Fights to the Finish

高雅丹

2020年3月，巾幗英雄張偉麗輾轉多地才踏上八角格斗場，并且用自己的鮮血成功衛冕。她用拳頭打出一片天，鼓舞著我們！

In a match that was called “one of the greatest fights I've ever seen in my life” by fight commentator （評論員） Joe Rogan， Chinese MMA （mixed martial arts， 綜合格斗） fighter Zhang Weili beat Polish fighter Joanna Jedrzejczyk on March 7.

Zhang， 30， and Jedrzejczyk， 32， squared off （打斗） in Las Vegas， with Zhang successfully defending her strawweight （草量級） UFC （終極格斗冠軍賽） title. The fight was highly anticipated， as both women are known as top fighters among their peers.

Zhang's training was cut by the novel coronavirus outbreak. It forced her to travel from Beijing to Thailand and then to Abu Dhabi before arriving in Vegas about a week later than planned， according to China Daily. Worse still， Zhang was offended （激怒） by a post on social media in which Jedrzejczyk seemed to make fun of the outbreak. In a mock poster that Jedrzejczyk posted， she wears a gas mask （防毒面具） standing behind Zhang.

Although the post was later deleted， Zhang said that she was fired up to make Jedrzejczyk pay for the tasteless joke in the octagon （八角格斗場）.

In the end， Zhang scored a narrow win over Jedrzejczyk， with both ending up in the hospital due to the intensity （激烈程度） of their fight.

“All fighters deserve respect from one another in the octagon. I don't like people hitting each other with trash talk，” said Zhang following her victory. “We go for the championship with our punches （拳頭） but we shall never end up being remembered as only talking with violence.”

“Now the virus situation is not just affecting China， but the whole world. I hope everybody in the world can stand together to fight the virus with a united effort，” she said.

【難句解析】

1. Worse still， Zhang was offended by a post on social media in which Jedrzejczyk seemed to make fun of the outbreak.

釋義：更糟糕的是，張被社交媒體上的一個帖子激怒了。在那個帖子里，耶德爾澤西克好像拿這次（疫情的）爆發來開玩笑。

點撥：in which 在這里引導一個定語從句，修飾先行詞a post，指代物，但是因為放在介詞in 的后面，所以只能用which，不能用that;in which 在定語從句中作地點狀語，因此in which 也可以用where來代替。例如：

Where is the supermarket in which you bought the laptop last week？

I visited the village in which / where many children couldn't go to school because of poverty.

2. Although the post was later deleted， Zhang said that she was fired up to make Jedrzejczyk pay for the tasteless joke in the octagon.

釋義：雖然這個帖子后來被刪除了，但是張說，她被激怒了，要讓耶德爾澤西克在八角格斗場為這個無趣的笑話付出代價。

點撥：pay 意為“支付”，常見用法為“sb. pay （sb.） some money for sth.”，還可以引申為“付出代價”;cost 表示“花費”時，主語一般為物，常見用法為“sth. cost sb. some money”;spend 表示“花費”時，賓語可以是錢財也可以是時間，常見用法為“sb. spend some time / money on sth.” 和“sb. spend some time / money （in） doing sth.”;take 表示“花費”時的常見搭配為“It takes sb. some time / money to do sth.”。例如：

I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month.

Engineers spend much time and energy developing wonderful solutions.

The computer cost a lot of money， because it's the latest version.

It took them dozens of years to build this road.

3. In the end， Zhang scored a narrow win over Jedrzejczyk， with both ending up in the hospital due to the intensity of their fight.

釋義：最后，張險勝耶德爾澤西克，雙雙因為激烈的打斗在最后都去了醫院。

點撥：with的復合結構是一個常考點，with+名詞/代詞+doing，賓語補足語和賓語之間是主動關系，表示動作正在進行;with+名詞/代詞+done，賓補和賓語之間是被動關系，表示動作已經完成;with+名詞/代詞+to do，表示將來的動作;with+名詞/代詞+形容詞/副詞/介詞短語則表示處于某種狀態。例如：

They pretended to be working all night with their lights burning.

She had to walk home with her bike stolen.

I can't go out to play with so much homework to do.

He used to sleep with windows open.

He went up to sleep with lights on.

The children came running toward us， with flowers in their hands.

I. Choose the best answer.

1. What's Joe Rogan's attitude towards the fight？

A. Doubtful.? ? ? ?B. Passive.? ? ? ? ? ? C. Appreciative.? ? ? D. Indifferent.

2. Which of the following statement about the fight is TRUE？

A. It took place on May 7 in Las Vegas.

B. Both of the fighters are well-known among the world.

C. People paid little attention on the fight before it took place.

D. Zhang wore a gas mask when fighting against Jedrzejczyk.

3. According to the passage， the underlined word “trash” in Para 6 means “________”.

A. polite? ? ? ? B. serious? ? ? ? ? C. loud? ? ? ? ? ? ? D. ridiculous

4. Which word can be used to describe Zhang Weili according to the passage？

A. Humorous.? ? ? B. Determined.? ? C. Considerate.? ? ? ? D. Friendly.

II. Fill in the blanks.

1. Samuel Clemens， who ________ ________ ________ （以……而知名） Mark Twain， became a famous American writer.

2. Circumstances ________ ________ ________ ________ （強迫我們采取） this policy.

3. For some reason， the Rosens ________ ________ ________ ________ （好像喜歡他）.

4. Change is hard， but it's worth it， you ________ ________ ________ （值得擁有） the very best！

5. He always sleeps ________ ________ ________ ________ （窗戶開著）.

III. Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

make fun of， due to， end up， pay for， worse still

1. He may be late. ________， he may not come at all.

2. If he still carries on driving like that， he'll ________ dead.

3. It's cruel to ________ a blind man.

4. Everything is changing in this area ________ foreign investment.

5. How much are you willing to ________ good advice？