23th, 2012 ended his fight against charges by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that he used performanceenhancing drugs, now belongs in that pantheon of stars who had to go away but never really did. They 13)h