Unit 1 Art 练案 4 -2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第三册

班级： 姓名： 学号： Constant dripping wears the stone.. xbook3 unit1练案4 第二部分：阅读理解 A Do you like running enough to make it a habit? Tierney Wolfgram does; she has made running a lifelong career and isn’t stopping. In February the 16-year-old from Woodbury High School, Minnesota, US, competed at the 2020 US Olympic Trials. She finished the marathon with a time of 2:42:47 as the youngest competitor in the race and ranked 76th out of 390 runners. However, the cross-country season wasn’t held until winter because of the coronavirus pandemic(疫情). So she jumped at the opportunity to train for another race—the Parkway Marathon in California. In November, Wolfgram, who turned 17, broke the Women’s American Junior marathon record with her time of 2:31:49. The old record was 2:34:32, which had stood since 1984. “I’m absolutely stunned,” said her assistant coach. “I knew she was going to break it, but she really showed out!” During the run, she once hit a wall pretty hard, but she overcame it to finish. “I guess I can say I gave it my all,” she told Runner’s World. “When I finished, all I was thinking was that I was super happy,” Wolfgram said. This was only her third marathon. In 2018, when Wolfgram was 15 years old, she ran her first marathon just because she wanted to see if she was able to do it. “I believed that I would get faster as the distances got longer and I’m still glad that I did it.” When preparing for that first marathon, she ran up to 120 miles per week. Although her parents didn’t have any background in running, they helped her train. At first, her dad would take her out in the morning and run about 13 miles. The distance would gradually increase each day. On top of her runs in the morning, she would do cross-country practice after school. After the Parkway Marathon, Wolfgram and her team now prepare for the indoor track and cross-country race this winter. As for the marathon, Wolfgram will consider att