Being too keen to win can have dangerous consequences: remember that Pheidippides, the first marathon runner, dropped dead seconds after saying: "Rejoice, we conquer!"

过于渴望胜利会带来危险的后果：记住，第一位马拉松运动员费迪皮迪兹说完：“欢呼吧，我们赢了！” 几秒钟后就倒在地上死了。

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"Blade Runner" Pistorius could now be sent back to jail for at least 15 years for shooting Steenkamp dead on Valentine's Day 2013.

“刀锋战士”皮斯托瑞斯将因为在2013年情人节枪杀斯廷坎普而被送入监狱长达15年之久。

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The long-distance runner was dead beat as he crossed the finishing line.

长跑运动员在冲过终点线时已筋疲力尽。

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The wife of a Brazilian runner, Cas Camara, who came in dead last far past the 60-hour mark, screamed and cried and begged her husband, who had fallen to the ground, his body seemingly wasted, to get up, get up and finish.

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